Hello Art,
I'll bet most folks on this list are younger than us! I used to build
"solid models". Instead of buying them (no money) I would carve them from
a block of pine. The wings were beautifully filleted, details like the
flaps were carved in, etc. I was a great carver, but a bad painter! When
I went to paint the models, I ruined them. Maybe that's why I had someone
else paint my Triumph.
My favorites were the P-40 (Flying Tiger), P-38 (Lockheed Lightning), P-39
(Bell Aircobra) and the P-47 (Mustang).
Sumner
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> From: ArthurK101@aol.com
> To: sweisman@gis.net
> Subject: Re: WWII Aircraft
> Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 8:20 PM
>
> In a message dated 98-08-14 16:59:34 EDT, you write:
>
> > I was a kid during WWII and used to build models of all those gorgeous
> > planes.
>
> Sumner, Damn -- didn't know you were a member of the "silent generation"
like
> me. As my kids say "Cool." BTW - had a whole ceiling full of 1/72 scale
> models of WWI and WWII aircraft models at one time -- 'til some packer
said
> "NO problem - I'll wrap them well." He did - they were in pieces when I
> unpacked. Of course the insurance covered it - Right! :-(.
>
> Art Kelly
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