I believe I may have seen the British ID pictures you referred to some time ago. However my first real aircraft collectible was a Cruver TBF and I eventually bought or was given between 90-100 of these models which, of course, were my first love---at least where this hobby is concerned. I also have a old U.S. WWII spotter's guide with many of those not so accurate ID-style pictures but this, like most of my surviving Cruver models , is in pretty bad shape. Oh well. Life goes on. |
Thought I would add some pictures of the recognition material I was talking about. Really do like the Cruver ID models too and had a collection of over 200 of the gems. Only problem with Cruvers is when tempertures get high, because it tends to help them breakdown. Living down south really does not help with this either, all it would take is an extended power outage to turn a nice collection into a not so nice collection. They also have a tendancy to be dust magnets. Still have a few nice ones to include CR-42. Piper Grasshopper, Westland Whirlwind, Emily, Catalina, and a Hampden. Nice little collection of some of the harder ones to find.
