[SkyBuffalo]

I just got :
Dragon Warbirds 50192
F4F (FM-2) Wildcat Diecast Model
USN VC-93, "White 29", Hatherly Foster III, USS Petrof Bay, April 1945


It's a great looking plane, but I noticed something odd. On the right side, just under the cockpit, this is written :

" Lt. R. C. Sullivan " with one Japanese kill flag behind it.

Just wondering if anyone knows the story on this. Why would the plane have Mr. Sullivan's name on it if it was flown by H. Foster III. Was it a borrowed plane? Thanks for any information you blokes can provide.

[Folgore]

Hi, Sky Buffalo-

For what's it's worth, here's an earlier post, when I picked this one up myself:

Although the model is described online as Lt. Hatherly Foster III's mount, the name on the model is Lt. F.C. or R.C. Sullivan. Hatherly is a misspelling, anyway: It should be Lt. j.g. Ratherly Foster III, who was awarded a Navy Cross for his actions as a pilot assigned to VC-93 on April 12, 1945. Maybe Foster flew Sullivan's plane that day...

This USS Petrof Bay site features a squadron history of VC-93 and photos of FM-2s and Avengers with the cloverleaf insigina, as well as photos of VC-93 pilots including Robert Sullivan and Bud Foster, which I think is pretty neat: http://home.comcast.net/~ivorjeffreys/petrof.html.

[parsig9]

Name wrong or not it sure is a nice looking heavy model for its size. I can't read the name anyway. Too small

[Epapazian]

Originally Posted by parsig9

Name wrong or not it sure is a nice looking heavy model for its size. I can't read the name anyway. Too small

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Perhaps the small lettering is Dragon's attempt to divert our attention from the Jimmy Durante-sized propeller hub they put on this baby.

[Folgore]

Originally Posted by Epapazian

Perhaps the small lettering is Dragon's attempt to divert our attention from the Jimmy Durante-sized propeller hub they put on this baby.

It's kinda the Ron Jeremy of planes...

[SkyBuffalo]

Well, if you're name was "Ratherly", you'd better make up for it some somehow, like having a huge propeller hub ... wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean?

[djjeffhall]

Okay, I know I'm being nit picky, but what is up with all the rivets?

[Folgore]

Originally Posted by djjeffhall

Okay, I know I'm being nit picky, but what is up with all the rivets?

Well, ya see, they hold the plane together...

[Cardinal]

Originally Posted by Folgore

Well, ya see, they hold the plane together...

I thought glue did that . Sorry, was thinking about the Mosquito .

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by Folgore

Well, ya see, they hold the plane together...

Oh, good one, Folgore!.....