[johnnyboy]

The second release was first posted as P 39Q 46th FS, 15th FG, 7AF, Makin Island which should have looked like this

I wonder now if we will get this at a later date?

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by johnnyboy

The second release was first posted as P 39Q 46th FS, 15th FG, 7AF, Makin Island which should have looked like this
Attachment 3719
I wonder now if we will get this at a later date?

Now I can get excited about this scheme.
- Shawn

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by johnnyboy

The second release was first posted as P 39Q 46th FS, 15th FG, 7AF, Makin Island which should have looked like this
I wonder now if we will get this at a later date?

i like that scheme too.
jp

[mustangdriver]

I worked on the restoration of the real Snooks 2nd, so that is going to be a must for me.

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by mustangdriver

I worked on the restoration of the real Snooks 2nd, so that is going to be a must for me.

You always get to work on the good stuff.
I'm doing the wrong job....
Need to move back there and work on them babys.
JP

[FormerViperDriver]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

Maybe, but throw the boys of the Cactus Air Force (Guadalcanal) a freakin' bone already. They held with what they had, and deserve alittle something,
- Shawn

Absolutely! I'll get one of those liveries if it's made, no question.

My real problem will be deciding whether to wait for someone to do a P-39 in 1/48 scale, or get the HM 1/72. But I'll definitely end up with at least two P-39s: one US and one Russian. Probably more...

FVD

[butcherbird]

'Miss Helen the Flying Jenny'
George Welch. New Guinea, 1942

[hawkonevoodoo]

Originally Posted by johnnyboy

The second release was first posted as P 39Q 46th FS, 15th FG, 7AF, Makin Island which should have looked like this
Attachment 3719
I wonder now if we will get this at a later date?

I've seen pictures of this plane in different books and every one had a different color or shade. What is the correct color?

[leeG]

Originally Posted by mhackl

HA1701
Bell P-39N/Q Airacobra "Russian Ace" #29004, call-code "100"
Александр Иванович Покрышкин (Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin)
A 1/72nd scale model by Hobby Master due October 2007

Flying this aircraft, Pokryshkin scored several aerial victories in the later period of the war. The P-39 was a favorite weapon of Pokryshkin, he still flew this type when his 9th fighter division was already entirely reequipped by La-7 fighters. In 1943 Pokryshkin made a useful P-39 modification, he combined all armament firing into one button on the stick, so that a wave of 37 mm cannon and 12,7 mm heavy gun shells would devastate any enemy plane in one shot. He flew a total of 550 sorties, participated in 139 air combat encounters and he officially scored 59 enemy planes. But in opinion of some historians his killboard list should be enlarged by approximately 13 victories that were scored in battles over Kuban.

I've just finished the Osprey book "Soviet Lend-Lease Fighter Aces of World War 2." This book notes that contrary to popular belief, Pokryshkin didn't have kill marks on "White 100." Why let the opposition know what caliber of pilot they were facing? The pictures of Pokryshkin in front of a P-39 with a galaxy of stars were actually taken in front of Grigori A. Rechkalov's Cobra with each picture carefully framed so the tactical number wasn't visible. The Osprey color profile of "White 100" in this book shows no kill marks.

[Folgore]

Originally Posted by johnnyboy

The second release was first posted as P 39Q 46th FS, 15th FG, 7AF, Makin Island which should have looked like this
Attachment 3719
I wonder now if we will get this at a later date?

I'm with you guys -- I like this scheme best.