[skysurfer808]

Originally Posted by mikeb1958

I would love to see the P-26 "Pearl Harbor" version, in the dark-olive green camo to go with these two cuties.

I like the Peashooter and probably will acquire at least one or two sometime soon. I have the Hasegawa 1/32 in kit form and will build it once I settle enough to work in plastic again. Still, another livery they could go with would be a Nightfighter version. I have a history of the "Pineapple Air Force" Hawaii's USAAF units, in which one pilot relates how his squadron received a few P-26s painted all black to be used as nightfighters. Mind you, this was after Pearl Harbor, late 41, early 42. The Philippine Air Force also used these in action, but aside from that instance, and with the Nationalist Chinese during the "China Incident" the P-26 never saw action.

Still, the bright prewar colors are great livery for a cute little plane. A nightfighter variant would look like an angry bumble bee.

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