Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hello to all, I have visited this site for a long time and find it extremely interesting and informative. This is the first time I am posting. As of this time I am collecting 1/144 aircraft and 1/18 Corsairs I thought some people might get a kick out of the pics.
Regards
Dennis

Welcome aboard !!!

Welcome aboard !

Greetings from Belgium

phil

Welcome aboard and have fun!

Nice birds, btw

welcome !

Can you tell us more about this 3 planes ? what is the scale ? and if theses are 1/18 where did you get the 4 bladed corsair and the dauntless ?

greeting from France !

hey there.

welcome aboard!

The Dauntless looks a bit small for 1/18.

The Corsair looks like it could be a very well made Guillows model. The size is right, and it actually has the same markings as the Guillows kit. Guillows also made a Dauntless in the same scale, and this one also carries the same markings as the Guillows kit. My guess is he did a fantastic job building the two Guillows kits. Hopefully he will chime in and let us know.

Airacobra wrote:The Corsair looks like it could be a very well made Guillows model. The size is right, and it actually has the same markings as the Guillows kit. Guillows also made a Dauntless in the same scale, and this one also carries the same markings as the Guillows kit. My guess is he did a fantastic job building the two Guillows kits. Hopefully he will chime in and let us know.

A Dauntless in 1/18?
Why don't I know anything about it ?:o

fightin wrote:

Airacobra wrote:The Corsair looks like it could be a very well made Guillows model. The size is right, and it actually has the same markings as the Guillows kit. Guillows also made a Dauntless in the same scale, and this one also carries the same markings as the Guillows kit. My guess is he did a fantastic job building the two Guillows kits. Hopefully he will chime in and let us know.

A Dauntless in 1/18?
Why don't I know anything about it ?:o

Welcome Jolleyroger! Nice aircraft!
Fightin- I think they are 1/16. He certainly must have done an excellent job building them.

B-29 wrote:

fightin wrote: A Dauntless in 1/18?
Why don't I know anything about it ?:o

Welcome Jolleyroger! Nice aircraft!
Fightin- I think they are 1/16. He certainly must have done an excellent job building them.

Ah, alright. Do you know where to get them or how much for them?

Yup, they are listed as 1/16 scale. I have the P-47, but I am saving that one to convert to r/c. Nice kits, but they are pretty heavy if you want to make them free flight rubber powered models. Best bet on price is ebay. I have been watching a few different models and they can be had for as little as $30 to $40 shipped if you're patient. At least that's what I have found. I am currently hunting for the 1/16 P-38. They go for a bit more cash then the Dauntless, Corsair, and Thunderbolt.

Hi, Im sorry this is the first chance I had to get to my computer. The 1/18 Kepford Corsair is 21st Century and Yes the other 2 are Guillows balsa wood flying kits. My father made them....geez over 30 years ago. He covered the out side surfaces with sheet balsa to make them static models. He did go the extra mile and get rubber wheels and correct props at the Hobby shop. The small part I had was to paint them. My brother has the P-47 painted up with invaison stripes. I'll get a pic of that. Thanks for your interest.

hmmm. lol

Sorry Jolly Roger I did not know the name was taken. I'll change mine. I have mine because my dad was in the 90th Bomb Group, 320th BS, 5th AF B-24's. Their group was the Jolly Roger's with the skull and crossed bombs on the tails. His Squadron was the one with the sharks mouth on the nose.

JollyRoger wrote:Sorry Jolly Roger I did not know the name was taken. I'll change mine. I have mine because my dad was in the 90th Bomb Group, 320th BS, 5th AF B-24's. Their group was the Jolly Roger's with the skull and crossed bombs on the tails. His Squadron was the one with the sharks mouth on the nose.

Welcome aboard JollyRoger.

Very cool that your dad flew with the B-24 Jolly Rogers.

Shame about the name as you have a real connection to it.Maybe 90THBG,or something similar.?

Did you know that Corgi did a 1/72 B-24 in the 321stBS,90thBG?

You should definitely get this model,if you don't have your dads exact squadron already.

http://www.tricatus.co.uk/CorgiAA_pages_01/AA34006.html

Lots of web sites dealing with the 90th BG.I am sure that you are aware of these.The best one looks to be repairing from a hacker,but here is another.

http://thejollyrogers.com/

What plane did your dad fly?

As you can see,I am very interested in your family history,as it is a very famous set of squadrons,

I am sure other members here would be fascinated as well.

Thanks Snake thats a great idea. I'm gonna try 90THBG. I have the Corgi B-24, It's a nice piece.

Welcome.

My father was a top turret gunner / flight engineer. From what I can piece together his plane was named The Queen of Hearts. I have posted pics and info on a couple of Jolly Rogers sites. My apologies for getting away from 1/18 scale. How do you change your username?

Here is "Queen of Hearts"



How cool is that!

Queen of hearts,flying.



Love this thread.

Yep, thats her. 44-40185. The tail would would be red and have 0185 on top of the skull and crossed bombs.

Wild huh? My father is most likly sitting in the top turret in that picture!

I am sure you have already seen these before,but if not.

And good to show the other members here,the actual plane that your dad flew.

Do you have a model of his actual plane?

With the wonders of decal making these days,you could get this done.

Or perhaps you could get a professional custom done.

As you can tell,I am very interested in this.And in giving you any help I can.