Author Topic: P-40E tiger mouth skin request (Read 556 times)

toonces3 · « **on:** June 04, 2007, 12:51:19 PM »

When the AVG (Flying Tigers) were replaced in China by the 23rd Fighter Group, they retained the shark mouth on their P-40's.
I've noticed the P-40B has the AVG skin, but the P-40E doesn't have a shark mouth skin with the U.S. insignia on the wings.

I would like to throw the request out for one of the skin guys (Greebo, Krusty, etc...) to do a P-40E skin with the 23rd Fighter Group camo paint job with the sharks mouth.

Thanks,
Toonces

toonces3 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 04, 2007, 01:53:04 PM »

disregard.

Just found the skin downloads section and realized it's already in there.

Great work guys!

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2007, 02:44:10 PM »

Yeah but they also had the shark mouth for other planes aswell.

I belive they had b24's with them also.

Treize69 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 05, 2007, 04:28:45 AM »

We have B-24s with them.

Also P-51s, P-38s, stukas...

Krusty · « **Reply #4 on:** June 05, 2007, 08:46:09 AM »

The AVG used them on P40s. Then when the AVG was absorbed into the USAAF, they kept them on later P40s. Then the B24s in the group that those P40s were escorting began using them as a homage to the tradition of the Flying Tigers.

So basically the B24 has it because it's a Flying Tiger! (or, rather, nearly so!

)

Citabria · « **Reply #5 on:** June 05, 2007, 10:42:40 PM »

they are in there 23rd fg and 2nd PS AVG by fester. first skins i ever did were the p40e's but they look ok still I think.

heres the p40E 2nd PS avg flown by ed rector

and heres 1/Lt. Dallas A. Clinger's 16th FS, 23rd FG Kweilin China, October 1942

Karnak · « **Reply #6 on:** June 05, 2007, 10:54:07 PM »

Those still look pretty good.

Ugliest shark mouth job I ever saw was a Lancaster that had had the shark mouth applied not to the fuselage, but one to each of the four Merlin engine nacelles.

Widewing · « **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2007, 03:41:55 PM »

I've been using Fester's P-40 skins. They are the best of the P-40s as Fester spares no effort on the details.

My regards,

Widewing