Author Topic: Scat II, Robin Olds' P-38J (Read 976 times)

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **on:** June 16, 2007, 06:39:56 PM »

With General Robin Olds' recent passing, it'd be nice if someone with skills and talent I don't have would take a shot at doing his "Scat II" P-38J.

Citabria · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2007, 12:25:28 AM »

i thought someone did

if not pics?

Treize69 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2007, 04:45:45 AM »

Best I could do without a sccanner

Widewing · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2007, 09:05:30 AM »

My regards,

Widewing

Guppy35 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2007, 10:14:40 AM »

Yep, the bird was silver. Osprey has the profile wrong. Photos definately confirm the NMF bird as Scat II.

SKJohn · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2007, 07:07:22 PM »

Corgi and Matchbox have both made their die-cast of Scat II in Olive Drab finishes. Could it be possiblke that it was an earlier model of a P-38? Much like Bud Anderson's "OLD CROW" P-51B was OD, but his P-51D was first OD, then NMF?

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2007, 07:22:26 PM »

I do not recall seeing Olds pictured next to a P-38J with "Scat II" on it that was OD. If Dan says "Scat II" was NMF, I'd say it's a pretty sure thing it was an NMF bird.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2007, 07:37:04 PM »

Bud Anderson's Old Crow, at least his D model was painted in the field and then his ground crew stripped it when winter set in.

A picture is worth a 1000 words

From the 479th history. Note Olds standing next to a clearly NMF 38 named Scat II. And also note the remnants of Scat II after it went down with another pilot. No rudder color either.

That was later in the summer after the invasion stripes came off the top wings. No clue where Corgi and others got their info.

I'd also suggest based on the photo that Scat II was red outlined in black, not yellow outlined in red as on the corgi bird.