Author Topic: Erv Ethell's Tangerine? (Read 595 times)

oboe · « **on:** December 26, 2007, 04:08:14 PM »

Was thinking about skinning Erv Ethell's "Tangerine", which I recall was a ordinary looking OD with printed noseart and no graphic. But a little web research revealed this late-J and L model painted as Erv's bird, with a nose graphic.

Is this an example of artistic license on the restoration? Or are is the noseart accurate, just should be on an earlier model 38?

Guppy35 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 26, 2007, 04:46:32 PM »

Tangerine was a P38F

She went down with another pilot

Guppy35 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2007, 04:47:51 PM »

I have a decal sheet for Tangerine for a 38 model not built.

Here's the direction sheet followed by the decals. Note the squadron codes for the 48th FS, 14th FG

Guppy35 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 26, 2007, 04:50:31 PM »

Note that the restored bird has the yellow trim that apparently wasn't on the real Tangerine. it also lacks the squadron codes that were carried on Tangerine.

oboe · « **Reply #4 on:** December 26, 2007, 05:28:16 PM »

Ask and ye shall receive - thanks, Dan. Decals and everything!

I should ask - are we allowed to skin F's on the G model now? My skin forum search revealed a thread discussing this but the answer back then was no - skins must be only for the correct model of plane only.

I'd like to do the original Itsy Bitsy and Tangerine too, but neither of them are Gs. I have asked HTC about doing J-25s as Ls, but never got a response...

Guppy35 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 26, 2007, 06:01:12 PM »

I believe so. Both Itsy Bitsy and Tangerine were being flown alongside G models.