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Title: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: Devil 505 on January 23, 2018, 11:58:21 PM: P-40F of the 65th Fighter Squadron, Tunisia 1943. This aircraft was photographed in color by Life magazine sometime in the first half of 1943. "White 62" sports an unusual rudder painted completely in Insignia Blue. Also unusual is the lack of alignment to the side numbers. Paint scheme is Desert Sand over Neutral Gray with US insignia on both wings and RAF styled fin flash on the vertical stabilizer(Note the different tone in colors here vs. the U.S. red and blue)

(https://s6.postimg.org/lj5hwn6bl/Blue_Tail.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/fuz75r1z1/)

(https://s6.postimg.org/ajkal2ihd/Blue_Tail_2.png) (https://postimg.org/image/co4nm5k3x/)
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: Vraciu on January 24, 2018, 01:24:21 AM: Nice job.
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: lyric1 on January 24, 2018, 01:53:42 AM: :aok
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: Greebo on January 24, 2018, 10:32:27 AM: Great skin Devil, very nicely weathered.
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: Lazerr on January 24, 2018, 01:53:51 PM: Nice work!
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: Nefarious on January 24, 2018, 03:39:34 PM: Nice work! <S>
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: oboe on January 24, 2018, 04:29:49 PM: Very nice Devil! You have a talent for grunge and it really makes the skin look authentic.
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: TerryRF on January 24, 2018, 05:47:05 PM: Very nice! My Uncle, 2nd Lt. Clair Bigelow, 57thFG/65FS, KIA 12/20/43 while on a dive bombing mission in Italy in P-40L.

This is the first skin for a P-40 I have seen for his squadron the 'Fighting noodles". I would love to have this skin.

Good work Devil!
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: TerryRF on January 24, 2018, 05:49:43 PM: Gosh...That was the "Fighting noodles". Where did "noodles" come from? Is that a banned word?
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: Nefarious on January 24, 2018, 06:21:34 PM: Quote from: TerryRF on January 24, 2018, 05:49:43 PM
Gosh...That was the "Fighting noodles". Where did "noodles" come from? Is that a banned word?

Four letter word for rooster maybe? :D
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: lyric1 on January 25, 2018, 12:11:14 AM: Quote from: TerryRF on January 24, 2018, 05:49:43 PM

"Fighting noodles".

Lethal.

(https://i.imgur.com/BCc136w.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/laUKurY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Wzh4ZOn.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/rL1mjNz.jpg)
Title: Re: P-40F "Blue Rudder" 57th FG/ 65th FS
Post by: Vraciu on January 25, 2018, 12:56:56 AM: :O Woah.