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Title: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Devil 505 on August 09, 2020, 05:54:19 PM: P-40F of the 68th Fighter Squadron, based on Guadalcanal in January 1943. This aircraft was used for several months by a few different pilots. Reference photos of "White 208" show at least three versions of the white stripes used for IFF. I chose to depict it with the earliest version - a single white band around the fuselage. Later, stripes would be added to the upper and lower wings, crossing over the engine cowling. Later still, stripes would be added to vertical and horizontal stabilizers. The shark mouth was seen from the earliest photo and all of them with the red portion in a shade that seems lighter than one would expect.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/cLH1bRXW/Joan-2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JGfWyBfY)
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: lyric1 on August 09, 2020, 08:09:16 PM: :aok
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: whiteman on August 09, 2020, 08:57:47 PM: Looking good!
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Vraciu on August 09, 2020, 09:33:52 PM: Nicely done, sir, as usual.
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: oboe on August 09, 2020, 10:49:06 PM: Beautiful work, Devil505.

I didn't even know P-40Fs operated in the Pacific - thought they were just in the MTO.
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Devil 505 on August 09, 2020, 11:06:47 PM: Quote from: oboe on August 09, 2020, 10:49:06 PM
Beautiful work, Devil505.

I didn't even know P-40Fs operated in the Pacific - thought they were just in the MTO.

Yeah, there were a couple of fighter groups that had them. The 18th and 347th I know of for sure.

I already skinned a 18th FG P-40F.
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Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Vraciu on August 09, 2020, 11:10:49 PM: That's a nice one, too.
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Devil 505 on August 09, 2020, 11:31:33 PM: Quote from: Vraciu on August 09, 2020, 11:10:49 PM
That's a nice one, too.

Thanks.

I had to make that one based on the name alone. "Destitute Prostitute"
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Vraciu on August 09, 2020, 11:39:15 PM: Quote from: Devil 505 on August 09, 2020, 11:31:33 PM
Thanks.

I had to make that one based on the name alone. "Destitute Prostitute"

Ha!!! :rofl
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: oboe on August 10, 2020, 12:09:46 PM: Quote from: Devil 505 on August 09, 2020, 11:31:33 PM
Thanks.

I had to make that one based on the name alone. "Destitute Prostitute"

I take it the pilot was not fan of the Warhawk?
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Greebo on August 11, 2020, 02:10:15 AM: Can't beat a good shark mouth scheme, great skin Devil.
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Vraciu on August 11, 2020, 11:33:23 AM: Have you done #234 from Pearl Harbor?
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Devil 505 on August 11, 2020, 11:52:15 AM: Quote from: Vraciu on August 11, 2020, 11:33:23 AM
Have you done #234 from Pearl Harbor?

No, but I did George Welch's #160 on the C model. That was the plane he flew at Pearl.
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Vraciu on August 11, 2020, 12:09:47 PM: Quote from: Devil 505 on August 11, 2020, 11:52:15 AM
No, but I did George Welch's #160 on the C model. That was the plane he flew at Pearl.

Oh, yeah. I remember that one.

234 has quite a history. It's the only P-40 from the raid still in existence and is now in flyable condition.
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: swareiam on August 13, 2020, 09:08:44 AM: Real nice Devil!
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Post by: Nefarious on August 13, 2020, 04:31:52 PM: Great work as always Devil! :cheers:
Title: Re: A P-40F With Some Bite
Post by: Palace Cobra on August 21, 2020, 01:48:22 PM: Excellent!!!