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Original WWII Nose Art Photos and 1/48th scale Models


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When I can and am able to find them, I love to have an original photo of an aircraft/nose art that I can build a model of. With all the decal makers out there (and the ability to make your own which I have not dabbled in yet), there's a lot of great examples out there if you can find the photos. Here's a few of mine.

 

 

P-61 "Sleepy Time Gal" from the 6th NFS on Saipan, 1945

 

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Had a really hard time with the old Monogram kit, esp that darn canopy and getting it closed for inflight ops!

 

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Unknown 356th FG aircraft, but I liked the photo enough and decided on some nose art that I liked from a decal sheet for display

 

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Very nice work. Always cool to see inventiveness combined with historical research. What is your technique? How do you create the nose art?

 

Tom

 

Edit - I think I misunderstood... Just to clarify, are you using decals that are already available but locating original photos of the aircraft depicted by the decals?

 

...and I also need to add an "attaboy" for your 7th Air Force profile image and your P-47N. Good to see PTO fighters getting recognized.

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Very nice work. Always cool to see inventiveness combined with historical research. What is your technique? How do you create the nose art?

 

Tom

 

Edit - I think I misunderstood... Just to clarify, are you using decals that are already available but locating original photos of the aircraft depicted by the decals?

 

...and I also need to add an "attaboy" for your 7th Air Force profile image and your P-47N. Good to see PTO fighters getting recognized.

 

Yeah, I'm using decal sheets that are already produced by various companies. I have not done any homemade decals yet!

 

And thanks! My main area of focus on everything from collecting to research to model building is the 3 P-51 units of Iwo Jima (15th, 21st, 506th). Definitely feel like the pacific always gets overshadowed by the ETO and MTO when it comes to some things.

 

Thanks for looking guys!

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When do you find the time to model build? It's been such a long time for me. I was a fanatic for a while, but there isn't enough time in the day anymore :)

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When do you find the time to model build? It's been such a long time for me. I was a fanatic for a while, but there isn't enough time in the day anymore :)

 

As soon as the kids go to bed, it's off to my basement I go! And my boss is usually cool with it. She knows I need some 'me' time, it's how I decompress after a long day!

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