CliffP Posted July 7, 2014 Share #26 Posted July 7, 2014 Phil, Patrick would be the best person to ask that question because I don't know. They look very similar to some made by Amcraft . . . but they are not the same. Kind regards, Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted July 7, 2014 Share #27 Posted July 7, 2014 Cliff is correct they are not exactly the same as the Amcraft pilot wings. Some people (and I'm looking at John Cooper) claim they were made by Gemsco. I think they are as close to Amcraft as possible without having an Amcraft hallmark that I feel comfortable calling them Amcraft wings. We have some threads in the past about this issue. BTW to make a 2-piece casting (casting the base wing and the bullet) actually makes little to no sense. The base observer wing is more valuable than the gunner wing, so why make a casting of a more valuable wing only to "down grade" it to a lesser (and more common) wing by adding the bullet? Even the bombardier wing is more valuable than the gunner wing--not to mention the flight surgeon wing. Cliff got it right, if this were a casting, it would have been a casting of an existing gunner wing, and the bullet would have been (by definition) part of the cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militbuff Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share #28 Posted July 8, 2014 Wow! I'm surprised that this post is still going on! I'll take some more and better pics tomorrow. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted July 8, 2014 Share #29 Posted July 8, 2014 its been a slow few days on the forum.... hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZPhil Posted July 9, 2014 Share #30 Posted July 9, 2014 Thanks Dan. I look forward to seeing them! Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militbuff Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share #31 Posted July 10, 2014 All, sorry for not posting yesterday but it was a rough day. Will post this weekend - scout's honor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZPhil Posted July 11, 2014 Share #32 Posted July 11, 2014 Closeup's of the back of the bullet tip and the other area's mention in the thread would be great. Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militbuff Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share #33 Posted July 13, 2014 Here are the pics I promised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AZPhil Posted July 14, 2014 Share #42 Posted July 14, 2014 Sorry if I'm being a PIA but one more close up of the back of the bullet tip would be great1 Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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