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thanks but I'm not back. just stopped in to see if I had any messages..and I did.
will stop by now and again.
email is the best way to contact me.
 
Its a beauty John.

I am going to guess VF-6 NAS Pearl Harbor part of the shared air battalion aircraft.
 
...after picking up my stool, setting it aright and pulling my socks back on, my web link crashed or I would've raved about this beauty yesterday. :medals::medals:

--you're keeping CFS3 alive and well! :ernae:
 
According to the profile, VF-2, USS Saratoga, Jan 42.

Nice model this one, inside, and out, not done any work on the pit texture yet though, be even better then!
 
Hmm.. Perhaps I finally should assemble and paint that B-239 from Revell.. Not the greatest model, I admit, but the best I could find from this little hick town behind gods hindquarters.
 
Excellent piece of work Sir !!!

Just looked in from the other Flight Centre where FireStorm told me about your plane build. Very nice as we is looking to be able to fly that little known beastie against each other and pals on-line maybe in std. CFS-3 or whatever Expansion is planned.

These planes were definately used by Aussies and Kiwi's in Malaya in WW2. One of my heroes since the early 1970's when I found out about him in a Ballantines Softback book and others is:- Geoffrey Fisken. A really outstanding RNZAF Fighter pilot, he flew these Buffalo's and later the Curtis P-40-M.( The Warararpa Wildcat ) Geoff Fisken had been trained on Buffaloes in Malaya in early Mid 1941 and when the Japanes invaded Malaya on DEC.8th he was sent to Mingaladon Then Kallang with 67 and 243 RAF Sqadrons flying the Buffalo Fighter. Flying against mainly the Japanes Oscars, he shot down at least 5, then with his Sqdn. decimated ,the survivors joined RAAF 453 Sqdn ( where he downed 2 more ) till early Feb 1942 when he was badly injured and evacuated out of theatre.
His plane was a:- B339E Brewster Buffalo No:- W8147 and coded WP-O

Look in this link for a more detailed history and great pics. http://rnzaf.hobbyvista.com/gf.html
Great print of a painting of him in action


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Geoffrey Died on June 14th this year aged 96.

Any chance of this particular aircraft being added in to the expansions as a tribute to this pilot and the Buffalo Aircraft.

Thanks guys. Wonderful stuff.

Bill T(WINCO41)
 

Any chance of this particular aircraft being added in to the expansions as a tribute to this pilot and the Buffalo Aircraft.

Yes Bill, I'll make sure it's done, actually working on the RAF/RAAF/ RNZAF textures at the moment, I'll post some shots when it looks decent!

Thanks for the link.

John
 
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Roundels next mate!:icon_lol:
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More roundels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:icon_lol:

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FlyingFinn said:
Hmm.. Perhaps I finally should assemble and paint that B-239 from Revell.. Not the greatest model, I admit, but the best I could find from this little hick town behind gods hindquarters.
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Interesting - I keep a pretty close eye on Revell kits released in France and Germany (which is repectively where I live and where I buy a lot of my kits as they're cheaper there) and I never saw this one. If you or Rene see one on a shelf anywhere behind God's hindquarters, let me know! Looking at the instruction sheet I've just downloaded from Revell.de, I can guess why it wasn't released here - the swastikas, even if the Finnish swastika predates the Nazi effort and has no connection whatsoever to it.

Which is a pity, because despite the rivets and raised panel lines, I'm sure I could have done something useful with it. I've got the 1/48th Tamiya Buffalo to hand, but that would require an incredible amount of work to bring it back to B-239 standard. I mighgt just half-close my eyes to the differences, make it more-or-less from the box, and paint it in Finnish colours anyway. I've already got an RAAF one in the collection...
 
A beautiful Bird in those American colors..
Looks Great!!
Bravo to the Masters for this one..
:salute: :salute: :salute:
 
Here you go Bill, here's Geoffrey Fisken's Mk I.
I had already almost finished it's sister aircraft W8137, R.A. Weber's mount, from the same Squadron. Both will be added to the PTO.




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