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I've seen it both ways. An AVG Hawk 81 sowing the color demarcation continuing through the area under the clear part: A P-40E with that area entirely Dark Earth (Dupont Equivalent): Best to use photos of the subject you intend to build, and to remember that the area in question was always an exterior color (never Interior Green). HTH, D

That is straight off the factory blueprint. I'm not sure if that is a print dated after the official change to OD 613 (which was likely only applied to the last few batches of P-40Ns - if at all) and therefore the last 2 digits were lost somehow, or if that 6 refers to one of the print's notes. No matter, though, since that area was either OD or Sand (depending on the camo scheme) from the factory. HTH, D

A common fallacy, but that rear deck was always an exterior color, either OD of an OD airplane, or Sand for the desert scheme... HTH, D

Because the Ta 152 fuselage was lengthened in that area. Compared to the Fw 190D series, the Ta 152's cockpit was positioned further aft of the wing, and the engine located further forward of the wing. Thus, there was more room inside the Ta 152's fuselage in that area. HTH, D

SR-71 U-2 Ta 152H D

The largest number of 1/32 and 1/24 kits by subject matter I have: Fw 190s & Ta 152s - 39 stash, + 7 built and 1 underway. Bf 109s - 27 stash, + 6 built and 1 underway. Hundreds of other subjects as well, but none come close to the numbers of '190s and '109s. And I will build them all. D

That's about $200 more than it's worth. D

Which is correct since the real Spitfire had raised rivets aft of the cockpit and flush fasteners (represented as recessed details) on the forward fuselage. I believe that kit was the first (only?) Spitfire kit to accurately represent those surface features. HTH, D

More information posted in THIS THREAD. HTH, D

The Luftwaffe had operational ejection seats during WWII. HTH, D

What happens if the spreadsheet is the victim of a drive crash or other catastrophe? I've been using simple Post-it notes for at least 20 years to identify the aftermarket items that are store inside the kit boxes. I need only look at the kit box to know what it contains - all of that information is in one place. Relevant to this thread's topic, ANYONE looking at my kit boxes has instant access to lists of exactly what's inside each box, so heirs would have an easy time selling the stuff if they should so choose to do so. The only question posed about doing this so far has been "Won't they fall off eventually?" No. I've never had one fall off unless it was knocked off, and some of those Post-its have been in place for more than 2 decades. D

No. Both of the Hasegawa Zero kits offered for 40% off the listed price are both new-took kits: A6M5c - https://spruebrothers.com/has08257-1-32-hasegawa-mitsubishi-a6m5c-zero-fighter-type-52-hei-252nd-flying-group-with-air-to-air-bombs/ A6M5b - https://spruebrothers.com/has08259-1-32-hasegawa-mitsubishi-a6m5b-zero-fighter-type-52-otsu-653rd-flying-group-/ This is the old-tool (ancient-tool?) Hasegawa Zero kit, and it is NOT part of that "clearance sale": https://spruebrothers.com/has08054-1-32-hasegawa-mitsubishi-a6m5c-zero-fighter/ This is exactly why those new-tool Hasegawa Zero kit don't sell as well as they should - people don't know what they're looking at, especially when the new-tool and old-tool kits are being sold side by side. Hasegawa really shot themselves in the foot with that strategy. D Adding a link to the entire 40% off sale items at Sprue Brothers: https://spruebrothers.com/special-categories/clearance/

HTH, D

Does it really matter how a stash is disposed of? The stuff is all paid for. It won't cost anyone anything more than a few hours of their time to toss it all in the recycle bin so it can be hauled away. It only becomes a chore if the people that are left with the stuff when I'm gone want to earn some cash by selling it, and that would be entirely their own choice. D

It's difficult to tell when the title of this thread is "Luftwaffe Classic books" and all sorts of other books that are outside of that scope keep getting thrown around... If the object here is the massive undertaking to catalog ALL of the Classic Publications books, then the thread title should be changed to reflect that. D

As stated on the front covers of all those books near the top, they are part of the "Luftwaffe Colours" series of books, and NOT part of the Luftwaffe Classics series. Not all books published by Classic Publications were part of their Luftwaffe Classics series. As stated before, Classic Publications produced many different series of books. It seems as though you are lumping them all together. HTH, D

That particular book is specifically about the Ar 234's operations with KG76, while the Classic Luftwaffe No.34 covers all versions and users of the Ar 234. Different focus rather than an update. Great book in and of itself, though. D

If there are indeed F-84 wheels out there, then they are not being sold through Sprue Brothers, Hannants, BNA Model World or global eBay. Nothing turns up with Googling, either, except for posts by other folks that are looking for them, too. I've been regularly looking in every corner of the internet for several months now - nada. Any definitive information you might have would be greatly appreciated. D

Resurrecting a thread from the dead... This thread is one of the top responses while Googling for resin replacements of the garbage vinyl tires in the Hobby Boss F-84 kits. While checking into the F-86 wheel idea, I found the following and thought I'd share the reality of that situation: Not pictured, but after checking the parts against each other, it appears as though the F-86 nose wheel tire is too large by enough to not be able to fit inside of the F-84 kit's nose gear fork. The bottom line? It sure would be nice if someone such as ResKit would do up a set of wheels for the F-84E and G kits. D

More likely that new Macchi book's number belongs to a different series of books, or numbering it was simply a mistake by an uninformed editor. The list posted above has been updated with your new information. D

That would be outside of the scope of the books being discussed, which would the numbered books in the Luftwaffe Classics series originating with Classic Publications. None of them were softbound books, nor did any of them cover NON-Luftwaffe subjects (such as Italian Macchis). However, Classic Publications as well as the follow-on Crecey Publishing also published many other books and series of books covering a wide range of subjects that were NOT part of the Luftwaffe Classics series. An updated list of the Luftwaffe Classics series of books: No.1 JV44 No.2 Hs 129 (superseded by Martin Pegg’s updated edition published by Chandros Publishing) No.3 Me 262 Vol.1 No.4 Me 262 Vol.2 No.5 Me 262 Vol.3 No.6 Me 262 Vol.4 No.7 Mistel No.8 Me 163 Vol.1 No.9 Me 163 Vol.2 No.8/9 Me 163 Revised Edition (previous No.8 and No.9 combined into one book with revised content) No.10 Helicopters No.11 Natter No.12 Ho 229 No.13 Dornier Do 335 No.14 Ju 287 No.15 Heinkel He 177 No.16 Fw 200 No.17 Heinkel He 162 No.18 Fw 190 Vol. 1 No.19 Fw 190 Vol. 2 No.20 Fw 190 Vol. 3 No.21 No.22 Junkers Ju 87 No.23 Junkers Ju 88 Vol. 1 No.24 Junkers Ju 88 Vol. 2 No.25 He 111 No.26 Ju 52 No.27 Do 215 No.28 Fw 200 No.29 V2 Rocket No.30 Do 17 No.31 Ta 154 No.32 Do 217 No.33 S.79 Sparviero No.34 Ar 234 No.35 Junkers Ju 88 Vol.3 Obviously, there are still some holes that need to be filled... D

From https://history.army.mil/museums/Arms-and-Ordnance/documents/Policy-Sop/Ordnance/US_Army-Aircraft-Paint-Color-Guides.pdf "ANA 157 Revision (28 Sep 1943) On 28 Sep 1943, ANA 157 came into effect, and this standardized the colors used by both the Army and the Navy. Due to the wartime rush to manufacture aircraft these changes were not in widespread application prior to early 1944. ANA 157 impacted Army aircraft by slightly changing the two primary camouflage colors. Accordingly, Dark Olive Drab 41 was superseded by ANA 613 Olive Drab and Neutral Gray 43 by ANA 603 Sea Gray." From https://www.uswarplanes.net/p40prodlist.pdf 42-104429 / 42-104828 P-40N-1-CU 400 Mar43–May43 42-104829 / 42-105928 P-40N-5-CU 1100 May43–Aug43 42-105929 / 42-106028 P-40N-10-CU 100 Aug43 42-106029 / 42-106405 P-40N-15-CU 377 Aug43–Sep43 42-106406 / 42-106428 P-40N-20-CU 23 Sep43 43-22752 / 43-24251 P-40N-20-CU 1500 Sep43–Jan44 At the very least, only some of the N-20 batch and later might have been 613. The profile in K2's post shows what is definitely an N-5 that was produced months before the change was written, let alone implemented. HTH, D

Got the sequence numbers for those books? That's what Thierry is after. D

According to the Curtis factory blueprints, the upper surfaces were to be painted "Olive Drab, Shade 41". The overall blueprint: The pertinent excerpt from the center of that print enlarged: Also possibly of interest is that the decking under the rear canopy behind the pilot was also Olive Drab (NOT the interior green so often seen on models): HTH, D

In addition to being on the lower spine (both on the jacket and on the book itself), the original Classic Publications site listed them by those numbers. Unfortunately, no other sellers including Crecy continued with that. My post above edited with the new information. Correct - four volumes. I failed add that in my post above the first time around. My post has been edited to include the additional information. D