RBrown Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) Here are some screenshots from a home movie taken in the 1930s... Edited April 14, 2022 by RBrown Stefano, D.B. Andrus, MikeC and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Cool! Was doing some research at work on a random photo that turns out was of LeMay at Selfridge around that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Hard to believe these were world class fighters at the time. We were - what? - only a decade away from game-changers like Spits and Mustangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Looks like the 17th Fighter Squadron (pursuit) with the Owl insignia? they later became the Hooters at Shaw AFB flying the F-16 block 25 in Desert Storm. My old squadron flew them as well- the 19th; which also later flew F-16’s at Shaw. I believe Claire Chennault was the 19th Squadron Commander for a time in the P-26. Cheers P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Makes me want to pull out my old Hase kit and start it. RBrown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 That old Hasegawa kit has really stood the test of time, it is still a great kit! LSP_Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveculp Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Interesting variation in the green colors on the fuselages. Looks like at least two types - forest green and olive green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 Those fuselages are Army Quartermaster Olive Drab or Light Blue. The film has color shifted and is has affected the blues quite a bit. The original Light Blue did have a significant green component, however. Here is a shot of a Light Blue P-30 and and Olive Drab P-26 from the same film. There is still a lot of color shift but the Light Blue is a more evident... MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 1 hour ago, RBrown said: That old Hasegawa kit has really stood the test of time, it is still a great kit! Mine survived not only my kid but my grandson as well who now has it parked on his dresser top. Not bad for something not built from legos. RBrown and Ayovan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveculp Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Here's a color corrected and enhanced version of the first photo. I'm no expert at this, so I may have done it wrong. Anyhow, enhancing the blue saturation turned the sky bluer, and also the more distant of the two P-26's. RBrown, adameliclem and MikeC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Bell Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Morning all! What we're seeing is a rare color image of the second version of Light Blue 23. The original color was on the paper Quartermaster Corps color card and was much lighter and greener - more of a turquoise. In 1934 the Air Corps created a set of metal color plates with this stronger blue, but used the same name and number in correspondence, causing a few years of confusion. It's really a great shot! Cheers, Dana RBrown, Stefano, adameliclem and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adameliclem Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 RBrown, thanks for the great find. I’d been considering a subject for my Hasegawa kit, with a Guatemalan P-26 in the lead, but I lived near Selfridge when I was a kid, and their Peashooters look great, too. It’s always great to see previously unseen color photos, but films are a real treat. Adam RBrown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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