Shoggz Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 What a fantastic collection! Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 43 minutes ago, Shoggz said: What a fantastic collection! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 A few progress patricksparks, Stew Dapple, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Hi, Tolga K-14's began to be factory installed by January, 1945 on D-40-RA's, but according to "The Mighty Eighth War Manual" by Roger Freeman -arguably the world's leading authority on the USAAF in the ETO during WW2- the "K-14 was the fighter version, first received for trial installation in July 1944 and progressively installed in as many fighter aircraft as possible after August, replacing all other types of sight." So, as is always the case, the best way to know if this bird had its original N9 sight or if it had been upgraded to the K-14 is to find a good quality period photo of said bird. I did a quick web search and the best I could do was this rather lo-res shot of 44-20372, sadly it is so small and grainy that it is nigh on impossible to discern which sight was installed. If I had to hazard a guess though, I'd bet on the N9, just based on the slimmer profile of that sight compared to the boxier K-14. That being said, I'm pretty sure you can get away with installing any one of the two and no one alive today can honestly tell you if it's wrong or right, so it's up to you in the end. Hope that helps! - Thomaz Grunticus, Rocat and Tolga ULGUR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, TAG said: Hi, Tolga K-14's began to be factory installed by January, 1945 on D-40-RA's, but according to "The Mighty Eighth War Manual" by Roger Freeman -arguably the world's leading authority on the USAAF in the ETO during WW2- the "K-14 was the fighter version, first received for trial installation in July 1944 and progressively installed in as many fighter aircraft as possible after August, replacing all other types of sight." So, as is always the case, the best way to know if this bird had its original N9 sight or if it had been upgraded to the K-14 is to find a good quality period photo of said bird. I did a quick web search and the best I could do was this rather lo-res shot of 44-20372, sadly it is so small and grainy that it is nigh on impossible to discern which sight was installed. If I had to hazard a guess though, I'd bet on the N9, just based on the slimmer profile of that sight compared to the boxier K-14. That being said, I'm pretty sure you can get away with installing any one of the two and no one alive today can honestly tell you if it's wrong or right, so it's up to you in the end. Hope that helps! - Thomaz Hi Thomaz, I agree, when I examined the same picture, the blurry profile looked like an N9 to me. And I decided to continue with K9. Thanks so much for your help, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEYSSON Gilles Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 about " a few progress " Gilles Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Some more progress I used Eduard seatbelts. themongoose, scvrobeson, LSP_Kevin and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 And it finished Sorry for the crappy pictures. This is the result of cloudy weather. I'll try to get better pictures for the RFI. Thanks for watching. Borsos, Out2gtcha, LSP_Kevin and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Beautiful! I know it’s been said before but you ARE a machine. John Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 15 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Beautiful! I know it’s been said before but you ARE a machine. John Thanks John, appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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