MM 08 The Ragged, Rugged Warriors

[pennausamike]

The title, The Ragged, Rugged Warriors, comes from a Martin Caidin book about the early days of the Sino-Pacific theater in WWII.

 

I planned to build five kits from that period;

a Philippines P-26, a P-35, a P-40B, a P-40E and a Pearl Harbor P-36.

I haven't bought the P-36 yet, and I've only built the

 

Philippines based P-35

 

 

made from the old Williams Brothers kit.

I made the air intake based on the example in Kermit Weeks collection,

only to find out that it is a modification from service with the Swedish air force.

Ooops, too late now.

 

I also finished the Revell P-40E

 

 

There must be an 1/8th inch of bondo in the fuselage to wing join!

 

I still need to decide on squadron codes for both aircraft;

I'll probably get motivated to do that after I get a couple more of the other kits built.

 

Mike

 

[Azgaron]

Nice builds both of them! Looks great!

 

I have the P-35 but plan to do the race version. Thought of doing a Swedish version, but was unsure of what modifications I needed to do.

 

HÃ¥kan

[gee]

That's great, read that book when I was a kid, great stuff man.