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re: Vader’s Model Desk: Lockheed P-38J Lightning
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:05 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:05 pm to Darth_Vader
Great work.
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Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:06 pm to Jim Rockford
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Test pilot Cass Hough supposedly broke the sound barrier in a P38 during a 43000 foot vertical dive and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross. There are references to it here and there online but nothing definite. It is well established that P38's and P47's encountered compressibility issues with their control surfaces in dives, so they at least did approach Mach 1 at times.
The thought of breaking the sound barrier in a piston engined aircraft kinda blows my mind.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:53 pm to Darth_Vader
Should have done Dick Bong's livery.
Mr. Bong was a helluva Dick, medal of honor winner and the US ace of aces.
Mr. Bong was a helluva Dick, medal of honor winner and the US ace of aces.
This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 7:12 pm to Darth_Vader
Another great job! 
Posted on 7/3/26 at 7:25 pm to Dam Guide
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Mr. Bong was a helluva Dick, medal of honor winner and the US ace of aces
Bong thought the P-38 was a heck of an aircraft also…
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:12 pm to Dam Guide
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Should have done Dick Bong's livery.
This kit didn’t have the decals for it. Monogram produced a kit of his plane back in the 80s. I built it then but it’s long gone.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:14 pm to Dam Guide
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Should have done Dick Bong's livery.
or Robin Olds
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:32 pm to Darth_Vader
Nice work Darth!
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:33 pm to Darth_Vader
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This kit didn’t have the decals for it.
Probably would have to go custom decals, surprised it was made in a kit. He loved his Marge. I’ve been fortunate enough to see this one up in Wisconsin. Always was one of my favorite planes, yours looks great.
This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:39 pm to AtticusOSullivan
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My favorite plane
It's definitely one of my top 5 for WW2. So distinctive a design and great performance.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 9:18 pm to sledgehammer
P-47s wrecked the better German pilots before the P-51 was able to find the right engine.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 9:25 pm to Dam Guide
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Probably would have to go custom decals, surprised it was made in a kit. He loved his Marge. I’ve been fortunate enough to see this one up in Wisconsin. Always was one of my favorite planes, yours looks great.
Bong’s P-38 was perhaps one of the most famous American fighters of the war.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 9:59 pm to LSURussian
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My Dad told me a P-38 likely saved his life in December, 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.
You wouldn't be here if not for that P-38.
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