J Charter wrote:

> P-38   I had I little plastic toy one from a cereal box maybe.  I used
> to build aircraft carriers from wood and launch and land the Lightning
> over a broadloom sea.  Were they carrier-based I now wonder?

No, not at all !
The P-38 Lightning was in service with the US Army Air Force.
It never operated from onboard a carrier. This is for sure.

BTW, the first twin-engined aircraft in history that got released for
carrier
operations within the US Navy was the Grumman F7F Tigercat
which is also a nice plane, though not as elegant and well-known
as the P-38 is.

Jens

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Andrea Ryan wrote:

> P38.  It looks a little simpler than the other one.  These remind me of
> the B17 and the Nazi planes that they let us tour at the local airport.
> It was really cool to see them take off.  Can you try to do an animation
> of these planes taking off or landing?
> Brendan

Ooops....!
Sorry, I don't make animations.
Just still images.
Maybe I'll try one in the far future,
but I cannot promise it !
Jens

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Dave Blandston wrote:

> My wife suggests the P-38. I have to agree as well.
>
> Dave and Paula Blandston

*broad grin*
Of course you have to.... ;o)
Jens

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Halbert wrote:

> If you don't mind me asking:
> How do you model your aircraft? All script, use a modeller?

Yes, that's it. All script, no modeller. I like it that way !

> And especially,
> what do you use as reference?

I have quite a lot of literature related to this subject.

Jens

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The SU-25 looks much more interesting to me so that has my vote.

BTW both of your current draft images look like they don't need much
more work anyway (:-)

At least you have avoided the cliche of a Czech Plane.

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I'd like to see the P-38. The Lt. General (Lake?) of Elmendorf AFB
started a recovery of the last known P-38 (I think the G model) before
he died. (Plane crash)
The P-38 went down on a training flight in the Unalaska islands, and the
air force just left it there. But this year, it was at the air show
after about a year and a half being fixed up.

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Ahh, I don't think they are renders. At least, not the SU-25. Maybe the
P-38.

Richard Morton wrote:

> The SU-25 looks much more interesting to me so that has my vote.
>
> BTW both of your current draft images look like they don't need much
> more work anyway (:-)
>
> At least you have avoided the cliche of a Czech Plane.

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Actually, there are several P-38's being restored at a field in Kentucky (I
think it is). They were recovered from Greenland under more then 100 feet of
ice. The recovery process was documented in a PBS special titled "The Lost
Squadron." Some (perhaps most) of the aircraft, and a B17 too, are still
under the ice. Recovery of the P-38's cost a cool (heh) million a piece. It
was stated that the B17 was so heavily crushed by the weight of the ice that
it would be infeasible to recover it, though most of the 38's were in good
shape.

If, you get a chance, check it out. The "mole" process they used during
extraction was quite ingenious.

Grim
"Lt. Kettch" <AKK### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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> I'd like to see the P-38. The Lt. General (Lake?) of Elmendorf AFB
> started a recovery of the last known P-38 (I think the G model) before
> he died. (Plane crash)
> The P-38 went down on a training flight in the Unalaska islands, and the
> air force just left it there. But this year, it was at the air show
> after about a year and a half being fixed up.
>

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Hence the smiley in my comment about draft images. I was being ironic.

"Lt. Kettch" wrote:

> Ahh, I don't think they are renders. At least, not the SU-25. Maybe the
> P-38.
>
> Richard Morton wrote:
>
> > The SU-25 looks much more interesting to me so that has my vote.
> >
> > BTW both of your current draft images look like they don't need much
> > more work anyway (:-)
> >
> > At least you have avoided the cliche of a Czech Plane.
>
> --
> "Yub-Yub!" Lt. Kettch

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I haven't seen a post from you in a long while Lt Ketch, I was wondering
what happened to you... how did your Cafe scene go??

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Ian

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"Lt. Kettch" <AKK### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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> Ahh, I don't think they are renders. At least, not the SU-25. Maybe the
> P-38.
>
> Richard Morton wrote:
>
> > The SU-25 looks much more interesting to me so that has my vote.
> >
> > BTW both of your current draft images look like they don't need much
> > more work anyway (:-)
> >
> > At least you have avoided the cliche of a Czech Plane.
>
> --
> "Yub-Yub!" Lt. Kettch
>
>

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