what about a droop snoot?
#1

i was thinking about forgotten planes earlier this evening and this bird wasnt the first i thought of, but i figured it might be one of the easier mods. there were several different versions, one of which looks like we could use a resized B-17F nose on it.

[Image: Guido-DroopSnoutP-38.jpg]

heres a different version with a solid oval shaped nose

[Image: 97576cd165230efca36d217ebea71795.jpg]
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#2

for those who dont know, there were certain US fighter/bomber groups during the war who flew this plane. One droop snoot, carrying a bombardier, would lead a formation of bomb laden p38s and level bomb a target. There were a couple of these groups in the MTO IIRC.

read about em here

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa...i_n9283652

and here

http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/quarte...snoot.html

and here

http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/P-38-3.html
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#3

Yeah - Made a model of this a few years ago. Nice wee planes these. Wouldnt mind to see one.

+1 - I know my squad would put one to good use :mrgreen:
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