Yes it’s one in the same. The last time I saw it, they had the upper fuselage ready to rivet together. Fighter rebuilders in Chino finished the C model they had and it is currently the only flying Tomahawk. They did paint it in AVG colors. IF you see it, they painted it after Erik Shillings aircraft. Erik recently passed away. He was a great guy, who came by our hanger all the time to talk and we also got to see his home videos from China.
Ah, I thought that might be the same deal. Are you a member of the Curtiss Wright Historical Association? I’d be very interested in joining, if I can. I’d also like to see if I can find out more about my Grandfather who worked at CW here in Buffalo.
The Chino Hawk has been flying since '98, hasn’t it? They’ve left it in the AVG markings? That’s good, at first I read that these might be temporary. Last I had heard, the aircraft was to be stripped to bare metal and sent to Duxford and painted in the Russian markings it had carried in combat. I understand that this deal did not go through, however, and I must say that I was happy to hear that. Such a rarity of US aviation history should stay here in the States.
I’d like to build a model of this Tomahawk as it appeared when it went down near Archangelsk. (Also another as it appeared in USAAC markings: 77th PS, 20th PG?) All I know is that it carried the number “53” in Russian service. Would you happen to know if the folks at Chino would be able to help me with any markings info?
Thanks!
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I am a life member and former President of the group. I resigned as President in 1998 and am now living in Texas trying to put a musuem together for the USS CONOLLY. The aircraft will not be going to England, the last I heard is that it was sold to the second in charge over at Microsoft, and will be staying here in the states around the Seattle area. Let me see if thay are still accepting members into the group. I have a number of photos of her in the rebuild stage, the best ones stayed at the Headquaters for refrence. The current president is Kent Lentz the number to the hanger is 310-325-6155…Please fell free to give them a call and mention my name Robert Krusinowski,
Blackwolf:
One site you might want to check out ( if you haven’t already ! ) is the Robert L. Scott Fan Club Association.
The URL is: http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rlsfca/
Jim
It’s a great site…
Try this one
http://old.jccc.net/~droberts/p40.html
Hey Fade, last year we had the AVG historian Frank Boring talk to our IPMS club. It was a great time. Here are the links:
http://www.ipmsoc.org (see October club minutes)
http://www.flyingtigersvideo.com/default.htm
http://www.aviationspeakers.com/speakers/f-boring.html
hope these help…
Hey (Blackwolfscd) where can I see pictures of some of your P-40 models?
Thanks for those links, fellas!
Robert, THANKS 2 MUCH! I’ll be sure to look into it. Hope they’re still accepting members. [8)]
DaveW26, the only place I have a photo of a P-40 that I’ve built is on my website:
www.spasticforplastic.1hwy.com Go to the “Snapshots” page This is the only survivng Hawk I have. It’s the Hobbycrap kit and I intended to build it SOB but I wound up adding a few things. There’s also a few discrepancies, like with the Fast Frames. Thought I’d try them out, and the windscreen is wrong, but I still like the model. Hopefully the trumpeter kit (if it comes out) will be an improvement over the Hobbycrap offering. Then I can get started…
Sorry for all the pop-ups! (Un)necessary evil at the moment.
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Blackwolfscd ; I visited your web site. You have some nice pictures of some really good models. I was impressed.