O'Hare Wildcat: After being "let go" from a local sign company a month before Christmas, I decided to do a profile of a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat in between job hunting activities. It is based on a B&W photo of Lt. O'Hare in the cockpit of a F4F-3 (about 1942) with F-3 on the fuselage. I used the Adobe CS suite on a Mac with OS X. Click here to download .PDF

References:
Warpaint Series #9 Grumman F4F Wildcat
Kagero #12 Grumman F4F Wildcat
Monografie Lotnicze #20 F4F Wildcat
Squadron/Signal Publications US Navy Aircraft Camouflage & Markings 1940-1945
Wings Volume 2, Number 1 February 1972
Modelpress Grumman Wildcat Profily letadel ll. svetove valky 9
And a special thanks to Dave Greene for Janes Publishing Company Limited Hellcat & Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #3 wildcat Ace Of World War II.

Vejtasa Wildcat: Here is Lt. Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa's F4F-4. It is based off of my first profile, with many improvements as suggested by the various comments on my first profile. Somethings I didn't remedy because I wanted to gain a little more confidence before trying. This is my second profile. I use Adobe CS, Wacom Graphire tablet and done on a Mac with OSX. I'm basing this profile a partial photo and another artists rendering(The latter always being a dangerous practice!) I did not weather this one as I had said I would. Will get to weathering some other time. Click here to download .PDF

References:
Warpaint Series #9 Grumman F4F Wildcat
Kagero #12 Grumman F4F Wildcat
Monografie Lotnicze #20 F4F Wildcat
Squadron/Signal Publications US Navy Aircraft Camouflage & Markings 1940-1945
Wings Volume 2, Number 1 February 1972
Modelpress Grumman Wildcat Profily letadel ll. svetove valky 9
And a special thanks to Dave Greene for Janes Publishing Company Limited Hellcat & Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #3 wildcat Ace Of World War II.

A6M2a model 11 12th NAG (Kokutai) China Theatre Of Operations August 1940.

Created with Adobe CS on a Mac using a Wacom tablet. Click here to download .PDF

References:
Mushroom Model Magazine Special - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Aero Detail 7 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Osprey Publishing - No. 25
Modelling The Mitsubishi A6M Zero www.j-aircraft.com
And special thanks to Dave Greene for A Japanese publication on Pearl Harbor(very little english, but great photos and artwork)
Model Airplane International - February 2007 Issue 19 Aero Publishers Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage And Markings World War II Bunrindo Co Ltd - Famous Airplanes Of The World No. 55
Type Zero Carrier Fighter Model 11-21
Crescent Books - The Great Book Of World war II Airplanes

A6M2b from the IJN carrier Akagi piloted by Lt. Commander Shigeru Itaya 2nd Squadron - 1st Section - Aircraft #1 December 7, 1941

Created with Adobe CS on a Mac using a Wacom tablet. Click here to download .PDF

References: Mushroom Model Magazine Special - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Aero Detail 7 - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter
Osprey Publishing - No. 25
Modelling The Mitsubishi A6M Zero www.j-aircraft.com
A Special thanks to Dave Greene for A Japanese publication on Pearl Harbor(very little english, but great photos and artwork)
Model Airplane International - February 2007 Issue 19
Aero Publishers Inc - Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage And Markings World War II Bunrindo Co Ltd -
Famous Airplanes Of The World No. 55
Type Zero Carrier Fighter Model 11-21
Crescent Books - The Great Book Of World war II Airplanes

A6M2b from the IJN carrier Hiryu piloted by NAP1/C Shigenori Nishikaichi 4th Squadron - 12th Section - Aircraft #3 Shot down December 7, 1941.

Created with Adobe CS on a Mac using a Wacom tablet. Click here to download .PDF

References: Mushroom Model Magazine Special - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Aero Detail 7 - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Osprey Publishing - No. 25 Modelling The Mitsubishi A6M Zero www.j-aircraft.com
A Special thanks to Dave Greene for A Japanese publication on Pearl Harbor(very little english, but great photos and artwork) Model Airplane International - February 2007 Issue 19 Aero Publishers Inc - Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage And Markings World War II Bunrindo Co Ltd - Famous Airplanes Of The World No. 55 Type Zero Carrier Fighter Model 11-21 Crescent Books - The Great Book Of World war II Airplanes

A6M2b Model 21 from Tainan Kokutai (V-172) Tainan,Taiwan (Formosa) headed for Saigon, French Indochina November 1941 crash landing the plane on a beach in the Luichow Pennisula, China Piloted by Petty Officer First Class (PO1C) Shimezoh Inoue.

Created with Adobe CS on a Mac using a Wacom tablet. Click here to download .PDF

References: Mushroom Model Magazine Special - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Aero Detail 7 - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Osprey Publishing - No. 25 Modelling The Mitsubishi A6M Zero www.j-aircraft.com
A Special thanks to Dave Greene for A Japanese publication on Pearl Harbor(very little english, but great photos and artwork) Model Airplane International - February 2007 Issue 19 Aero Publishers Inc - Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage And Markings World War II Bunrindo Co Ltd - Famous Airplanes Of The World No. 55 Type Zero Carrier Fighter Model 11-21 Crescent Books - The Great Book Of World war II Airplanes .

A6M2a Model 21 Early 1942 P_5016 Chinese Air Force.

After the crashed Zero(V-172 serial #3372) had been carted off the beach at Leichou coast to the inland city of Liuchow. Chinese mechanics repaired and repainted 3372. During the journey the fuselage vent panels were lost, so chinese mechanics fabricted new ones with louvers, two intakes above the fuselage gun deck and a fairing on the fuselage gun ports.

Created with Adobe CS on a Mac using a Wacom tablet. Click here to download .PDF

References: Air Combat Magazine Volume 3, Number 4 July, 1975 Mushroom Model Magazine Special - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Aero Detail 7 - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Osprey Publishing - No. 25 Modelling The Mitsubishi A6M Zero www.j-aircraft.com
A Special thanks to Dave Greene for A Japanese publication on Pearl Harbor(very little english, but great photos and artwork) Model Airplane International - February 2007 Issue 19 Aero Publishers Inc - Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage And Markings World War II Bunrindo Co Ltd - Famous Airplanes Of The World No. 55 Type Zero Carrier Fighter Model 11-21 Crescent Books - The Great Book Of World war II Airplanes

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