This new decal
sheet from Cutting Edge
Modelworks includes markings for two different 1/48 P-38's with noseart.
The first aircraft is a P-38H-5-LO,
42-67060, 'Skylark IV', flown by Maj Mark Shipman with the 55 FG/38FS from
Nothhampstead England in November 1943. The white code letters on the side
were CG*S. The paint scheme
for this aircraft is an olive drab scheme with olive drab on top and grey
on the underside. The nose art is a
cartoon bird ina Robin Hood hat in a full archery pose ready to let an
arrow go from his bow and arrow with white text that reads "Skylark
IV".
The
artwork for this aircraft has a white decal to go underneath the noseart decal.
The
second plane is
a F-5C-1-LO (P-38J), 42-67128 called 'Dot-Dash' flown by Lt E. A.Thies,
Col Paul Cullen, Lt Claude Murray, with the 7 PG/22 PS out of Mount Farm,
England in May 1944. This
P-38 has a overall blue paint scheme in a combination of Sky Base Blue and
Flight Blue.
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