Daz's Movie Madness!

[DazDaMan]

Feel the need for speed, iggie. Feel the need for speed....

[iggie]

Funny you should say that, I've just watched the opening credits (again ) on Youtube

[DazDaMan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58QOBqAWNzE[/youtube]

Oh bugger it, I'm gonna have to build them both.... soon!

[DazDaMan]

I've been a fan of the old John Wayne movie Flying Tigers for years.



While a P-40 is an obvious "must have" for the collection (the film used some real P-40Es in some of the take-off and landing sequences), there's ample references made to these aircraft in the film:



Granted, it would end up being a generic all-over grey with Hinomarus on, since there are no specific aircraft or pilots mentioned in the film, but it'd be a great addition to have!

[ShaunW]

Now there's a film I haven't seen for some time and generally I like John Wayne's war films. What is the aircraft type in the picture above that is going to be used as the Japanese opposition to your P-40? I feel I should know for some reason but my knowledge of Japanese a/c is not the world's best

[DazDaMan]

Neither is mine, Shaun!

According to the film, it's a "Nakajima".

The only plane I can find that fits the time frame and appearance is the Nakajima Ki-27.




A nippy little thing against lesser aircraft, it was outclassed by the P-40 once it came up against it in combat. However, the film has the Ki-27 battling the Curtiss fighter vigorously throughout.

Sadly, the planes in the film do not have any stand-out markings or characters, so I imagine it would be a generic light-grey-with-meatballs paint scheme.

[ShaunW]

The Ki-27 looks good to me as a suitable choice Daren. That will be a nice and easy scheme for you as well!

[Gregers]

The three Top Gum kits Airfix did are quite hard to find now. The F14 had Mavarick's and Iceman's aircraft markings in. I have Jesters A4 in the stash but not the other two (yet)

All the best.

Greg

[DazDaMan]

KingKit has the MiG-28/F-5 just now.

[Gregers]

Not now they haven't, cheers for the heads up.

All the best.

Greg

[DazDaMan]

[MarkyM607]

The three Top Gum kits Airfix did are quite hard to find now. The F14 had Mavarick's and Iceman's aircraft markings in. I have Jesters A4 in the stash but not the other two (yet)

All the best.

Greg

Is that Wrigley's or Juicy Fruit?.

[DazDaMan]

Oh hell's bells!

I've just thought of some other models to do......

[ShaunW]

Oh man, Vipers, guys striking poses in aviator shades, bit of a poor man's Top Gun, hayull yeah!!

[Tarkas]

Here's another one for you to think about, Daz: Topper's fighter (aka a Folland Gnat in grey with "The Navy" on its side in large blue(?) letters) from Hot Shots! It'd make a good companion for the F-14 and "MiG-28".

Of course, given what happened to the aircraft in question during the film, you might not want to actually assemble the kit...!