Lancfan's presidential L19A Bird Dog ***Finished***

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Looking at the decals I found that the US insignia are badly off register so I have ordered a sheet of generic markings to replace them.

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I'm a little late to the party but I just wanted to say that's shaping up to be a cracking paint job!

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The replacement US insignia have arrived and all decals have been applied, the airframe has been matt varnished and the end is in sight.
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That's a beauty. Nice work David. Very impressive.

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Gregers wrote:That's a beauty. Nice work David. Very impressive.
It certainly is. Nice work.

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Very nice indeed!
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Great work, thanks for sharing.
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That's looking great David!
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Wow is that every sharp! Thanks for the great update, David! I'm enjoying watching your progress.

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Great looking Bird Dog.
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Cheers Greg, Nigel, iggie, George, Stuart, TGA, gmg.

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The aerial was fitted next followed by the Glue 'N glaze windows, the model now only needed the last few touches to be complete.
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Finished! Cessna L19A Bird Dog, 50-1327, US 8th Army, Used to transport President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower on an inspection tour of Korea, 1952.
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Brilliant job David; a lovely build of an unusual subject!

I bet that was one nervous pilot with such an important passenger!
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Thanks iggie, although there is some info for the D-Day Mustang flights I couldn't find anything useful about this, I would assume that he had fighter cover as he had in WW2 but I have no idea what types were used.

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That's a beautiful gem there David! It's rare to see this one built at all and even rarer yet to see it done so magnificently!

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