Bingo, I forgot to mention this. My dad worked at Republic Avaiation in Evansville, In. durring the war. They produced most if not all of the P47 Thunderbolts. I was very young then, 3 to 4 years old. I still remember seeing flights of them leaving the production line and heading to the "front" My mom used to tell me about me getting all upset because the neighborhood kids were throwing rocks "at my daddy's airplanes".

I have yet to build a scale model. When I do, I'll make it a P47.

Don