P-39F Airacobra
Aircraft: Bell P-39F-1BE Airacobra 41-7130 'white 50', 57th Fighter Squadron, United States Army Air Force, Adak Island, late summer 1942, pilot unknown
Reference: John' Huston's film "Report from the Aleutians".
Kit: Hasegawa #09092 1/48.
Accessories/modifications: Quickboost resin engine, Ultracast seat with seatbelts, replacement short 37 mm gun barrel without blast tube fashioned from styrene rod.
Paint: Tamiya acrylic, Alclad Aluminum II, weathering by oil wash and silver Prismacolor pencil, Testor's Dullcoat from spray can.
Decals: from the kit, Techmod numbers.
Issues: '50' decal is slightly different shape from original, pitot tube broken off port wing.
A battered and dirty P-39 undergoing maintenance at Adak, autumn 1942.
