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Jun 23, 2026, 9:06:05 AM (13 days ago) Jun 23
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Love this kit.  I have one in progress and a couple more into stash. When the page was loading and I saw that original box art, man it took me back to more wonderful and amazing years.  Thanks Jean. 

P39.  "Klunker."  "Iron Dog."   Part of Cactus Air Force's "fishing fleet".  And yet modern research reveals that it did not do so bad after all.  Michael Claringbold has access to original Japanese documents and discovered that over New Guinea in early 1942, P-39s we're not War winners but they also weren't sitting ducks like we've been told for the last 80-some years.  The Soviets used it as an air superiority fighter against Bf 109s and Focke-Wulfs.  We put progressively more powerful Allison's in them and they performed okay, although they were but then surpassed by the P-38 & P-47.  There's an excellent channel on YouTube called Greg's aircraft and automobiles. He's an experienced pilot with a lot of experience training people, and draws a lot of his data out of the the legendary book Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators, and he explains some of the above in this video:  https://youtu.be/l_pziH3tI9o?si=0HyInQFJl3v2AaQ-

Great choice for this week Jean.

All my best,

Fred Boucher

On Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:41 AM <box...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Jean <jf...@juno.com>: Jun 22 11:51AM -0700

Hello Boxsters,
A belated Happy father's Day to all the dads that belong to the Den.
it is also the 2nd day of Summer, 2026, and a Monday!
Thanks to the scanning prowess and generosity of Dave O. ...more
J.R. <jrl...@thepostalzone.com>: Jun 22 03:57PM -0400

Jean,
 
This is a new kit to me... with very evocative boxart for a superbly-designed fighter plane -- it got stuck with a bad rep for poor high-altitudes performance but that was only because the US ...more
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