Title: ID lights on P-39s ? Post by: steph40 on April 03, 2015, 12:20:10 AM Hello,
I'm working on 3 P-39s: P-39K SN: 42-4421 "white 13" flown by A. Pokryshkin during Spring 1943, another P-39K SN: 42-4403 "white 21" flown by D. Glinka during Spring 1943 too and a P-39N "white 2" flown by N. Gulaiev late in 1944. I searched in my docs but not sure regarding the ID lights on P-39K and N under the starbord wingtips ??? I found some photos with it and others without... I read somewhere on the web that only the US P-39K-L-M-N and Q had it, not the Soviet P-39's... Any info to help me please ? Regards Steph Sorry if it's the wrong section... Maybe "Grat Patriotic War" => "Land-lease planes" ? Title: Re: ID lights on P-39s ? Post by: 66misos on April 03, 2015, 07:24:24 AM Hi steph40,
Soviets did not use those lights ("semafor"). So machines built according to the VVS specification (Q) did not have them. From machines already built (earlier types) and delivered within L-L they did not remove it. This could interested you: http://www.mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/lendlease/p-39/misos/pokryshkin.htm (http://www.mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/lendlease/p-39/misos/pokryshkin.htm) http://www.mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/lendlease/p-39/misos/prof130.htm (http://www.mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/lendlease/p-39/misos/prof130.htm) Regargs, 66misos Title: Re: ID lights on P-39s ? Post by: steph40 on April 03, 2015, 10:50:20 AM Hi 66misos,
Thank you for the reply... So, I keep working on my models and no ID lights... I knew these links and I had already saved your work in my "favourites" Regards St?ph Title: Re: ID lights on P-39s ? Post by: 66misos on April 03, 2015, 02:26:57 PM Hi Steph40,
...So, I keep working on my models and no ID lights... it depends on version you are going to build. I would keep them in version K,L,M and N. Even some Q could have them. (http://www.mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/lendlease/p-39/misos/22.jpg) (http://scalemodels.ru/images/2012/07/1342389870_Bell-P-39-Airacobra-1.jpg) while this late Q already does not have them: (http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t518/66misos/P-39_Sukhov/130527_Event1_Sukhov_R02b_zps2768c700.jpg) regards, 66misos |