Short Fuse Sallee

[jankees]

Alan mentioned Sallee...

still wip:

[dhazelgrove]

Very nice.

Dave

[Bomber_12th]

This is great to see, Jankees! I've always liked those markings.

The real-world restored P-51D in those markings (N286JB) used to be based near me and a regular sight here in Minnesota, but since 2008 she's been living in Texas (likely the sate with the most flying Mustangs).

[hairyspin]

Very nice work Jan, at first I thought the thread title referred to an ill-mannered poster!

[Alan_A]

Wow - between Sallee and Long Way Home, I feel undeservedly rich in repaints.

Here's the reason for my connection with Sallee. Not necessarily the best WWII memoir by any means, but my first - read it together with my father when I was about 10, and needless to say it left an impression.

I keep the Franklin Mint model (one of their more accurate ones) on my desk. Thankfully was able to buy it at a normal retail price before it went out of production.

Looking forward (to put it mildly) to flying her.

Many thanks for this!

[Deacon211]

Beautiful as always Jankees!

I'm sorely vexed at Franklin Mint for buying then squashing Collection Armour. I have a very few of their planes and they are beautiful. So sad that you can hardly get them anymore.

[Lewis-A2A]

Wow - between Sallee and Long Way Home, I feel undeservedly rich in repaints.

Jankees alone has created a massive collection of some stunning repaints, including some great group work.

cheers,
Lewis

[Alan_A]

Jankees alone has created a massive collection of some stunning repaints, including some great group work.

cheers,
Lewis

Indeed - he occupies a large amount of space on my hard drive/in my hangar. My post above referred only to the couple that he's agreed to do as a result of my own requests. If we're talking about his total output, well, then, I'm not just rich, I'm drowning in wealth...

[jankees]

I do apologise for taking up all that hard disk / hangar space...

meanwhile a bit more progress with Sallee:

[Alan_A]

I do apologise for taking up all that hard disk / hangar space...

meanwhile a bit more progress with Sallee:

Absolutely stunning!

And re: the other point - what else are hard drives and hangars for?

[jankees]

in that case, here you go: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/...t-fuse-sallee/

[Alan_A]

Well, I'll tell you... it's been 45 years since I first decided I wanted to fly Short Fuse Sallee.

Today was the day.

So... thanks!

EDIT: re-posted to remove duplicate image after I tried to swap in a higher resolution one. Am clearly new at this...

[Deacon211]

Thanks Jankees! Were there an award for the amount of hard drive space occupied with one's work, you would surely be a top contender!

Love your paints.

Deacon