--Originally Posted 12/30/07--
Some progress and some (pretty well off-topic) background to this build. Firstly, with the help of Don Czech I knocked out (what I think are) suitable replacements for the rotten "clear" parts which came with this kit:
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Meantime, I ran across two dusty, old books - the source of my very first interest in the Tupolev SB-3 - which I want to show you:
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I also didn't remember this was an "Official US Navy Photo" - nor do I have any idea why the Navy would have been at an inland Chinese airfield to take this photo. In any case, this is the plane - its features (what are visible here, anyway) matching my SB-3 kit exactly.
And apparently in fact "naval-related"; from the day this photo was taken which started my entire interest, some 40-plus years ago, in the first place! (Scary… )
Cheers,
-Matty
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