The second part of a 1:72 decal series devoted to an American fighter group from the Southwest Pacific.
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After the first months of defensive fighting, the center of American fighter activity shifted north. The unit left its Australian base, moved to airfields trodden out of the jungle and began escorting bombers deep over enemy territory. That changed the whole character of its work: short defensive scrambles turned into long flying over sea and mountains, where the outcome was decided by the endurance of the machine as much as by accuracy of fire. The navigational burden grew too, because there are not many landmarks over jungle.
With the new task came different machines as well. Twin-engine, twin-boom fighters offered a range the previous type did not have, and with it high-altitude performance that at last allowed them to dictate the terms of a fight. A second engine also meant a real hope of getting back even after being hit, which counts for more over the ocean than anything else. The group worked its way with them as far as the closing operations of the war, and its pilots were among the most successful the US Army Air Forces had in this part of the world.
The color schemes went on developing, from the worn camouflage finishes of the early period to bare metal and ever more conspicuous squadron markings. Bare metal, though, is merciless to decals: every unevenness under the film shows up on a glossy surface as a shadow. It pays to polish the surface beforehand and to work with clean hands, because fingerprints show up in a gloss just as readily as a bubble under the print.
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