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Combat Conversion – A glow to electric transformation

Combat
A twinge of guilt hit during a cleanup of my work area. My small fleet of scale combat planes includes this one: not a Zero, which only flew for the Imperial Japanese Navy, but an Army Nakajima Ki.43 Hayabusa, “Peregrine Falcon,” code-named “Oscar.” For my combat planes, I favor less famous World War II fighters and unusual liveries and national insignia. My Hurricane flew for Britain, Romania, then for Ireland; a Messerschmitt 109 for Finland;...

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