In article ,
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:40:46 -0500, John T
wrote:

In summary, if someone wants to be touch-feely about historical aircraft
markings, I say, who cares! You cannot change the past, and replica
aircraft and paint schemes do not necessarily reflect the attitudes of
the governments or political parties of those countries.

I certainly agree when it comes to historical aircraft or accurate replicas.
If
I had a *real* JU-87, I'd put the swastika on the tail.

With a non non-warbird, though, or with what is essentially a "joke" paint
scheme (like that Cessna 140 with the Luftwaffe markings)....that's a little
different.

The issue about Japanese markings is not quite as bad, as you mention. Heck,
their aircraft today still carry the same "meatball" as in WWII.

Heck, the thing to do would be to paint the Fly Baby like a Finnish Brewster
Buffalo:

http://www.classicairframes.com/images/ca4101_box.jpg

Then just laugh when folks complain about the swastika. :-)

Ron Wanttaja

I remember, about 40 years ago, looking at a Revell kit of a FW-190 and
seeing "The markings shown are not correct, as it would be against the
spirit of Democracy to include them in this kit."

What a load of PC crap! Who do they think we are -- somebody who can't
distinguish between an authentic representation of a combat plane from
some kind of Nazi fan?