Paint Scheme

just before starting up, i had to choose which color scheme to use;

i've choosen the Roger Hedrick "white 167" scheme. i like sooo much the contrast between the navy blue and that yellow!!

These are some information about the great pilot who flew this incredible machine:

Executive officer of legendary VF-17 Jolly Rogers, with whom he claimed nine kills over Bougainville in 1943-44, Roger Hedrick led VF-84 on its fateful combat cruise aboard Bunker Hill in 1944-45. He claimed three kills in this machine on February 25, 1945, over the Japanese islands, taking his final score to 12. Hedrick later assumed command of the vessel's Air Group (CVG-84) following the death of its previous commander in action. The aircraft's distinctive yellow nose, which had been applied for CVG-84's first Tokyo raid on February 19, 1945, had been painted out by the time Hedrick claimed his last kills six days later.


look at the pictures.. isn't she beautiful?