A Jug is a Jug is a Jug......only one of the great American war planes of WWII. The first "Bubbletop" in my collection, also the first kit I finished in NMF and after tryin´ some methods for a realistic metal-look
I found a good solution ( it´s no Alclad or any other metalizer colour). The Jug is a challenge for a sratchbuilder because of it´s  nearly never ending space in the fuselage and the wings and also because of it´s very complex cooler and turbocharger pipes and drains, same as f. e. a "Stang". Especially the "checkerboard" birds of the 8th AirForce are eyecatchers, another checkerboard -jug is in progress and there are checkerboard "Stangs" for more then one modellers life at Peter Randall's great research site http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/, nearly a Mecca for a modeller, thanks Peter!. Ok, the facts: Kit is an actual REVELL / Germany issue, although it has it´s inaccuracies like raised panel lines which need to be rescribed, wrong wheels and prop, absolutely wrong landing gear which makes , if you use it, the Jug standing like a "Fieseler Storch", a kit that can finally look like a Jug. But that´s why I like the REVELL kit´s ( especially the older ones), ´cause like I said to a club-comrade not long ago: I´m a modeller, not a "only-glue-the-parts-together" er!
Here she is:

Checkerboards are handpainted, also the name "Ernestyne" and the code letters. Thanx especially to the LSP guys for their support with spare decals for the SerNr and great tips for the landing flap construction!