[yarddog]

They were all beautiful, even the Wildcat and P-40. When I was a kid, I used to put together models of just about all of them.

I remember a book by Eric Hartmann in which he mentioned that the Russian Yak fighters toward the end of the war would perform with anything including the P-51.

[dirtbiker]

I did too, even had a Cox gas powered flying model of a Corsair. I built B-17's, Spitfires, P-51's, ME-109's, JU-87's. If it was WWII and had wings, chances are I built a model of it...

I also recall that the Russians debuted their T-34 on the Eastern Front near the end of the war. 1 single 34 took out a couple dozen Tigers, before it was taken out.