Re: ACES HIGH SHOWDOWN!!
Atom Fusion "The Ace Of Spades"
MODEL REVEL 1/48TH SCALE P-51D MUSTANG LEVEL 2
1st attempt
i converted the 1st attempt ace of spades mustang into the Black Magician P-51
2nd attempt
i currently have no pictures of the second attempt it will be shown in the Diorama still kept as the Ace Of Spades P-51 but was modified for placement on a pedistol or in a diorama rather then hung with the rest of the collection!
Final product
the only major flaw with the final product is the propeller hub, which is easily replaceable! i did not put sealer on it, my fault, other wise for the most part its a good looking model. 3rd time the charm! i am only going to post one picture here, if you want to see more of it, go to the Gallery, its easy to find, its the only P-51 in the forum, and even if it wasnt you would know it if you saw it!
http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/gallery/
PILOT STATISTICS
Occupation
Fighter pilot for the US Army Air Force, Specially Trained!
Rank
Special Service Combat Colonel S.S.C.C
Last name
Fusion
Middle name
Daniel
First name
Atom
Nick name
Ace
Ace of spades
Country of origin
U.S.A
Age at the end of the war
26
Place of birth
Ionia Michigan
Home town
Detroit Michigan
Weight
220lb muscle
Height
5ft 11 ½ inches
Date of birth
April 9th 1919
Aircraft flown
1940 to 1942 Spitfire, Early 1942 to December 25th 1942 p47-D thunderbolt, December 25th 1942 to mid 1943 p51B mustang, 1943 to 1945 p51D mustang as shown!
Arial victories
361
Photos of Atom
face of determination
the Ace Of Spades in action!
vertical kill
Atom Fusion was a born Areal warrior, the sun of a Veteran WW1 ace, flying was in atoms Genes. Atom had early experiences with flight at young ages, as his father would take him for rides in crop dusters from time to time, and at sibling ages he was always drawing, or playing with airplanes. In his teenage years, he was either reading his bible, target practicing with his rifle, or studding aviation, and areal warfare. Aviation was in essence his hobby, and by age 16 atom earned his pilots license with flying colors.
At the age of 18 after high school atom joined up to fly for the USAAF, and when the US Army Air Force noticed his abilities, they wasted no time placing him in a special unit for more rigorous training. It was sort of a experimental project to train, special forces pilots. Atom would be one of the very few to pass the course. In 1940 he was sent to fight with the British to gain combat experience, in this effort atom had quickly earned the reputation as a excellent fighter pilot. It was here that he earned the nickname Ace Of Spades because he quickly Established himself as the highest scoring fighter pilot at Base.
December 7th 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. December 8th 1941 the US declared war agents Japan, the USAAF wasted no time in placing him in charge of a American unit. Atom wanted to fight in the Pacific, but the USAAf thought he would be more useful to continue fighting in the European Theater; he would be in charge of a special Squadron, “Four Ace Squadron.†They would fly thunderbolts. What was so different about Four ace squadron, the unit that atom flew in, was they flew Daily, extremely high risk missions, sometimes twice daily, atom quickly earned kills. In Mid 1942 Atom fell in love with Amber, they married before the Fall of 1942.
On December 25th 1942 atoms squadron would be the first to receive a special gift from the North American aviation company, 6 brand new, P-51B mustangs. Atom and his squadron would be the first to combat test these fighters, and with this fighter atom Excelled far above. The P-51 was a excellent match for atom, and with it atom was capable of doing so much more with the fighter, he quickly learned techniques to make the mustangs performance even better, he could out perform anything he faced with the P-51 German pilots that knew him, claimed there was very little chance of survival agents him. Around mid late 1943 atoms squadron would receive the new P-51D mustangs; atom loved this fighter even more, and painted it with his special paint scheme. Atom at this point had proved him self well in combat. He would participate in D day flying Two missions that day, one escorting C-47s carrying paratroopers into Germany, then doing patrols around Normandy beach, he saw no action during the C-47 escort, but during the patrols shot down a few aircraft. he was one of the first to earn a double ace in a single flight, he took on many adversaries, his greatest Gutted Melbore, a German ace with parts of his BF-109 painted gold, Atom shot him down in a intensive dogfight that lasted for a extended period. Atom had shot down over 5 ME-262s in his service and even destroyed a V-1 Buzz bomb, he had also destroyed a German Experimental aircraft, a jet powered flying wing. One of atoms greatest fetes was taking on 6 BF-109G-10s single handed, the pilots where un experienced, but none the less a amazing feet, shooting down every single fighter single handed.
Atom saw service in the Pacific, shooting down a good number of Japanese fighters, and Escorting Box Car to Nagasaki to drop Fat Man. During his service he had Destroyed 361 aircraft, and many ground targets. Had earned many awards including several special ones, and made over $1,000,000. he was also allowed to take home his aircraft disarmed.
Atoms favorite method of attack was to surprise attack his pray from higher altitudes, then once they tried to get away, use the mustangs superior higher speed maneuverability particularly its rate of turn, agents them. He used this tactic the most by far, and it is how he claimed most of his victories in the mustang. Another one of his favorite tactics was to lure his pray out into the open out of tangles, he would get there attention, use his superior speed to lure them out into a high speed dogfight out in the open, then once they where far out of range of getting any help in time, would attack them and shoot them down. He was also very good at taking on multiple threats single handedly, but would usually have amber as support along with the rest of his group.
Atom was also good at hitting targets at great angles from vast distances, in fact that’s how he preferred to shoot down his targets because it was most challenging, when they where in a slight turn, or in a heavy turn. Atom was capable of taking shots at targets where you would least expect it. Atom was very capable of taking extreme G forces in some cases because he would condition himself heavily; he basically at one point was able to take in excess of 10G.
“once we where doing training excersizes and we where doing sharp turns and pulling out of dives, atom had me try to keep up with him, and the G forces he could pull where just painful… I would about black out trying to keep up with him.â€
Ted Wilson
“His ability to sustain the Forces of flight are near un Human!†Gutted Melbore
atom knew his aircraft up and down, every action he performed was instinctive, easily out smarting armature pilots, and even the highest scoring of German aces. His vision was excellent, he could see for miles clearly, and could notice minute details, and could distinguish enemy aircraft from allied aircraft with ease! Even with all these incredible abilities atoms personality was more Humble, he was proud, but only to a certain extent, he did not see himself as the greatest thing, and more towards wars end didn’t really even care for his kill tally, his cool yet humble attitude, made him a person most looked up too on the ground, one of the attributes, that made him a very effective leader.
“I find it so funny that a man so Talented, and so… skilled, could be so humble!†Eppsy nash
“more towards the end of the war, I would ask him, and many others would also, how many airplanes he had shot down… he would tell me, “I don’t care.†So I kept his kill tally for him, and at the end of his service, I presented it to him, and others. his crew would paint the crosses on his plane for him because he would not do it, and they believed he should be proud, they where so proud to work on a aircraft, flown by a pilot, who was so successful, they felt he needed to show how many he shot down!†Amber Fusion
“Why the hell should I have cared? It was just a stupid pointless war! Why in the world, should I have been proud proud? I was killing people, and leading men to there deaths! The only reason I did it, is because I felt it’s what I should have done, I felt I was doing my job, why should I be proud of myself, it would be selfish for me to be proud of something… so darn pointless, many good men will tell you the same fricking thing! sure I may have been a “good pilot.†Sure I may have shot down a lot of planes, but is that really something to be proud of in the end? I really see no pride in it.â€
Atom Fusion
His hot aggression in the air made him a dangerous advisory, and he was extremely cool and collected and precise under pressure. but at times it was also his weakness, he would be known too chase down enemy fighters that shot at him because of his aggression, or even worse, ones that shot at amber, Almost through a field of flak, without a care!
“He would get angry and only by the grace of god alone, he would survive.†Amber fusion
Metals and awards
Purple heart(5)
Distinguished flying cross (10)
Air metal (1)
Legion of merit (100+)
Distinguished service cross (1)
Bronze star (1)
Silver star (1)
WW2 victory metal (1)
American defense (1)
Letter of recommendation (3)
Congressional metal of honor (1)
Special awards
Platinum star (1)
Master legion of merit (1)
Spades metal (1)
Spades pocket watch (1)
Spades wrist watch (1)
Spades platinum plaited jump knife (1)
Diamond cross most successful ace metal (1)
ALSO!
Ace Of Spades Super Marine MKII Spitfire
