P-40 display question

There was something along this topic, in one (or more) of the Time-Life books on WWII. There were photos showing the construction of airfields, using local labor. The Chinese workers were rolling *huge* cylindrical stones, to crush other rocks and stones, as well as dirt, to pave and make the runways, etc. The resulting mish-mash looked to be a light colored stone color. Perhaps something like cliche? (Or perhaps that may be a bit too light...)

However, far more important than the actual "dirt", would be some sort of identifiable object(s) that would make the viewer think "China".

Any suggestions?

I remember a pic in some book showing an elephant loading a C-46 or similar. I always thought that would be a neat dio.

A chinese guy in a coolie hat?

NOTE to politically correct morons......that IS a valid figure to make the viewer think China.....

" snipped-for-privacy@rcn.com" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@rcn.net:

be some sort

"China".

figure to make

Pop in a copy of Flying Tigers starring John Wayne. Had plenty of coolies acting as ground crew on dirt pushing aircraft, loading and repairing.

Don't even have to do that, there are plenty of actual photos around.

I tried this with a 1/48 AVF pilot sprinting to a P-40B. Used a dirt and "crushed limestone" parking area with some water puddles, grass patches and tire tracks/ruts. Background was a wooden alert shack and a "Coolie" raising a Chinese style alert balloon. I was NOT pleased with the result and the dio has never seen competition combat. HTH.

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photos around.

Yeah but where else do you find termites in P-40s?