Author Topic: help!!! looking for a speciific b17g (Read 488 times)

Citabria · « **on:** September 05, 2005, 05:20:41 PM »

I am looking for the origional color ww2 pics of a b17g natural metal with olive drab anti glare panels yellow tail and wingtips and stabilizers green stripes on tail.

it was a famous b17 just cant place the name it had yellow everywhere and replacement wing panel on outboard wing.

anyone point me in the right direction?

Guppy35 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2005, 05:28:07 PM »

Bet the house you mean "A Bit O Lace"

447th BG B17G

photo shows up here.

http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~josephkennedy/combat_photo_gallery1.htm

I have both histories of the 447th as I'd researched a 447th B17 crew that went down. I know I have good profiles of it, as well as photos.

I'll try and dig them out

Guppy35 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2005, 05:34:01 PM »

This guy has a great site on the 447th. Lots of info and some color of 447th birds including Bit O Lace

http://www.447bg.com/

And of course this site about A Bit O Lace

with color

http://www.bates-r-us.org/abitolace/index.html

And because I'm proud of it. My research project on a 447th BG B17 crew. An AW buddy put it on his site.

http://www.worldwar2pilots.com/guynn-01.htm

Guppy35 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2005, 05:46:32 PM »

Profile of Lace

Only thing that's off to me is that they make the anti glare look yellow when it's really very faded OD

Other side from a real color image showing the weathering and very faded anti glare as well as the replacement wing panal, rudder etc.

Citabria · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2005, 06:17:27 PM »

thanks guppy!

killnu · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2005, 06:24:23 PM »

B17s? are your 51s done? i may of missed them

that is a bright bird...i better not miss that one.

Sp4de · « **Reply #6 on:** September 05, 2005, 08:18:58 PM »

Fester you wont be able to do that skin.
The b17 have skining errors, the Triangle from the default skin is transfered to the right wing. And the USAF emblem is transfered to other wing. Thats why not many b17 skins our done. I would love to make skins for it but I gave up untill the new model comes.
-Spade

Sp4de · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2005, 08:20:35 PM »

If you want to do a skin, I know of a olive drab one called "Mount n ride" Guppy gave me information on it.

Larry · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2005, 08:27:31 PM »

Think he wants it because after the 109s and spits they are redoing the B17. In other words hes calling dibbs