Author Topic: B-25 Skin (Read 5134 times)

U.S.A.F.Fireman · « **on:** April 03, 2007, 03:19:52 AM »

If the B-25 is selected as the new aircraft to be put on the game there is a B-25 at the airport where i live that i would like to have a skin made for it. I don't know what type it is but next time i go home i will take a picture of it and anyone up to the challenge i will email them the picture and they can create the skin.

Larry · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2007, 03:52:16 AM »

pppffff IF? you mean when it is thats what we need is another U.S bomber

devil956 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2007, 12:41:24 PM »

bah if were getting another U.S (obviously) then let it be the A-26(B-26)

so much better of a plane.
start a skin for that WHEN it gets picked.

Stoney74 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2007, 11:48:20 PM »

I'm personally going to lay claim in advance to a PBJ-1 skin in Marine colors...

Krusty · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2007, 01:01:54 AM »

Dibs on the parrot head skin, solid-nose J version. There's also an eye-catching RAAF skin for a glass-nosed J with green uppers and black unders (night scheme??) that would look sweet.

Stoney74 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2007, 01:30:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Dibs on the parrot head skin, solid-nose J version. There's also an eye-catching RAAF skin for a glass-nosed J with green uppers and black unders (night scheme??) that would look sweet.

Hopefully we get an H model. So, specifically, a PBJ-1H...

68slayr · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2007, 01:27:57 AM »

anyone thinking about A26 skins?

theNewB · « **Reply #7 on:** April 07, 2007, 01:06:21 AM »

Bah USAAF skin please

AWwrgwy · « **Reply #8 on:** April 08, 2007, 04:32:33 AM »

wrngway

Greebo · « **Reply #9 on:** April 08, 2007, 07:35:05 AM »

I'd like to do an RAF version of the B-25, or the P-39 for that matter.

My brother is currently building an R/C B-25. He's intending to do it as "Betty", a solid nose version with a bat painted across the nose. I said I'd make up the decals for him on my PC. Might be fun to do that one as a skin, but it'd depend on which variants HTC give us.

FTJR · « **Reply #10 on:** April 08, 2007, 07:47:51 AM »

Dibs, 2sqn RAAF, "Stormbird" KO-Z

Krusty · « **Reply #11 on:** April 08, 2007, 04:21:05 PM »

FTJR, most of the "parrot head" ones are from 498th BS, 345th BG, I think.

Here's an example of the J I was thinking of, though:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/202/3/3/16

And here's a BMF with similar markings. I had a model kit of this one a long long time ago:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/202/3/3/25

Seems those guys were using the parrot head waaay back. Here's a D from the same squadron:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/202/3/1/24

I'm not 100% sure on which I'd like to do. I think I'd like to try the BMF one, because the RAAF one has green uppers. That would give me a chance to try both out.

EDIT: wasn't done typing! D'oh!!!

The RAAF one I had in mind I don't have a profile of just yet, but I've got it in a book. It's KO-K, glass nosed, black unders and green uppers. It says "No. 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, based in north west Australia during spring 1945."

If you'd like "dibs" go for it. I'll work on the parrot head first. (assuming we get the b-25 of course!)

AWwrgwy · « **Reply #12 on:** April 08, 2007, 09:02:41 PM »

Edit for x

345th BG "Air Apaches":

498th Bomb Squadron B-25J painted in the "Falcons" scheme of mid-1945

499th Bomb Squadron B25J "Betty's Dream" painted in the "Bats Outa Hell" scheme, mid 1945

501st Bomb squadron B25G painted in the "Black Panthers" scheme, mid-1944

wrngway

Sweet2th · « **Reply #13 on:** April 08, 2007, 09:41:02 PM »

That Black panthers version rocks.

FTJR · « **Reply #14 on:** April 09, 2007, 01:56:46 AM »

Krusty, I was looking at KO-Z. Since its the one I have a few pics of.

Unfortunately the RAAF is/was boring when it came to the camouflage /and painting of their planes. So there is not too much to choose from.

Lets wait and see, I've got a feeling that the P39 is going to win (for which I "dibs" 23sqn RAAF )

Cheers

JR