498th BS B-25H

[Greebo]

Lyric1 kindly supplied me the info for this B-25H of the 498th BS, 345th BG. The 498th didn't like the H much for both operational and maintenance reasons so they got rid of them after only a couple of months. Because of this I've toned down the weathering a bit compared to my other B-25H skins.

The photo below shows a narrow black band behind the yellow beak, not a wide green band like in the profile. Its possible the profile is taken from a later photo I don't have, or the artist got it wrong. I've gone for the scheme as shown in the photo.

The skin is up at http://www.ah-skins.com/ if you want to take a closer look.

[rogerdee]

oh you bad boy,that thing looks good  and Lyric1 keeps finding some nice planes and profiles.

I am finding the b25 a night mare with all the panal lines and rivits and this and that

[Kazan_HB]

Greebo this skin is beautiful. How always...
 

[Soulyss]

And here I've been sitting hoping someone would do a B25H from the 345th. 

Thank you much sir.

[VansCrew1]

 

[Spikes]

Fantastic work, as always Greebo! <<S>>

[Yossarian]

Excellent work!!!!  It looks superb! 

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Yossarian

[lyric1]

Great skin Greebo as usual. If I may offer one point though, on the profile the mouth section it is bare skin & the actual photo of Cherokee Princess you can't see if it is or not painted. With these photo's of other b25H's from this squadron they all appear to be black in the open mouthed section. I am inclined to think that like most of the other variants of the B25's from this squadron it could & most likely should be black.      

[Greebo]

That's an easy enough change to make Lyric1. I think it looks better in black myself.

[lyric1]

Even better.

[lyric1]

Just some interesting facts about the paint work of the 498th planes they were all done by this man  He is also a renouned artist & is still living in Iowa.