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Offline 5PointOh

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Need some help with a B-25H
« on: December 25, 2009, 01:51:48 PM »
I am looking for some really good pictures of the 1000th B-25H.  To me this is such a unique plane, but I am having trouble locating detailed pictures of the top and bottoms of the plane.

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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2009, 05:29:03 PM »
I have back at home a lot of pictures of this plane colour ones as well. But after trying for a long time I would say try another plane there is just not enough info to go off of. There is supposed to be a lot of colour film of this plane at the factory as it was being built that to me may be your only chance if you can find it.

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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2009, 09:56:26 PM »
Some pictures I still have in my Photobucket account on Bones.










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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2009, 10:03:19 PM »
While I am on Photobucket would this plane interest you?





I have more pictures on my PC on this plane but it will be a while before I can get to them.

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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2009, 10:18:07 PM »
Thanks Lyric for all those great shots,  yea the second one may be better to do.  As much as I love to do "BONES" to achieve an authentic look may be difficult with all the different styles of hand writing.
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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2009, 10:18:49 PM »
One more of Bones from the 12th BG history.
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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2009, 11:14:13 PM »
Thanks Dan!  If I can find top pictures I may try it.  Just making the larger signatures the legible ones.  Much more research to do.
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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2009, 12:00:30 AM »
Thanks Lyric for all those great shots,  yea the second one may be better to do.  As much as I love to do "BONES" to achieve an authentic look may be difficult with all the different styles of hand writing.
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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2009, 01:15:15 AM »
That looks like a hard bomber to skin look at all the writing!

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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2009, 10:55:40 AM »
I looked at Bones myself but as you say there's little info on the top and bottom. Also at the resolution we can skin at, a lot of the writing would only be 2-3 pixels high and would look a bit of a mess.

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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2010, 07:02:09 PM »
would be awesome to have this skin

That looks like a hard bomber to skin look at all the writing!

all the people who worked in the factory on B25H's signed this plane (because it was the last B25H to leave the factory)
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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2010, 07:42:25 PM »
would be awesome to have this skin

all the people who worked in the factory on B25H's signed this plane (because it was the last B25H to leave the factory)

i thought it was the 1000th b25
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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2010, 08:48:30 PM »
i thought it was the 1000th b25


the factory was being converted for P51's instead (i think?) and that was the last B25H to come out (it entered service and came back home in the same condition it left in)
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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2010, 06:59:53 PM »

the factory was being converted for P51's instead (i think?) and that was the last B25H to come out (it entered service and came back home in the same condition it left in)
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Re: Need some help with a B-25H
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2010, 07:02:36 PM »
i thought it was the 1000th b25
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