Author Topic: 873rd BS B-29 Joltin' Josie  (Read 5403 times)

Offline fullmetalbullet

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Re: 873rd BS B-29 Joltin' Josie
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2011, 04:59:26 PM »
I won't be doing any more B-29s for a while. When I do get the time, I'll probably skin one with black undersides.

well viking did the bird of war. any others?
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Re: 873rd BS B-29 Joltin' Josie
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2011, 06:16:33 PM »
Black undersides became more and more common towards the end of the war as B-29s switched to low alt nighttime incendiary raids on Japanese cities. IIRC Boeing had even started painting them that way in the factory. There's a few schemes shown at the link below and I've seen photos of others in this scheme in the books I have.

Mark Styling profiles site.