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Offline Smut

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« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2002, 08:52:23 AM »
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Smut,

Are you sure you're not thinking of the nose from "FlakBait", the B-26 we already have?

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Ahhh...that could be. It's been at least five years since I've been up there myself.

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« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2002, 10:56:26 AM »
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Gotta luv the A-20 at the USAF musuem in Dayton.  Its got a skull and crossbones insignia on the nose (the guns form the eyes of the skull)  thats really cool looking.  I got a pic of it somewhere that I took the last time I was there, that I'll post if I can find it.


Kinda like this one? This is a model of an A-20G I built about 10 years ago of Mr. Hobday's plane. He flew for that group--the 312th Bomb Group. The group was divided into 4 squadrons. Each used a playing card logo on the fuselage as its designator. Hobday's squad used a spade. I forget the squad numbers. Wanna say it was something like 286-289th.

At that time I couldn't reproduce the "Ball of Fire" nose art. Technology's there today with scanners and better printers. Wish I could get that model back for a lil tweaking. Coulda used some weathering too. ; )

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« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2002, 11:04:45 AM »
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Kinda like this one? This is a model of an A-20G I built about 10 years ago of Mr. Hobday's plane. He flew for that group. At that time I couldn't reproduce the nose art. Technology's there today.

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Another view.

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« Reply #18 on: April 06, 2002, 11:16:45 AM »
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Another view.

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And another. : )

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« Reply #19 on: April 06, 2002, 01:34:03 PM »
SUPERFLY why are you makeing it in british colurs? Why not American? I have an idea. Make 1 model British and another in American.:D Hey it could happen.

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« Reply #20 on: April 06, 2002, 04:07:08 PM »
yeah, make the hard nose variant with 50 cals in the nose. :D

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« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2002, 08:51:32 AM »
 
Come on fellas!  I know somebody's gotta have some good shots.  Even pictures of a model of the Boston III would work.  (Nice A-20 btw Drano)  Really, really, really need bombadier position pics!
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« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2002, 02:24:39 PM »
SUPERFLY i was looking all over but i couldent find CLEAR NOSED Bostons. All were solid nosed. But i will look harder but in the meantime here are some pics i found. I think that this is the cockpit. But ill keep looking. But if you cant find the pics you need feel free to to an american one:D
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« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2002, 02:30:02 PM »
another. You can kinda see the position.

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« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2002, 02:47:43 PM »
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/attack/a3/a3-5.htmhttp://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/attack/a3/a3-5.htm Thats got some reel good, no color tho, picturs of the cocpit. Still looking I am.

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« Reply #25 on: April 08, 2002, 02:51:36 PM »
How is this?

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« Reply #26 on: April 08, 2002, 02:58:26 PM »
No inside pics, but look at American Planes of WW2 pp87-93 ISBN 1-84013-392-9 and British Planes of WW2 pp89-91 ISBN 1-84013-391-0. The formar has a cutaway schematic.

I'm looking forward to this plane: it's a half-way house between the Mosquito and the heavy bombers.

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« Reply #27 on: April 08, 2002, 02:59:24 PM »
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« Reply #28 on: April 08, 2002, 03:49:05 PM »
external view. cant find any internal. but its armed with 6 .303 this thing will be torn to shreds.
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« Reply #29 on: April 08, 2002, 04:42:20 PM »
Thanks Viper.  I actually have those pics already.  That is a nice one Brady.  It is the best one of the bombadier I've seen yet.
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