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Title: Devil Dog
Post by: 1sum41 on August 19, 2008, 02:21:12 AM
(http://k53.pbase.com/v3/45/598445/1/50564310.B25DevilDoga.jpg) shes a b25 stationed in georgetown texas ... where i live... (http://k43.pbase.com/o4/45/598445/1/53133832.PBJB25DevilDog.jpg) :salute
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: Serenity on August 19, 2008, 02:48:15 AM
Doesn't look quite right for a B-25H to me...
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: whiteman on August 19, 2008, 03:08:24 AM
when the B-25 won this was the first one that came to mind. hope theres a way to get her in now or in the future.
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: Greebo on August 19, 2008, 03:59:51 AM
The basic scheme could be right for a late war PBJ-1J (basically a USMC B-25J, solid nosed in this case). They were painted in overall Sea Blue towards the end of the war. The colour used in the photo looks wrong though.

Unfortunately we are not allowed to skin B-25Js on the B-25H skin, there are loads of schemes I could do if we were.
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: 1pLUs44 on August 19, 2008, 10:52:13 AM
 :cry :cry :cry

It would be an interesting skin on the B-25H though. I see it almost every time I go to the Georgetown Airport. (Me and 1sum live in the same town)
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: Guppy35 on August 19, 2008, 05:27:53 PM
Always dangerous using a restored warbird as your example for a skin.  Far too many of them are way off.  It's getting better as folks research better, but there are some really wrong painted warbirds out there and 25s are often included in this.  The blue does look wrong.  I'd want to see a wartime photo of that one too.  I think that's someone's made up paint job.
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: 1pLUs44 on August 20, 2008, 11:43:28 AM
Always dangerous using a restored warbird as your example for a skin.  Far too many of them are way off.  It's getting better as folks research better, but there are some really wrong painted warbirds out there and 25s are often included in this.  The blue does look wrong.  I'd want to see a wartime photo of that one too.  I think that's someone's made up paint job.

I think so too, it was made to look good, not look like an actual attack plane. But when I do see it at airshows, there is a little thing that has the history of it on there.
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: 1sum41 on August 24, 2008, 02:02:45 AM
i can email the owner just give me a few days
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: Spikes on August 24, 2008, 12:53:06 PM
Unfortunately we are not allowed to skin B-25Js on the B-25H skin, there are loads of schemes I could do if we were.
What is the problem with it? Different characteristics to it or something?
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: Greebo on August 24, 2008, 02:52:55 PM
The H has the 75mm gun, whreas the J initially had a bomb aimers nose. Later on the glazed nose was replaced by an 8 0.5 inch mg nose on some Js. Either type of J has a nose a fair bit longer than the one on the B-25H and HTC don't like skin substitutions where the outline of the plane is different. Also I suppose there is the possibility they might introduce a B-25J variant some time.
Title: Re: Devil Dog
Post by: Spikes on August 24, 2008, 06:09:29 PM
Ah. I forgot the J didn't have a 75mm...