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Title: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: Greebo on September 24, 2008, 08:37:11 AM

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/ (http://www.ah-skins.com/) if you want to take a closer look.

(http://www.ah-skins.com/skins/screenshot494.jpg)

(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/138/scan67ob5.jpg)

(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/751/scan22ak2.jpg)

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: rogerdee on September 24, 2008, 09:27:54 AM

oh you bad boy,that thing looks good  :aok 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

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: Kazan_HB on September 24, 2008, 11:08:37 AM

Greebo this skin is beautiful. How always...
 :salute

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: Soulyss on September 24, 2008, 02:07:48 PM

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

Thank you much sir.

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: VansCrew1 on September 24, 2008, 02:59:37 PM

 :aok

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: Spikes on September 24, 2008, 03:33:32 PM

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

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: Yossarian on September 24, 2008, 05:24:23 PM

Excellent work!!!!  It looks superb!  :aok :aok

<S>

Yossarian

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: lyric1 on September 24, 2008, 08:36:10 PM

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.  (http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8828/neilb25hf4.th.jpg) (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=neilb25hf4.jpg)(http://img88.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)   (http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1156/scan70uz7.th.jpg) (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan70uz7.jpg)(http://img254.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)  (http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2968/scan71kk8.th.jpg) (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan71kk8.jpg)(http://img254.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: Greebo on September 25, 2008, 02:44:28 AM

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

(http://www.gfg06.dial.pipex.com/screenshots1/498th_BS_B-25H_SC2.jpg)

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: lyric1 on September 25, 2008, 06:51:27 AM

Even better. :aok

Title: Re: 498th BS B-25H
Post by: lyric1 on September 25, 2008, 03:12:12 PM

Just some interesting facts about the paint work of the 498th planes they were all done by this man  (http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6952/scan23ks9.th.jpg) (http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan23ks9.jpg)(http://img408.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)He is also a renouned artist & is still living in Iowa.