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Offline lyric1

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First B-29 Skins post.
« on: November 10, 2010, 05:17:40 PM »
Sorry had to do it. :)

Well it seems that this aircraft falls in to three catagorys of paint schemes & here they are.









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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2010, 05:24:49 PM »
Me like the 2nd skin.
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2010, 05:25:12 PM »
Soo many rivets.
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2010, 05:50:11 PM »
That olive drab looks wonderful.
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2010, 06:09:11 PM »
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2010, 06:29:55 PM »
(Image removed from quote.)   :D

Hey, wait a minute... That's not a B-29, not exactly at least (well sorta exactly).
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2010, 07:07:58 PM »
Tu-4 was heavier then the B-29, and lacked the range and payload accordingly, we did do a dam good job at copying it though, if it wernt for your silly imperial measurments we would have done better  :devil
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2010, 09:06:54 PM »
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2010, 09:49:00 PM »
Tu-4 was heavier then the B-29, and lacked the range and payload accordingly, we did do a dam good job at copying it though, if it wernt for your silly imperial measurments we would have done better  :devil
yeah...the one and only time we copied the russians :rofl
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2010, 09:51:30 PM »
Olive drab does look nice. I prefer the bare metal IMO. Looks more "American" that way. :D
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2010, 10:48:40 PM »
yeah...the one and only time we copied the russians :rofl
You got his post backwards.  He is Russian and is saying Russia did a damn good job copying the B-29.
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2010, 10:54:27 PM »
Tu-4 was heavier then the B-29, and lacked the range and payload accordingly, we did do a dam good job at copying it though, if it wernt for your silly imperial measurments we would have done better  :devil

Well perhaps our silly measurements do have some strategic value, eh? :D
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2010, 11:11:32 PM »
I thought the majority of all B-29s that saw combat were stripped of paint (bare metal)?

Where are all these OD ones serving? Are they being used as transports (see previous posts) or are they doing something other than bombing Japan?


Just curious.


EDIT: Correction, not BMF, but painted silver. Still, they looked metallic, is what I meant. Pic of those B-29s in formation looks like it's flying over farmland in America's Heartland.
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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2010, 11:32:42 PM »
I thought the majority of all B-29s that saw combat were stripped of paint (bare metal)?

Where are all these OD ones serving? Are they being used as transports (see previous posts) or are they doing something other than bombing Japan?


Just curious.


EDIT: Correction, not BMF, but painted silver. Still, they looked metallic, is what I meant. Pic of those B-29s in formation looks like it's flying over farmland in America's Heartland.
I believe they started off as bombers operating out of Burma in the very early stages of bombing Japan & then they were changed into transports operating over the hump.

Have to double check though this is from memory of a book I read quite some time back & I may not be 100% correct.

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Re: First B-29 Skins post.
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2010, 11:55:52 PM »
This one I would say is a must. :aok

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These last two are post war you van tell by the PW SUPPLIES written under the wing for prisoner of war supply drops that they performed at wars end. Also some of the paint work has been removed & is very faded compared to the first colour photo that was taken during the war. All in all at least you get a good look at what the colours actually looked like.

Sadly I can't read what is in the yellow panel with red trim. I would imagine it is something to do with giving credit to the Marines.





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