First B-29 Skins post.

[lyric1]

Sorry had to do it.

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

[Void]

Me like the 2nd skin.

[cactuskooler]

Soo many rivets.

[Beefcake]

That olive drab looks wonderful.

[Larry]

   

[Jayhawk]

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Hey, wait a minute... That's not a B-29, not exactly at least (well sorta exactly).

[Imowface]

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 

[lyric1]

That olive drab looks wonderful.

Kind of partial to the Olive drab my self.






I like this plane. ESSO EXPRESS.







http://www.intergate.com/~sandcrab/History%20Of%20the%20Esso%20Express.htm

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[321BAR]

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 

yeah...the one and only time we copied the russians

[Plazus]

Olive drab does look nice. I prefer the bare metal IMO. Looks more "American" that way.

[Karnak]

yeah...the one and only time we copied the russians

You got his post backwards.  He is Russian and is saying Russia did a damn good job copying the B-29.

[Plazus]

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 

Well perhaps our silly measurements do have some strategic value, eh?

[Krusty]

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.

[lyric1]

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.

[lyric1]

This one I would say is a must.

THE SPEARHEAD











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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