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Virtavia B-29

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Jafo, are you going to upload any of these great Superfortress repaints?
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Yes....shortly....
Wasn't quite happy with the scale of text under the tailplane of Fifi....the "Boeing B-29 Superfortress" and "NX529B" so was redoing those...;)
And more fiddling with the spinner spec.
 
Been working around the real-life 'FIFI' for a couple of years. The plane hangars at my local air museum. They're supposed to be heading out on tour some time in the next week or so. I have some relatively recent pics if you need some.
 
Switchblade408 said:
Been working around the real-life 'FIFI' for a couple of years. The plane hangars at my local air museum. They're supposed to be heading out on tour some time in the next week or so. I have some relatively recent pics if you need some.
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That'd be cool....
It seems Fifi is in a constant state of 'flux'....there's more than one version of painted detailing around...eg the location of the 'CAF' text.

I could do a reworking of what's done already...as a current 'state of play'...;)

Meanwhile....I've uploaded both Fifi and Enola Gay here at SOH.

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Can't say my pics are the best quality. But, I try.
 

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some more close ups.
 

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And the last batch for the night. Hope you find these somewhat useful.
 

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They're pretty much contemporary to what I worked with....tho curiously the front on view of Engine 2 shows the wing with a de-ice black panel...and the last shot has none.... again an indication of how Fifi seems to 'change'...;)
 
Really early days....just the nose-art will take a bit of fiddling...;)

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Edit....just about drew the thing by hand....but it's getting there...

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Ah....more nose art on the right side....looks like she did a few missions too...;)
Edit....didn't take all that long...
...still gotta find the pilot's name.....got the navigator...I. L. Smith ...

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Gotta convince myself about details on the rear end of the plane....and do the specs...but it's getting there...;)

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Cool....thanks for the links.....although you can't really read the lettering at 4 pixels in 2048 I like to try to get it right....like with all the target cities on the bomb/raid icons.... and the text telling you what to do if you can't get the right fuel...;)

I just need to chase up what rescue details/text she had or hadn't...and what was the go with the wing walkway...if any. One of those shots shows the engine cowls pretty oily too...so maybe I need to get a little down and dirty...;)
 
Repaint for B-29 'DOC'

I've had this repaint of Wichita's 'DOC' for Virtavia's B-29A since July 2016. Not sure who "Alan W" is, full name not in the Zip. Also not sure from which website I downloaded.
 

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Yes, I was sure 'Doc' was already around somewhere....;)

Other than looking again at 2 of the more significant 29s....Enola and Fifi.....I personally would rather do ones not already done by others...;)
 
llanning08 said:
I've had this repaint of Wichita's 'DOC' for Virtavia's B-29A since July 2016. Not sure who "Alan W" is, full name not in the Zip. Also not sure from which website I downloaded.
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I found the original post, it was on Flightsim.com, in the screenshot forum. Posted by deepdiver8055 , who's name is Alan Wengren. However, he has not posted since 12/19/2016, and all the links in his blog about the paint are dead. His FLicker page is still live showing screenshots of his paints. He was prolific.


Found him over at the A2A forums. Known as "EightyFiftyFive" there. Lots of posts and paints.
 
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