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461st BG 764th BS #9 Replacement
Here is a repaint of the aircraft that Col. Frederick Glantzberg the commanding officer flew off in when his tour of duty was over at the end of 1944 and he was relieved to go back to the states. I was able to find two original photos, one of a full left side view on the ground. In the 461st BG website 764th noseart I was able to get a closeup of "Iggy" with Col Glantzberg waving goodbye. I am a retired professional ship modeler and as such I like to have as many authentic details in a "model" which is what I consider my repaints to be, models of the real aircrafts. So...each of the aircraft's data plates on the left side have the correct information. I took of closeup of Iggy and if you look you can see that it is: B24J-5-FO denoting that it was manufactured by Ford under license from Consolidated. As a print production manager/estimator by trade for 40 years (along with shipmodeling) I spent countless hours matching type faces to a customer's project. I was blessed last night when I went on "safari" to find IGGY to match the photo and IMHO its awful close. We used to say "close enough for government work" LOL! So without further ado here are my efforts in tribute to Col. Frederick Glantzberg and the 461st Bomb Group Heavy. I also want to say a big thanks to mike_cyul for his paintkits that are so "painter-friendly" and make it a joy rather than a chore to repaint this beautiful aircraft.
Iggy looks black in this photo I know, but in the full side view it looks like the tail color but little lighter (75 year old b/w photos) so I painted it a brighter red. Again sadly, Col. Glantzberg and so many others are no longer with us to ask if its correct or not. I hope he approves.
In the inset in the lower right corner you can see the way that the horizontal stabilizer was painted in all red when USAAF issued the new directive to the 461st Bomb Group and other 15th Air Force Groups. I made a mention of this above. The tail is also correctly painted and the serial number in the correct location according to the full side view original photo I was fortunate to find though many aircraft had a rectangle with the serial number in it in the solid red. Tails were not identical on the aircraft of any groups if you check available photos, the directives being in text and interpreted by the aircraft painters in the field it seems. This is painted correctly that the upper half of the rudder is solid red on the outside surfaces and the lower quadrant has a horizontal rectangle for the 461st BG(H). The 451st BG(H) had a red circle and the 484th BG(H) had two opposing horizontal triangles they called "the bowtie". These were the three BG's of the 49th Bomb Wing.
Here is a repaint of the aircraft that Col. Frederick Glantzberg the commanding officer flew off in when his tour of duty was over at the end of 1944 and he was relieved to go back to the states. I was able to find two original photos, one of a full left side view on the ground. In the 461st BG website 764th noseart I was able to get a closeup of "Iggy" with Col Glantzberg waving goodbye. I am a retired professional ship modeler and as such I like to have as many authentic details in a "model" which is what I consider my repaints to be, models of the real aircrafts. So...each of the aircraft's data plates on the left side have the correct information. I took of closeup of Iggy and if you look you can see that it is: B24J-5-FO denoting that it was manufactured by Ford under license from Consolidated. As a print production manager/estimator by trade for 40 years (along with shipmodeling) I spent countless hours matching type faces to a customer's project. I was blessed last night when I went on "safari" to find IGGY to match the photo and IMHO its awful close. We used to say "close enough for government work" LOL! So without further ado here are my efforts in tribute to Col. Frederick Glantzberg and the 461st Bomb Group Heavy. I also want to say a big thanks to mike_cyul for his paintkits that are so "painter-friendly" and make it a joy rather than a chore to repaint this beautiful aircraft.
In the inset in the lower right corner you can see the way that the horizontal stabilizer was painted in all red when USAAF issued the new directive to the 461st Bomb Group and other 15th Air Force Groups. I made a mention of this above. The tail is also correctly painted and the serial number in the correct location according to the full side view original photo I was fortunate to find though many aircraft had a rectangle with the serial number in it in the solid red. Tails were not identical on the aircraft of any groups if you check available photos, the directives being in text and interpreted by the aircraft painters in the field it seems. This is painted correctly that the upper half of the rudder is solid red on the outside surfaces and the lower quadrant has a horizontal rectangle for the 461st BG(H). The 451st BG(H) had a red circle and the 484th BG(H) had two opposing horizontal triangles they called "the bowtie". These were the three BG's of the 49th Bomb Wing.
