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OT B-25 bomber restoration

A very sexy looking American Bomber! Lovely to see there is such dedication for restoration!

If anyone knows this, there was an experiment conducted on Natgeo the other day of a B-25 bomber substituting a Dornier 17Z in the launching of a Fritz X missile somewhere's in the American Desert. Lovely aircraft to look at in my Opinion.
 
Not sure I think much of the shiny paint job. Something I utterly fail to understand - why the Americans paint their Warbirds in such a completely unrealistic way. The French do too, if it's any consolation, and while the Americans generally get the colour right, if not the shine, the French get both wrong. There's a B-25J just down the road, and that's painted shiny Desert Pink with blueish Dark Bottle Green sprayed over it (inversing the correct order of application with OD 41 first and Desert Sand last, if it had been a B-25B/C, which it isn't, so it shouldn't be painted that way anyway, etc, etc, bore, bore, bore...) Where the shades meet, as they're sprayed, they effectively mix to produce a weird shade of bright electric green. The overall effect is appalling.

Found a picture. If you are of a sensitive disposition, please do not look.
 
I think the worst case of criminal overpainting was Aberdeen Proving Ground's slapping some cheap house paint on it's extensive fleet of WWII vehicles they've left to rust away outdoors. I'm not sure which breaks my heart more...
 
MajorMagee said:
I think the worst case of criminal overpainting was Aberdeen Proving Ground's slapping some cheap house paint on it's extensive fleet of WWII vehicles they've left to rust away outdoors. I'm not sure which breaks my heart more...
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I couldn't agree more! They've got perhaps the world's widest collection of AFVs, including some which are literally unique, and as you say, they're all painted some odd pale grey colour and rusting away. Shameful.
 
HouseHobbit said:
They will be doing the fly overs on Friday and Saturday, formation flying both days..
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Thanks, I found this...

One of the largest gatherings of B-25 Mitchell bombers since World War II is set to take place as part of a tribute to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders during their 68th reunion at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, April 16-18.

At least 20 aircraft from across the nation are scheduled to land on the runway behind the museum on the morning of April 17. The aircraft will then be placed on static display from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., for the public to get an up-close look at each plane and meet the pilots and crews.

On April 18 at 1 p.m., the aircraft will take-off and fly over the museum in a formation flight prior to the Doolittle Raiders Memorial Service in the museum's Memorial Park.

These outdoor reunion events are weather contingent and subject to change. (See the full reunion schedule including event times at http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/doolittle.asp).

Before and after the museum reunion events, the B-25s will stage out of Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio, to practice formation flights, and will offer public rides and static displays.

For more information on the events at Grimes Field in Urbana, visit www.champaignaviationmuseum.org.

On April 18, 1942, 80 men achieved the unimaginable when they took off from an aircraft carrier on a top secret mission to bomb Japan. These men, led by Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, came to be known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders.

The National Museum of the United States Air Force is located on Springfield Street, six miles northeast of downtown Dayton. It is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day). Admission and parking are free.
 
ndicki said:
Not sure I think much of the shiny paint job. Something I utterly fail to understand - why the Americans paint their Warbirds in such a completely unrealistic way. The French do too, if it's any consolation, and while the Americans generally get the colour right, if not the shine, the French get both wrong. There's a B-25J just down the road, and that's painted shiny Desert Pink with blueish Dark Bottle Green sprayed over it (inversing the correct order of application with OD 41 first and Desert Sand last, if it had been a B-25B/C, which it isn't, so it shouldn't be painted that way anyway, etc, etc, bore, bore, bore...) Where the shades meet, as they're sprayed, they effectively mix to produce a weird shade of bright electric green. The overall effect is appalling.

Found a picture. If you are of a sensitive disposition, please do not look.
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Ah yes, but look at the bright side: At least it still flies... :d
 
Frosty said:
Ah yes, but look at the bright side: At least it still flies... :d
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Thank you, Frosty! You're right. On occasion, over my garden, in fact. There I am, sitting i9n my deckchair sipping a nice mug of tea and reading my book, and there are (occasionally) a whole assortment of aeroplanes going back and forth. I've had this B-25, Fiesler Storch, Ju52, B-17G, Mustang IV, Spit IX, Spit XIV, Harvards, Yak-11s, and all sorts of odd things at odd times. So yes, you're right! Oh, and I forgot a Bf109G-6. :d It does make reading one's book sometimes rather challenging...
 
ndicki said:
Not sure I think much of the shiny paint job. Something I utterly fail to understand - why the Americans paint their Warbirds in such a completely unrealistic way. The French do too, if it's any consolation, and while the Americans generally get the colour right, if not the shine, the French get both wrong. There's a B-25J just down the road, and that's painted shiny Desert Pink with blueish Dark Bottle Green sprayed over it (inversing the correct order of application with OD 41 first and Desert Sand last, if it had been a B-25B/C, which it isn't, so it shouldn't be painted that way anyway, etc, etc, bore, bore, bore...) Where the shades meet, as they're sprayed, they effectively mix to produce a weird shade of bright electric green. The overall effect is appalling.

Found a picture. If you are of a sensitive disposition, please do not look.
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This particular B-25 was painted this way when we received it a few years ago. Re-painting a warbird of that size is immensely costly as you can imagine. When it is a choice between keeping her in the air, or repainting her and sitting her on the ground, I hope you can see that sometimes aesthetics get tossed aside... I'm not saying I am a huge fan of it either, but as it goes in the Warbird arena, if you own it, you can paint it whatever you want. It has since lost the Eagles head it had on the tail and the nose-art decal it had and is awaiting new noseart. ....

-witt

FYI, I didn't realize there were two Outhousers from Dayton on here! Howdy!
 
Wittpilot said:
This particular B-25 was painted this way when we received it a few years ago. Re-painting a warbird of that size is immensely costly as you can imagine. When it is a choice between keeping her in the air, or repainting her and sitting her on the ground, I hope you can see that sometimes aesthetics get tossed aside... I'm not saying I am a huge fan of it either, but as it goes in the Warbird arena, if you own it, you can paint it whatever you want. It has since lost the Eagles head it had on the tail and the nose-art decal it had and is awaiting new noseart. ....

-witt

FYI, I didn't realize there were two Outhousers from Dayton on here! Howdy!
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How did the first arrivals go today?
 
Ansel Adams Version Of Events

Here are a couple of close-up shots of the Lady Luck

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