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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

B-17 Accusim Released!!!

Just having fun..

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Nice pics Jan. The other day I wanted to try and capture a fly by shot of the war birds in my collection.

MAAM B-25
Alphasim B-24
B-17 Accusim
WoP P-51
WOPIII P-47 Accusim
 
A little something I have been playing around with...

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Thanks to Jan and Snuffy_Hadden for giving me markings help and Ideas to make her better.



Jeff
 
A little something I have been playing around with... Thanks to Jan and Snuffy_Hadden for giving me markings help and Ideas to make her better.

Jeff

Don't go blaming me ... LOL! :mixedsmi:

She's a great lookin paint Jeff! Congrats! :applause:
 
Don't go blaming me ... LOL! :mixedsmi:

She's a great lookin paint Jeff! Congrats! :applause:

HEHEHEHE...Thanks.
I got another one in the pipe....I've looked for as much as I can...If you got any thing let me know....
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Jeff
 
I'm sure that if you have the "Mighty Eighth Warpaint and Hearldry" as I do, then you have pretty much what I have ... I do however have another book that I mentioned over on A2A's site, (that at the time of posting the book, Amazon had 10 or so copies in stock, two or three days later, they were out of stock ...) "The USAAF Handbook 1939 - 1945" by Martin Bowman. This book has official sizes and color codes (if I remember correctly,) of the markings for all aircraft manufactured during that time.


All the rest of my 8th collection:
  • Book Number 1 of a Triology: "The Mighty Eighth, A history of the Units, Men, and Machines of the U.S. 8th Air Force" 311 pages of excellent info.
  • Book Number 2 of a Triology: "Mighty Eighth War Diary" 508 pages of all the missions of the 8th U.S.A.A.F.
  • Book Number 3 of a Triology: "The Mighty Eighth War Manual" 319 pages of operating procedure and other interesting artifacts, including radar and Norden use and etc.
  • Book Number 4: "The Mighty Eighth, The Color Record" 224 pages of color pictures of the 8th.
  • Book Number 5: "The Mighty Eighth, Warpaint and Heraldry" 160 pages of insignia, markings, paint schemes, squadron and group colors and much more. Some nose art included.
  • Book Number 6: "Airfields of the Eighth, Then and Now" 240 pages of info pertaining to all the airfields used by the 8th B.C. and 8th F.C. during its stay in England. Lots of maps and other info.
Tons of pictures in all that ... but not much on individual planes, unless of course it was flown by someone famous. (I don't recall ever seeing your first photograph though.) I have a group of other publications, but nothing specific to this aircraft.

Lets see ...

452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green, contained the 728th, 729th, 730th, & 731st BS.
Their claim to fame as it were: "More COs than any other Bomb Group during the course of hostilities. A grand total of 9. They flew a total of 7,279 sorties and dropped a total of 16,466.6 tons of bombs, to include 150 tons of supplies after the surrender.
The 452nd lost 110 a/c and claimed 96.5 - 45 - 58 E/A. They recieved the distinguished unit citation on 7apr45 after the Kaltenkirchen mission.
The 452nd had two Medal of Honor Winners: 1st Lt Gott & 2nd Lt Metzger both awarded on 9Nov44.

Based on one of my Group color markings, I think your top yellow bar on your stabilizer is a bit high ...

Thats the best I can do for ya. ;)
 
Well I have a few that you mentioned...And some of those you listed, I am working on getting...Freeman and Bowmans stuff is awesome!
I have a very close friend that owns a hobby shop...And he becomes privy to 'Modelers Estate' sales!
When he gets someones collections when they pass on, he gives his friends a call and we get get first dibs before he goes public with sale. Sometimes it is really amazing how much "Stuff" modelers have when it comes to books! I'm just as bad..and my wife will be happy when I'm gone!:ernae:

Jeff
 
Doggone it, I finally start to get back into FSX and FSX repaints cuz of this plane, and Jankees keeps takin my repaint ideas. Course his skills far surpass mine, so no big deal. :D

Cody, you snagged E-Rat-icator, so that one's out for me too. Oh well! No worries, I like it! And your Purty Chili kicks some rear too, look forward to flyin both when you release em.
 
Great looking paints guys :ernae:

I love the extra weathering thats being added, adds some real character to individual craft
 
I am confused....nothing new, but what is OZx that Jan Kees mentioned where he has uploaded his latest B-17 efforts? I did not find these latest ones on avsim. Thanks for the help.
Gary
 
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