The "Other" 361st B7*H

Great repaint, LDF, and very accurate too! I really like the comparison between the original photo and the B&W screenshot - I'm glad I spent forever on getting the shapes, contours, and pilot's size correct. ;)

The cleaned up metal circle is rather interesting, at least that is what it appears to be, as it looks similar to the size and position of the circle painted on the fuselage of Impatient Virgin, with nose art applied to it. This would suggest to me that the aircraft had nose art applied at one time and it was removed, and I would be curious to find out if other nose art was added later.
 
Thank you, John. Your time was very well spent! She is, no doubt, a Bee-Ute!

According to 361st history and Little Friends, this aircraft had 2 pilots assigned, and two names.

1. Lt. Paul C Holter, Jr, A/C named for his future wife, Bobbie E (R only?).

2. Lt. Clarence E Zieske named A/C after wife, Jeanne (possibly not applied?) . Lost in this a/c 12 Aug 44, KIA 7619.

08/12/44 - Four dive-bombing and strafing missions were carried out against rail transportation targets in France with the loss of Lts. John E. Engstrom and Merle C. Rainey of the 375th, Lt. Clarence E. Zieske of the 374th and the Group Commander, Col. Thomas J.J. Christian, Jr.

I figured same as you, the polished circle is where some nose art or insignia of some kind has been removed.

Duckie
 
Repost Screen Shots - Don't know how long they'll stay up!

Also a question re 374th colors (B7 *) - Some artists renderings show the colors to be RED on the wing tips, and tail, while others show them to be BLUE. I have nor can I find any actual color photos, and I don't have any trusted historical comments on the subject.

Can anyone help me out on this?

Thanks,
LDF

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I really like it with the red accents, LDF, but I know that the 375th FS was the group that had red accents most commonly, such as the case with Detroit Miss. The 374th aircraft however, always seems to have used a dark blue for these areas. The 375th FS also didn't paint the rudder trimtab as far as I have seen, like the 374th did. I'm looking forward to it no matter what color you decide upon!
 
Epsillon said:
Great job, LDF! :applause::applause::applause:
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Thanks Eps :wavey:


Bomber_12th said:
I really like it with the red accents, LDF, but I know that the 375th FS was the group that had red accents most commonly, such as the case with Detroit Miss. The 374th aircraft however, always seems to have used a dark blue for these areas. The 375th FS also didn't paint the rudder trimtab as far as I have seen, like the 374th did. I'm looking forward to it no matter what color you decide upon!
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Thanks for the help, John. I was going with RED until I found an artist's (Nick King) color profile of this aircraft with BLUE accents (Little Friends web site) which made me take a second look.

It also had this note attached...

"Note for modellers: Dark blue tips of flying surfaces and trim tab all outlined white. Rounded area below canopy is where previous artwork as been removed."

B7*h will have BLUE accents.

Cheers,
Steve
 
Looks amazing, Duckie! :applause:

If you go on like this, I'll have to consider to buy this bird.
Up to now, Wozza's excellent Mustang was sufficient to me - but regarding this...

Cheers,
Markus.
 
Awesome job LDF, and the extra detail you're adding is making it even more desirable, such as the wear on the propeller blades, invasion stripes, and the fluid excess stains, a true sign of a combat flyer, having gone through some aerobatics! The blue accents definitely look more natural with the B7 codes of the 374th.

Having flown this aircraft for little over a year now, throughout testing, I have never gotten into any real trouble with landing or take off, though I have noticed that I must have gained something from the experience, since I'm able to fly any prop-driven tail-dragger in FS without any trouble. :d - If you really know the 'feel' of the flight dynamics, you'll notice that you really don't have to focus as much on your airspeed indicator anymore, but that you can actually feel what the aircraft is doing and compensate for it, and this translates into other aircraft you fly as well. This really helps especially when doing three-pointers at low speed, which I have really come to enjoy and rather prefer.
 
Bomber_12th said:
Awesome job LDF, and the extra detail you're adding is making it even more desirable, such as the wear on the propeller blades, invasion stripes, and the fluid excess stains, a true sign of a combat flyer, having gone through some aerobatics! The blue accents definitely look more natural with the B7 codes of the 374th.
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Thanks very much for saying so, John. I'm really enjoying this model and learning the history of the units, pilots who flew it, and applying their colors to her. What a blast! :ernae:

Learning to master it in the air is also very enjoyable as well. As you say, she will give all sorts of hints as to what she likes and doesn't, and shame on you if you don't pay attention to her.


Duckie
 
Epsillon said:
Very nice job, LDF! :applause::applause::applause:

Stephan
PS: there's no installation instructions in your zip...;)
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Thanks Stephan.

The installation instructions are there, but for some reason
they unpact as a single text file OUTSIDE the main folder when unzipped. The file name is "B7-H Readme.txt". Can't explain why it did that!

Thanks for calling attention to it. I'll try to do better next time! :isadizzy:

Steve
 
Duckie said:
Thanks Stephan.

The installation instructions are there, but for some reason
they unpact as a single text file OUTSIDE the main folder when unzipped. The file name is "B7-H Readme.txt". Can't explain why it did that!

Thanks for calling attention to it. I'll try to do better next time! :isadizzy:

Steve
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Thanks Steve, I've found the Readme.
The next time, I will drink my first coffee before installing anything. ;)

Best regards,

Stephan
 
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