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  1. 1 hour ago, barkin mad said:

    Here's one I found, unrestored & some parts painted with what looks like interior green. They may of course not all have been finished like this.

     

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    Where did you find that picture?   On the web or in a book?   Since this was a completely unrestored B-17, I’d love to see more pics of her.  

  2. 11 hours ago, Mustang381 said:

    Thanks bro, well I guess that this post helped.

     Mr.Owner today let me know tracking number of parcel.Fantastic customer service, but it needed just a little bit of additional fuel 😉

    "Fantastic customer service" and yet you light them up on your initial post and haven't bothered to change / delete it?   Nice...

  3. Great picture Floyd, thanks for sharing it!   Would love to know how you came across that shot.   Definitely looks like they fielded a different version (note that this device is labeled as model 1B) but doesn't look like it would be too difficult to mod your part to replicate the one in the OGS pic above.  

  4. 1 hour ago, Loach Driver said:

    It has been a difficult item to truly get right given the lack of decent references. It looks small and skinny in that picture while in others it has a “fuller” look to it.

     

    LD.

    Would this be fitted in conjunction with that large air intake mounted on the upper left of the aft fuselage?

  5. I've listed to multiple stories on podcasts about vets returning to Vietnam.   What I find the most poignant is the friendship and hospitality offered by their former adversaries. 

     

    The latest one (if anyone's interested) is - 

     

     Episode 42: COL (ret) Hugh Mills - The Low Level Hell Podcast | Podcast on Spotify

     

    Col Mills returned to Vietnam and met with former members of an NVA AA unit that shot down a few helos from his unit during a particularly nasty engagement in 1972.       

  6. On 12/12/2023 at 8:37 AM, Dutch said:

    @Grey Ghost 531, Wow! Beautiful collection of early missiles!  (Semper fi!)

     

    I have a Lindberg 1/48 SM-62 Snark just begging for decals for the 702nd Strategic Missile Wing at Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine, circa 1959-1961. Of note, the Snarks were assigned to the 556th Strategic Missile Squadron during testing at Patrick AFB, Florida, but when the 702nd SMW moved to Presque Isle, ME, in Jan 1959, the 556th SMS was quickly de-activated (later re-activated in 1961 as an Atlas SMS in upstate NY).  For their very short operational career (Jan 59-Jun 61), all 30 Snark missiles were assigned directly to the wing.

     

    Available serials are:

    57-001/013          Northrop SM-62A Snark missiles MSN N-3415/3427

    58-0951/0966     Northrop SM-62A Snark missiles MSN N-3428/3443
    59-1874/1895      Northrop SM-62A Snark missiles MSN N-3444/3465
    (Note: 59-1877 is on display at USAF Museum, Wright Patterson AFB, OH.)

    I was up in Presque Isle a while ago.   The facility is still pretty intact.   The big missile assembly / storage buildings were all intact, as were the launch pads.  Pretty cool place to wander. 

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