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  1. Anthony,

    284 was an FB at Pease which a coworker crewed in the late eighties. It carried a "modified" version of the classic 509th B-29 nose art Next Objective. During research Ive found that an additional FB, ship 257 also carried the "original" B-29 nose art.

    Here are several images of each, although I'm running into the same problem KursadA mentioned as far as finding suitable images of the nose art to convert to vector.b64mBP.pngnSn2oY.pngS2o3Zj.jpgn4wv6X.jpg

  2. 1 hour ago, Hajo L. said:

    So, no tanks on the pylons close to the fuselage? (Propably because of the distance between the tank-stabilizers and the fuselage when having wings swept back, right?)

     

     

    HAJO

    Doesn't sound like it. According to Scott, an accurate loadout for your late 80's- 1990 dark vark scheme would be stations 2-7 tanks (pigeon toed), 3-6 tanks, 4-5 B83 or B61 and 2 SRAM's internal.

  3. Now I guess its time to find 2 more Monogram/Revell A-10 fuel tanks, I thought i only needed 2 total, lol. BTW, Belcher bits sells a 1/48 B61 and B83 in his Modern US Nukes set. The SRAMs can be had from the B-1 kit.

    Also, with all the cool stuff hanging from the wings I guess I need to figure a way to stiffen the wing a bit to prevent droop over time.

  4. 17 minutes ago, 11bee said:

    Thanks John and Jari. What a cool picture, wouldn’t have believed it that was possible.  What’s that store on the inner pylon? 

     

    Was up at Pease a few months back.   Sad seeing those shelters sitting empty.   

    Looks to be a B61 with the Buck Rogers looking tail fins, possibly circa late 70's from the looks of the crew car and SIOP scheme.

  5. 6 hours ago, Hajo L. said:

    Thanks for the input! Looks like the camoflage-colors are very close to each other with only minimal contrast...

     

    The kit instructions say that the bird should have 3 pylons on each wing. If I´m not mistaken, this would limit the operation of the swept wing to only one position, since the oitboard pylons could not be moved in their angle. Am I right?

     

     

    HAJO

    ipiM5v.jpgebUMUl.jpgFrom certain distance or angles there is little contrast but up close reveals significant contrast. These are of ship 267 at the SAC museum in Omaha.

  6. I'm beginning to think that not many of these images exist. I've been scouring the inter webs and with the exception of a few SRAM test pictures I haven't come across any images of operational FB nuke loadouts. It makes sense I guess, imagine the proverbial s-storm that would've ensued should someone whip out a camera on a SAC base flight line to snap a few pics of an FB taxing by with nukes!

    I remember flights of two FB's flying over the house in the 80's having four external tanks. Now weather they had B61, B83 or SRAM's internal I have no idea but I thought the USAF practice of flying nukes over the mainland ended in the late 60's.

    So I guess the next question would be what would the loadout be if SAC received the strike order? 11bee might be validating what I remember as a kid.

  7. Its amazing how many people have affection for the FB. Whitey, Dutch, I also grew up in the area, about 20 miles north in Rochester. Every time we heard jets overhead my brother and I would run outside to see if it was a pair of FB's or a KC -135A.

    And those airshows,,,,,,, nothing will ever beat cold war era SAC airshows!

  8. I had that happen once before on an MH-47E, but I suspect it was because I was rushing. I painted, futured, decaled, futured, and dullcoated all in the same 24 hour span. I believe that the dullcoat was effected by the not yet cured future. Are you using acrylics on the cockpit tub? If so that might be the problem since future is also acrylic based. I now give a full 24 hours cure time in between different coats.

    As far as fixing it, I too sparayed over it heavy and it seemed to subdue the overall damage but the effect was actually a dusty worn look which was appealing since my Chinook was modeled as a special ops bird coming back from the sand box. I guess you could strip and redo but since its the pit I would prob just deal with it.

  9. Thanks to all the boys and girls who put everything on the line for their country, the Iraqi people and each other. One hell of a job. When everything blows over and time passes you will look back at these days with pride and feel that you really did something great. To all who were lost, we thankyou, we miss you and we will NEVER forget you.

    And a personal thank you goes out to my brother Timmy who served three tours in Iraq and a total 32 months in country fighting the good fight. Welcome back bro, God bless you and I love you.

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