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Wouldn't a series of new B-29 sheets be great? There are so many interesting airframes to do, including the Bell X1 carriers.

Unfortunately I have too many projects in flight right now - the B-29 is a new type that I don't have the infrastructure (base drawings, dimensions etc.) for, and I don't have it on the drawing table now. I will definitely consider it for next year (2021) though.

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I'd settle for a good sheet of markings for "Torchy", T-square-27 I believe.  The only decals I know of it are in the rarer-than-hen's-teeth Hasegawa issue of Monograms's kit.

 

Edit, added image.  She's a redhead with dark blue dress.

B-29_bomber_TORCHY_nose_art_Tinian_1945.jpg

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Hi,

 

Thanks, Charlie D.

Some great pictures right there.

I don't think I had seen "The Thing", "The Pacific Pioneer" or "Boeing's Boner" before.

I suppose "The Thing" is from a horror movie, I'll have to check IMDB for that. "The Pacific Pioneer" is love at first sight an instant favorite.  And of the third one I didn't even know that the expression was around in WW2. :woot.gif:

 

Cheers, Stefan.

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4 hours ago, Paul Boyer said:

Actually, "The Thing" was a 1950 novelty song recorded by Phil Harris (and others) about a mysterious box found on the beach (hence the artwork):

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(song)

 

 

 

Thanks, Paul.

 

That certainly makes for a haunting piece of nose-art. Imagine Climbing into that aircraft for a trip to North Korea!

 

If you hadn't shown the correct explanation, I might have thought this movie inspired the nose-art. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6

 

Cheers, Stefan.

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