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It's nice to come across a picture once in a while that you don't remember having. This has to be the wildest paint scheme I've even seen! This would look cool on a T-6 or a cowled Stearman.

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There is a book on nose art, and I believe that there is a photo of a T-6 with a similar scheme; if I remember correctly, the T-6 is painted in a very bright (fluorescent) green.

Saludos,


Tulio

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Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

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Hmmnnn....A flying fish with sharks teeth and feathered wings...
Somebody didn't drink their milk when brushing the Nitrate dope, or
the Annisette was a really good vintage!

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Awesome photo, Jack! She definitely holds the current lead in competition.

Now for those who also appreciate the "other" kind of round motor, may I enter one of the Barclay camo'ed Brewsters into the contest?

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... h96143.jpg

Perhaps the Buff at Pensacola could one day wear this stunning ensemble?

(Dan--already in trench--peeking out under brim of tin hat)

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their was a b-24 from the european theatre that was white with multicolored polka dots, damned near looked like a 4 engined clown!!!! i'm sure somebody can find the pic to post. also what about the b-24 in the pacific theatre called a dragon & his tail???

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

The polka-dotted and similar aircraft, IIRC were used as "join" ships, when large bomber formations took off, and in order to help them assemble by squadrons for their flights into occupied Europe. Once the formation was established, the multi-hued aircraft RTB'd since they were war-weary and unarmed.

Saludos,


Tulio

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Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

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Too bad it's not in color, I bet it would be interesting.

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This multi-colored B-24 assembly ship is shown in one of our dearly missed Roger Freeman's book ' The Mighty Eighth in Colour' !

Paul

Annisette? naw, if its in France, like it appears to be. its gotta be Absinthe!
good to the last drop!

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...Back in the day, when I was hanging around US Civil War Re-Enactors, a small group of them called themselves the Flying Fish Militia, led by a Captain Bob. Too perfect...

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The CAF's FM-2 Wildcat's paint scheme is different than most. I like that british scheme. It makes that Wildcat more unique.

Eric

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Eureke, I hate to break it to you but the FAA never had a Martlet scheme that even RESEMBLED that horror. I was joking by posting it - by far the worst paint job on a restored warbird I can ever recall - an embarrassment for the CAF.

Annisette? naw, if its in France, like it appears to be. its gotta be Absinthe!
good to the last drop![/quote]

True Agent86, absinthe was what I was thinking, but her weaker offspring
was what I wrote. Good to the last drop?...Toulouse thought so..all the way
to the grave.

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"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
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If you have ever restored a warbird and had to choose the paint scheme, you know it takes more than just choosing a picture out of a book. From experience of restoring my warbirds and working with some other collectors, one would want to choose a scheme they like and is unique. The CAF's Wildcat scheme is very different and draws attention. It might not be the most accurate of all the warbird paint schemes but it draws attention to itself and the CAF, which they need to get younger people involved. There are plently of other warbirds with schemes that are as inaccurate. I understand there is a difference of opinion on that paint job.

Anyway...

Eric

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