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Paul Krumrei
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Ouch, those colors are just not doing it for me.


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I don't mind it that much, but let's face it the BT's look best in natural metal.

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I remember seeing a pic once of a BT that was being used as a hack by some outfit in the CBI, and although it was a b&w pic the airplane looked somewhat similiar to this one.

(Heck - parts of mine are purple!) :D

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...because the owner can't afford a Mustang to paint in those colors!
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It's a helluva lot nicer than mine :cry:

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Ha HA I hear you Jack

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HA, I know the guy who restored this, in fact he did it in our hangar. I don't have anything nice to say about him or the aircraft. It appears that it has since changed hands.
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Now that I look at the picture more closely it appears to be... green on the bottom?!

Far out...
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I like aircraft with the 'olive drab' paint. They look more authentic. Although you see most BT-13's in NMF I am sure some were painted in Olive drab over Natural Gray during WWII. In fact I have seen pictures of them like that.
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Maybe it's supposed to look like a P-66?

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We had a nice BT that was recently restored come to the Watsonville show last spring: http://www.sfahistory.org/wtsvSNVnew.jpg

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Color blindness? :roll:

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at least it's not super-glossy, with a giant shark's mouth...
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i guess my taste is in my mouth....... i don't mind it at all.

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I've seen worse...much worse.

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