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Amazing. From Flypast forum.

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Are those B-25 factory pics from the Fairfax plant in Kansas City?
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Two questions - will appreciate any helpful information:

picture #1
What are the two "blisters" on either side of the nose glass of that B25? Don't look like typical blister pack MG.

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What is the yellow finish on those B25's?

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What is the yellow finish on those B25's?
John - thats zinc chromate primer.

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The blisters on the B-25 are actually on an A-20. (The first shot) There are blister windows behind the cockpit on the B-25 photos and that's so the Navigator can look down a little bit better.

The "Yellow" is actually the zinc chromate primer on the early, olive drab painted aircraft. Zinc Chromate can show up in many shades from yellow to darker green.
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Thanks Jerry & MarkV,
I never saw blisters on an A-20 before and made a leap of a/c ID faith. Kinda missed that big ol' single tail back there. Will look closer next time.

Also had never seen that startling shade of yellow. Didn't know it had/has so many different colors before.
Good info, thanks.
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I am reading of a pair of .30 cal in blisters on the nose of some models of the A-20, so is this them? I don't recall seeing a good pic of these installations?!?

Indeed some great color pics there. I love 'em!
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Perhaps this pic will help with the A-20 question:

http://617dambusters.com/DB7.html

Or is it no longer kosher to link to pics at other sites?

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As far as I know, links to other sites kosher, in fact, I prefer that as it leads to new sites and information I had not seen before. Unless the site specifically states "NO LINKING" which some do. What is NOT OK is lifting pics from sites, giving NO credit or link information and splattering it across the internet.

See forum rules on copyright here.

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... ic.php?t=5

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As a courtesy, most web site operators would prefer that you link to the web page containing the photo, not directly to the photo. Thus, I would have used:

http://617dambusters.com/DB7.html

This is not a legal requirement and I don't know the Wix policy, but it's good netiquette.

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k5083 wrote:
As a courtesy, most web site operators would prefer that you link to the web page containing the photo, not directly to the photo. Thus, I would have used:

http://617dambusters.com/DB7.html

This is not a legal requirement and I don't know the Wix policy, but it's good netiquette.

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Thanks for the lesson, August. I honestly didn't know what was "good form"... previous post changed per your suggestion. :wink:

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