Warbird Information Exchange

Get that avatar changed Taylor!

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CraigQ

Thanks, Taylor. I knew it was 1943, my favorite US marking. The AZ. scheme looks good.

~J~

So curious , Not trying to knock it, but why did you do the same scheme as the Muszala's T-6.
I know there's is slightly different but at least pick the other number so that someday there might be
possibility of recreating that pic?? Or so's at least the rivet counters won't get all whiny about two t-6's painted the same way , Just wondering is all.

Steve,

I wanted that scheme... That's mainly why.

Muszala's T-6 is no longer painted in Luke Field markings. Had it been, I probably would have gone with a hack scheme. Important thing was to find a scheme with the 42/43 insignia as we were painting over the old markings. Hacks mainly had the post-43 insignia.

I will happily attempt to tell any rivet counters the numerous things that are inaccurate with our Harvard Mk. SNJ-6G, but I'm afraid to say they'd probably fall asleep before I finished listing off everything. As far as the paint scheme goes, Conrad and Craig hit it out of the park in my book, especially considering what they were initially presented with. Plus, having put 3 hours on it in the past two days, their thorough annual and close eye made our T-6 into a much better flying and safer aircraft. Once again, hats off to the Wild Warbirds crew.

T

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Taylor Stevenson

The Luke AAF Texans came in a great variety of different colors (hint, hint, for anyone else who may be interested in repainting their Texan). Note the visual models in these images are not correct to the earlier Texan variants that the schemes belong.

Got a file loaded with some nice looking Luke Field T6 schemes if anyone is interested.


This is a nice shot from Nathan's site posted by (S Donacik)

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Zero Surprise!!...

What is the stinger looking contraption on the belly of X-705 (just aft of the relief tube exit)?
Never seen that before.... (looks like X-704 might have it as well).

Bela P. Havasreti

High capacity relief tube for those terrified instructors?

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Taylor Stevenson

Also a goofified fairing / jack pad looking thing in front of the stock tailwheel fairing (never seen that either!).

Bela P. Havasreti

Target towing setup? Looks like a release forward, a "cage' to constrain the tow line and a filler block/fairing to keep the cable from tangling the tailwheel.

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Lest Hero-worship raise it's head and cloud our vision, remember that World War II was fought and won by the same sort of twenty-something punks we wouldn't let our daughters date.

I'd be more inclined to say it's for low band HF radio...like 3Mc and under. The stinger appears to be pretty light duty and small diameter. A long wire trailing weight wouldn't be too much bigger than the stinger tube itself. Also, for a target sleeve, there is no external winch mechanism, nor a holder for the loaded sleeve.

The fairing ahead of the tail wheel may be a deflector to keep the trailing weight from striking it.

I had thought of that, but it was just more convoluted than any of the other trailing antennae set-ups I've seen.

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Lest Hero-worship raise it's head and cloud our vision, remember that World War II was fought and won by the same sort of twenty-something punks we wouldn't let our daughters date.