Re: B-24J "The Dragon and his Tail"

Of course, you know about Mike Grant, who has a 1/48 set of custom decals for the bird.

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On one of the discussion groups a saw a lot of discourse about this bird and the fact that there needs to be some modification to the Monogram kit to accurize it.

Val

>The Collings Foundation "Wings of Freedom" Tour Is at Lakefront >Airport in New Orleans this weekend, and I Spent the better part of >yesterday photographing their B-25H, B-17G and B-24J. > >Since I saw it last, the B-24 "All American" has been repainted to >represent "The Dragon and His Tail" which flew with the 43rd Bomb >Group, 64th Bomb Squadron. Excited about seeing it, I stopped at my >local hobby shop on the way home and picked up the Academy 1/72 kit. > >Wait a minute, their decals include a gray instead of green dragon, >and blue instead of red rudder stripes. The plans say that in spite >of the longstanding misconception of a green dragon, color photos >actually show it to be gray. There is no mention of the tail stripes. > >I have long been leery of the colors used on restored aircraft, but >that gray just doesn't look right. > >Can anyone vouch for the accuracy of either color scheme? > >David Carter
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