Down On The Ramp

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 01/25/2019 at 20:44 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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We are painting this B-17 and it was out on the ramp this afternoon after it was primed. Pretty sure it is a G model, but the chin turret has been deleted. I think it may be the movie Memphis Belle (the real one is at the Air Force Museum)  as the other airworthy Gs still have their turrets.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 21:05

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Original dorsal turret? Could be one of the stripped navy versions. 

ttyymmnn > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 01/25/2019 at 21:08

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No chin turret, so it’s not a G. Maybe an F like the Memphis Belle ?

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 21:10

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So if I had a B-17 and I wanted Tech Ops to paint it for me, how much would that cost? Or are you guys doing it gratis ?

wafflesnfalafel > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 21:11

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restomod - 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 21:12

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based on appearance, yes I would agree, but a number of later models were chopped up for various roles, and the chin would just add drag. 

“ 48 ex-USAAF B-17s for patrol and air-sea rescue work. The first two ex-USAAF B-17s, a B-17F (later modified to B-17G standard) and a B-17G were obtained by the Navy for various development programs. [150] At first, these aircraft operated under their original USAAF designations, but on 31 July 1945 they were assigned the naval aircraft designation PB-1, a designation which had originally been used in 1925 for the Boeing Model 50 experimental flying boat. [158]

Thirty-two B-17Gs [159] were used by the Navy under the designation PB-1W, the suffix -W indicating an airborne early warning role”

g pictured.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 21:13

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Gratis. 

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 21:14

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Good on ya. I’m liking your company more and more.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 21:16

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It has a cover over where the turret should be. 

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 21:17

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We’ve also done a Huey, Dauntless and  Mustang. 

f86sabre > wafflesnfalafel 01/25/2019 at 21:17

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Would hoon. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 21:19

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I have a green monster in my head. So jealous.

WilliamsSW > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 21:24

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So pretty. I can almost smell the oil leaking from all 4 engines.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 21:32

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SR20.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 21:37

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I will have to dig out the pics  

f86sabre > WilliamsSW 01/25/2019 at 21:37

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Yep. Smelled like old oil. 

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 21:48

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Are you in Atlanta?  Didn’t y’all do tha CAF King Cobra?

f86sabre > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/25/2019 at 22:10

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Yes.  Forgot that one. 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 22:11

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Wow wowowow! That is one gorgeous bomber, even in primer !  I feel kind of naughty, like seeing a woman in her undies!

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > f86sabre 01/25/2019 at 22:32

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My fathers band plays the CAF gala every year, last year when that showed up fresh from paint the hangar emptied out and the band wonder where everyone went. 

f86sabre > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/26/2019 at 08:22

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I need to get down and visit the CAF hangars someday. I’d volunteer, but they are all the way down in PTC and I live on the north side. 

WilliamsSW > f86sabre 01/26/2019 at 09:47

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Yeah, I kinda like tha t smell. And warm engines star t leaving a puddle immediately after shutdown ( probably before, really).

f86sabre > WilliamsSW 01/26/2019 at 11:51

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If they don’t you have a problem. 

WilliamsSW > f86sabre 01/26/2019 at 13:06

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Lol I guess that would mean there is no oil left!