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help: Wartime photos of P-61 Blackwidow
archerwin
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Posted: Monday, December 19, 2005 - 12:25 PM UTC
need to have some reference on how to weather this bird... thanks!!!
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Posted: Monday, December 19, 2005 - 12:37 PM UTC
Hi Erwin

Here are some pics that show how severely weathered P-61s could become - particularly in the Pacific.






I hope they help - all the best

Rowan
archerwin
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Posted: Monday, December 19, 2005 - 12:52 PM UTC
thanks merlin!
this will really help!
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Posted: Monday, December 19, 2005 - 03:24 PM UTC
Hi Erwin!

If you do a Google search you will find a lot of nice pictures like this one!



Just enter "P-61 Black widow" in the search engine. I have another picture like that somewhere in my books or magazines but couldn't find it... After all these pictures, who can say our models are "over-weathered"!

Jean-Luc
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Posted: Monday, December 19, 2005 - 05:02 PM UTC

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need to have some reference on how to weather this bird... thanks!!!


Hi Erwin, I have a half-finished P-61 on my bench at the mo. Try here, 14 pics:
http://www.studenten.net/customasp/axl/plane.asp?cat_id=3&ple_id=267&page=0

Lots of lovely piccies :-) I have a few more on my PC somewhere, I'll try and dig them out if you'd like them.

All the best with your P-61!

Steve
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Posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 09:09 AM UTC
Jean-Luc & Steve,
thanks!!!
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