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To Hang the Expense: Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, I haven't been ignoring your request. I sent you a PM, but never got a response. The past few weeks I've been tied up at the local VA Hospital because, it appears, I've developed colon cancer (an excellent opportunity for PC-WIXers to ki...

The problem with the artwork, Dave, is that 99.9 percent of the time it never went as far back as the cockpit. In fact, the only thing I can remember seeing photos of in that area are the bombs that indicated missions.

What is the cost factor?

I ask this because I know that if it isn't too great, there are a lot of collectors that would buy them.

It would be one way to raise money for other projects.

The underside is more than likely bare metal.

Looking good. Are the metal parts being hand formed or stamped?

Here's something else I like to do, mostly because it relates to "Twelve O'clock High". These are old newspaper supplements and they look pretty ragged when I start out. But after spending several hours on them they look a lot better. This is how it starts out. http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z19...

Surprizingly, I use one of the oldest programs around - Adobe PhotoDeluxe 1.0. It came with my IBM computer back in 97.

I've got about a half dozen other photo programs, some have more filters and such, but PD 1.0 enables me to do a better job.

Thanks for asking.

Gary Lewis (Gary1954) sent this photo to me and asked if I might know what the screens in front of the carb. intakes were. I told him what I thought, so let's hear from all of you what you think. Sorry, there are no prizes. :lol: http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z19/BOEING299B/tyKansasOctober1942T...

"Hang the Expense" was right when he said . . . "You won't believe the number of people who think that kind of stuff is still sitting out there." When I used to go out to Buckeye, Arizona, (late 60s, early 70s) we would actually get people showing up (and you have to remember that we were out in the...

I have a couple of shots in my files of it over the water. I just haven't colorized them yet.

I thank you both.

If I can locate it, I have a photo of the first Y1B-17 (s/n 36-149) flying over Wright Field and in the background you can see a light spot in the grass. I'm pretty sure it's that spot where the Model 299 crashed and burned as 36-149 arrived at Wright only about 18 months after the crash.

A few months ago I was bored and decided to scan the (PC)WIX site for a much needed laugh. As I was looking through various topics I came across one from an individual asking how hard it was to computer-color a photo? Well, after finally getting some computer problems corrected I've been able to ret...

Do aircraft given away before the advent of the RFC/WAA count?

You have to remember one thing about that time period, all of those aircraft were considered expendable and not expected to last long in combat. So, it would have been a waste of time and money to add the weight of a few more gallons of paint to the inside. What happened once they got into a theater...