The Great Speckled Bird

[Ian Warren]

Following the request and few current issues with PC was a choice subject - this is the one that broke that A2A GA (ground attack) Cessna
A request from Dave of the SOH for someone to paint an aircraft that the vetran flyer happened to be his neighbour ... so i have to get this right !

The plane.
15th AF,459th BG,757th BS,B24H-20-CF,# 42-50299,"Great Speckled Bird",it was Over all Olive Drab,with the lighter colored belly (light blue?),the name great speckled bird was on both sides of the nose.behind the waist gun positions was a large black square pained with a red "7B" ,again both sides.the tails had yellow and black checker board pattern on the bottom half,top half was OD with a large red Diamond,the bird also had a small red heart painted below and to the back of the diamond on the rudder itself.oh and of course the black numbers 250299 on the tail surface too.
ive searched and search for online photos of this plane but i cant find any.i do have some very small B&W photos im going to scan in and show here,if i can figure it out..for now..this is from the 459th bgs website.


The Alphasim/Virtavia Consolidated B24H Liberator ... WIP and a lot of fun Best part is the research , old photos sent and to interpret them and go back
into time and create the affect of war damage and the harsh conditions these aircraft went through .

[Daveroo]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 23 2013,8:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Following the request and few current issues with PC was a choice subject - this is the one that broke that A2A GA (ground attack) Cessna
A request from Dave of the SOH for someone to paint an aircraft that the vetran flyer happened to be his neighbour ... so i have to get this right !

The plane.
15th AF,459th BG,757th BS,B24H-20-CF,# 42-50299,"Great Speckled Bird",it was Over all Olive Drab,with the lighter colored belly (light blue?),the name great speckled bird was on both sides of the nose.behind the waist gun positions was a large black square pained with a red "7B" ,again both sides.the tails had yellow and black checker board pattern on the bottom half,top half was OD with a large red Diamond,the bird also had a small red heart painted below and to the back of the diamond on the rudder itself.oh and of course the black numbers 250299 on the tail surface too.
ive searched and search for online photos of this plane but i cant find any.i do have some very small B&W photos im going to scan in and show here,if i can figure it out..for now..this is from the 459th bgs website.


The Alphasim/Virtavia Consolidated B24H Liberator ... WIP and a lot of fun Best part is the research , old photos sent and to interpret them and go back
into time and create the affect of war damage and the harsh conditions these aircraft went through .

Ian...looking good so far my man!!! thank you muchs for your work on this..Dave

[Ian Warren]

Thanks Dave , We'll get her really looking the part .. have you tried to put the textures onto another 24 simply to see if it shows up properly for you .

[Splitpin]

Wow .... great work fella .

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Nov 24 2013,6:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Wow .... great work fella .

Thanks Marty ,

Hopefully the details shown are as close as we can get due to the information found, now polish up the paint and really look its name ... a virtual BB gun would be handy

[gsnde]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 4 2013,5:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks Marty ,

Hopefully the details shown are as close as we can get due to the information found, now polish up the paint and really look its name ... a virtual BB gun would be handy

This is a stunning looking paint, Ian. Very beautiful.

[Ian Warren]

Thanks Martin , So many historical paints that could be done .. have to get it looking the part , biggest problem is finding out the information and getting it correct or least give the feel of the theaters through out the period , i guess add a little till can be corrected or as close as possible and again today we have the painting skills and programs to do history and give it a real BONUS !