B-24 (2 Viewers)

[Wurger]

I haven't found anything better that the view at the decal marking and three additional B&W shots.

 

[Wurger]

And one more image of the service ribbons. As I said the SOLDIER'S MEDAL is with the Saxon genitive ...

the pic source: the net.

 

[Wurger]

And one detail more ... please make a focus on the small art on the left side of the squaw's fugure. It is a dog's paw print in my opinion. The doggie seems to be named Joe and was a mascot of the crew or squadron. Therefore there is it's name Joe and in parentheses, the word MASCOT written with smaller white font. The small inscription is omitted usually.

 

[Wurger]

And here the Monogram1/48 model ...

 

[Stas1234]

Well... I think I'm done with this.

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I have some doubts about the base color: judging by the photos, the yellow either faded significantly during service, or the colors were that pale to begin with.

 

[Wurger]

Well... I think I'm done with this.

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I have some doubts about the base color: judging by the photos, the yellow either faded significantly during service, or the colors were that pale to begin with.View attachment 896559

Looking nice. But the title of the Soldier's Medal wasn't on the black background with the white font but just like othe nemes of the medals there. Regarding the plane colour .. yes it was painted Desert Sand. The paint was getting the pinky tone due to the sunlight called the Desert Pink.
As memo serves the US paint name was ANA616 Sand. The faded paint is suggested being the FS 30279.

 

[Stas1234]

Yes, I noticed; that's an error with the black-and-white mask.

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I think I made it as close to the original as possible; I avoided making it overly white, kept slight yellow undertones, and gave it a soft pink hue.

 

[Stas1234]

 

[Stas1234]

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[Wurger]

And the next imperfection I found ... the serial in the data plate on the port side ofthe fusealge is 41-11761 for the The Squaw kite. The Block No. is not applied.

 

[SaparotRob]

And here the Monogram1/48 model ...

View attachment 896555

That's a beautiful build.

 

[SaparotRob]

Looking nice. But the title of the Soldier's Medal wasn't on the black background with the white font but just like othe nemes of the medals there. Regarding the plane colour .. yes it was painted Desert Sand. The paint was getting the pinky tone due to the sunlight called the Desert Pink.
As memo serves the US paint name was ANA616 Sand. The faded paint is suggested being the FS 30279.

Amazing.

 

[Stas1234]

Next on the agenda B-24 Liberator 453rd BG, US Eighth Air Force, 1944.

 

[Engineman]

I'm late to this one, but I'm pretty sure it should say CREW WEIGHT. I can't read what weight is listed, but that marking being much lower than a normal combat crew is not uncommon.

I believe the last line is SUITABLE FOR AROMATICS, as in aromatic fuels. While it's a different aircraft, two of the B-26 drawings in my collection mention to write either SUITABLE FOR AROMATICS or NOT SUITABLE FOR AROMATICS on the technical data block depending on whether the entire fuel system is capable of handling those types of fuel or not.

Hi,

Here is a simple table of USAAF WW2 period Avgas from the internet. It is not from a known source, but I think it reflects the basics. You would have to dig deep to find the fuel details as they varied during the War.
Overall, the "Aromatic" compounds in the high-Octane fuels were damaging natural rubber etc and the aircraft and engines had to be builts with resistant synthetic rubbers to resist the aromatics.


Summary Table of USAAF Fuel Grades

USAAF Grade	Main Additives / Composition	High-Aromatic Variant?	Primary Use Case
Grade 91/96	Lower lead, paraffin-dominated	No (Strictly limited pre-war)	Training aircraft, transports, and early-war bombers
Grade 100/130	Alkylate base with up to 20%+ aromatics	Yes (Later wartime blends)	Standard combat fuel for fighters and heavy bombers
Grade 100/150	Iso-octane, xylidine, toluene, and xylene	Yes (Highly aromatic)	Late-war front-line fighters (Eighth and Ninth Air Forces)

Also, just to note that where the table refers to "paraffin", it is using the chemistry term for a medium Octane type refined constituent of oil, not the popular "PARAFFIN" used in oil lamps etc.
Overall, the chemistry of fuels is complicated.

Eng