"FUBAR" NOSE ART

[T Bolt]

Cool
Looks like a different angle of the same aircraft in post #4

 

[fubar57]

Very cool. Looks doable....Academy kit (if it has the glass on the sides) home-made decals, neat invasion stripes though messy around the wing roots and for the most part, standard camo. Just need a serial number

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Glenn, I think your right.....need a drop shadow on the nose-art.

 

[Micdrow]

Slightly different photo of Fubar found on facebook.

 

[Micdrow]

George, you might find this interesting

42-39985 / Duchess of FUBAR | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

 

[Micdrow]

Another one

42-32108 / FuBaR | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

 

[Micdrow]

FUBAR (PIC 2)

FUBAR II (PIC 3)

 

[Micdrow]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Micdrow]

 

[Micdrow]

 

[Wurger]

Oh the area quite close to Geo's workplace.

 

[fubar57]

Very cool Paul. According to the B-17 Nose Art Directory no photo of the "Duchess of FUBAR" Having said that, I have found two photos of other aircraft that were said to have no photos. As for 42-32108, it's not even listed in the book though to be fair, the book was printed in 1996 so other info could have surfaced since then...

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By a coincidence, that town was made two months after I was born. Now....we just need a decal maker to get on it with that B-26

 

[Crimea_River]

That's a GB40 subject for you Geo.

 

[fubar57]

Just a guesstimation but I don't think I could print it out on my printer...

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[Micdrow]

Very cool Paul. According to the B-17 Nose Art Directory no photo of the "Duchess of FUBAR" Having said that, I have found two photos of other aircraft that were said to have no photos. As for 42-32108, it's not even listed in the book though to be fair, the book was printed in 1996 so other info could have surfaced since then...

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By a coincidence, that town was made two months after I was born. Now....we just need a decal maker to get on it with that B-26

I am at work now but will look through books for the nose art and see if I am lucky to find it

 

[michael rauls]

I think the" Fubar express" is about the coolest name for an aircraft I've ever heard.

 

[Micdrow]

I am at work now but will look through books for the nose art and see if I am lucky to find it

Still looking but not much luck, need Friday to come so I can dig deeper. Keep getting interrupted due to fall projects before the snow.

 

[Micdrow]

You wont believe what I just found on facebook George in one of the nose art groups I belong for. To bad not a little clearer.

 

[Micdrow]

George, I don't have a copy of this book, I have the first copy so not the second yet. This might hold the answers to your B-17's above.

Amazon product ASIN 0692859845