I've been running a bit behind...seems like this year has been a real effin' mess from the git-go...
However, I did get an opportunity to go flying today, been forever since I've been up...God I miss that. Had a stiff wind out of the north that buffeted us until we cleared about 2,500 then it was fairly smooth until we got by the mountains to the west of town. Had to climb to about 4,700 and it was rough the whole time.
All in all, a good run. Got some good photos, even. I'll have to post them in the Off-Topic section when I get a chance.
*edit* There Here:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/personal-gallery/graugeist-s-photos-17650.html
Anyway, I have three of the four Libs ironed out. Had a hell of a time figuring out a glitch in the skin. Since these were originally designed for AI only, they left a few flaws in them, or perhaps weren't aware of them. But I figured out the rear turret's skinning so it'll be OD along with the rest of the aircraft. There's also a glitch in the bombadier's glazing, but that's in the game, and not real noticable from any real distance. I researched the heck out of these skins, and found that there is really little info on the B-24s unlike the fighters. I guess there's more "glory" for a gunfighter than a bomb-driver...But since EC-
Q is pivotal to this story, I wanted it to be as accurate as possible. The others are technically historically correct based on the small fragments of info gathered.
The final lineup I settled on, along with EC-
Q (42-50358 - Pleasure Bent) are:
EC-
B 42-94764 "Bad Penny"
EC-
T 41-29002
EC-
Y 41-28852
There was too much conflicting info on EC-E (Madam Shoo-Shoo), EC-W (Wabash Cannonball) and EC-
N (Ford's Folly), so those were shelved in favor of the three I mentioned above.
Pleasure Bent is the only one that is natural finish and it's a real b!tch getting the panels to a "3D" state. I'm going to try and have it done tomorrow (Sunday) though...
It appears that summer of '44 was a transitional period for the bombers as well as the fighters. Much like the 354th having various models of the P-51 and in various finishes, the 578th had older B-24s mixed in with the newer ones. So you'll see various camo schemes (wavey margin, even margin) or no camo at all...