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B-29 bomb bay door photos (interior)

Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:50 pm

Hello All,
I am in the process of building a flight simulator model of the CAF's B-29 "FIFI" on their behalf. I have a few photos of the bomb bay doors but need a few more if anyone has some they'd be willing to share. Most of the shots I have (or have found) of the bay doors are taken at weird angles do to the cramped nature of open doors on the ground. I could really use shots of the interior side of the doors and especially any of doors removed from the aircraft.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

David

Re: B-29 bomb bay door photos (interior)

Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:15 pm

Just GOOGLE IMAGED B-29 bomb bay doors, ain't much to see, of the doors shown including a couple inside a closed bomb bay shows plain old smooth sheet aluminum riveted down over unseen substructure. Kind of like the main gear doors which are also double sided and smooth inside.

Re: B-29 bomb bay door photos (interior)

Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:20 pm

Crude shots I took inside the Enola Gay's bomb bay that show some of the doors and stencils. I hope it helps

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Re: B-29 bomb bay door photos (interior)

Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:43 pm

You probably already have this one. Early electric doors with jack screws

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Re: B-29 bomb bay door photos (interior)

Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:03 pm

Taigh Ramey wrote:Crude shots I took inside the Enola Gay's bomb bay that show some of the doors and stencils. I hope it helps


"Crude" is fine :) These are most helpful! Thanks Taigh!

BTW, here are a couple of screen shots of my work in progress. Items in red need to be textured (painted) and some parts are obviously still missing.
http://aerorelix.com/?page_id=26
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