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Mudge · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:50 pm

Mudge the optically challenged :shock:

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:35 pm

Just one of many high-vis formation assembly ships. In fact, that's one of the more sedate paint jobs!

SN

kenlyco · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:05 pm **Posts:** 656

Whats the story behind this one?

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:21 pm

Same deal, a war weary thats been stripped and painted up as a formation ship, easier to spot a wildly painted B-17 that to hear at morning briefing."and all groups are to formate on the green over gray B-17.........."Which one!!??!! There must be 350 of 'em up here!!!

Django · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:27 am

Assembly ships are neat. Anyone have anymore photos?

Oscar Duck · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:39 am

Note the toned down national markings. These are seen on lots of aircraft types. I'm suprised that someone restoring a P-51 hasn't done this little touch. The other thing I've noticed is the reversal of D=Day stripes on A-25/P-38's etc Black/white/black/white/black>>>

Mudge · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:21 am

Youse troops are incredible. You can actually still teach me something. I'd never heard of "assembly ships" before. The logic is obvious, however.
Thank you kindly. :drink3:

Mudge the educable

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:24 pm

Mudge, some of the bomb groups even added lights to their assembly ships that flashed the Group code for forming up. At least one veteran of the big Ploesti raid, "The Little Gramper" became a formation ship for her younger siblings.

Here is another cool B-24D paint scheme:

Scott

Mudge · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:46 pm

Anyone have any pictures of fighters with this type of paint job or did they not do that?

Mudge the curious

Matt Gunsch · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:42 pm

Mudge,
Modelers have known about assembly ships for years,

http://www.sheperdpaine.com/monogram/index.htm

Mudge · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:55 pm

Sorry Matt...not a modeler. Just igrant I guess. :oops:

Mudge the inexperienced :shock:

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

Mudge wrote:

Youse troops are incredible. You can actually still teach me something. I'd never heard of "assembly ships" before. The logic is obvious, however.
Thank you kindly. :drink3:

Mudge the educable

Obviously, Mudge, you don't spend enough time on the WIX, because this has been covered many times before. Here are two recent examples:

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... embly+ship

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... embly+ship

I guess you'll have to spend more time here!

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:34 pm

other than the dotted b-24, i've never seen the other pics of those formation forming war weary bombers. great stuff!! any wacked fighter color schemes of formation forming fighters birds??

kenlyco · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:05 pm **Posts:** 656

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:42 pm

kenlyco wrote:

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now were cooking!!! more more more!!!

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