You have got to see this on eBay!!!! HAH!!!!

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

Item number: 110358259478

Robbie Roberts · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:41 pm

At least he is honest about the origin of the artwork...

Robbie

BHawthorne · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:24 pm

Sort of dumb if you ask me. That's like sneaking into a junk yard, stealing a car door, painting something random on it then posting it to ebay.

retroaviation · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:12 pm

Just my opinion, but it would be worth more if it didn't have that fake artwork on it. Heck, it's not even the right direction for how the cowling panel mounts to the airplane. :roll:

Gary

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

some idiot is going to proudly mount this pathetic rendition above his mantel though.., and stand back and admire it.

Sad day.

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:12 pm

Yeah but they offer free shipping..... :roll:

Lynn

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:17 am

it figures free shipping, the seller lives a 1/2 hour from me. gary are you sure the faux nose art is in the wrong direction?? i sure won't pay his asking price regardless!!

retroaviation · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:59 am

tom d. friedman wrote:

gary are you sure the faux nose art is in the wrong direction??

Positive. The cowling piece is laying down, sideways, in the picture. It goes on the engine vertically. (Plus, only very rarely did they put nose art on the engine cowlings of a B-29......it did happen on occasion, but not often).

Gary

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

let's see what he gets for it. I am very curious. I came across a gentlemen several years ago that was selling a singe B-29 Hamilton blade. He would not ship it, for obvious reasons. It was pulled from the auction site. He lived pretty close NEAM so I sent them an email to see if they were missing anything. Shortly thereafter the auction was pulled.

That internet auction site is after all, the worlds largest totall LEGAL 'fencing' operation. amazing!

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

yah.. I have never seen nose art on a cowling. Otherwise it would be called 'cowling art'.

is it a cowling flap he is offering?

The 330th had aircraft numbers on engine cowlings and sometimes.. the mechanics would name the engines after their mothers or girlfriends.. "Midge is acting up".. or "Helen purred like a kitten!"

Those are great stories!!!

But never any nose art that I knew of.

Django · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:37 pm

It's been on ebay multiple times, with no bids. The art if nicely done, even if it doesn't make any sense to be there.

I know what he was trying to accomplish though. I bought 2 C-47 cowling pieces that I want to polish and paint up to look like P-47 cowling pieces. But the difference is I'm going to try to make it look as if they were removed from an actual plane, unlike 99% of all the nose art panels that you can buy that are just some random metal shape with random nose art and randomly sized national insignias and random serial numbers, etc etc all thrown onto one aluminum "canvas".

retroaviation · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:40 pm

the330thbg wrote:

yah.. I have never seen nose art on a cowling. Otherwise it would be called 'cowling art'.

is it a cowling flap he is offering?

The 330th had aircraft numbers on engine cowlings and sometimes.. the mechanics would name the engines after their mothers or girlfriends.. "Midge is acting up".. or "Helen purred like a kitten!"

Those are great stories!!!

But never any nose art that I knew of.

It is not a cowl flap he's selling, but rather the piece of cowling that your picture shows a "K 40" on. That is the piece I'm talking about. Trust me, I've taken those dang things off a gazillion times...I'm 100% positive that's what he's got there. And to get a little more detailed, it's an outboard panel, as the inboard ones have a little cut out for the blower drains.

You are definitely right about mechanics naming the engines. I've seen a picture or two of small names being painted on the nose bowls of some of the cowlings. As a matter of fact, we were going to do that on FIFI at one time, but that idea got "voted off the island."

Gary

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

Here are two from the 330th's K-29 (my Pop's ship)

and this clown!!!

DonL · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:28 pm

He also has a BT-13 canopy for sale.

http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-Airplane-canop ... =72%3A1205

I don't know if this is genuine or a good deal but maybe someone on this board can use it.

DonL · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:29 pm

He also has a BT-13 canopy for sale.

http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-Airplane-canop ... =72%3A1205

I don't know if this is genuine or a good deal but maybe someone on this board can use it.

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