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Old 07-08-2011, 06:14 PM
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Yep just downloaded it. thanks
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b-24j

You can bring the parts of this model well closer I can't see well the parts are too far away I want it to look good
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Old 09-29-2020, 11:01 PM
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Could you show the complete parts of the B-24J "The Dragon and His Tail"it looks very small
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Old 09-29-2020, 11:21 PM
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LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLllllllllllll this is what happens when you take a sabbatical from the forum and return to finish up 43 builds you started on, not the same fellow, LOLlllllllll just kidden shipmate I was always a admirered Popeye the sailor my childhood hero that inspired me to join the navy and see the world, Heck i might eben pull a lon chaney man of a thousand faces, LOLLLLLLLlllllllllllll thanks your doing a great job on that liberator mine is still hanging on the over head ready for a landing.
the parts of this model are very small I need to bring it closer
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Old 09-30-2020, 11:04 AM
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hello the parts of the b-24j the dragon hand his tail looks very small you can zoom in on the complete parts please
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Old 09-30-2020, 11:53 AM
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I've come to realize that many of the members here like to know a little of the history of the model they are building. I've taken some info that is included with the Intro Sheet of the kit and present it here. If your not interested in it's history, you can skip this comment.
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Some historic aircraft are remembered for their accomplishments, such as flying the fastest, the farthest or the highest. Others are associated with specific events or the historic missions they flew. The aircraft known as “The Dragon and His Tail”, was best known for the artwork it was covered in.

Built at Consolidated's San Diego factory, the soon to become “Dragon” made it's first flight on June 3rd 1944 and was delivered to the AAF several days later. This B-24J was assigned to the 5th Air Force's 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, based on Le Shima Island near Okinawa. One of the men stationed on Le Shima was Sarkis Bartigian.


Attachment 73725The Artist


Bartigian was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1906. He joined the USAAF at age 36 or 37, having previously studied art and working as a commercial artist painting murals for restaurants and movie theater marquees. Initially stationed at Lowry AFB, he trained to use the Sperry bomb-sight, where he later used his own illustrations to instruct others. It was after being assigned to the 43rd Bomb Group that his artistic talents were put to dramatic use.


The B-24's flat sided fuselage made a perfect canvas for nose art and Sgt. Bartigian liked working big. His art filled the entire nose of the aircraft and as on the “Dragon” stretched down the length of the fuselage. He was kept busy painting nose art murals for many aircraft, including “Cocktail Hour”, “It Ain't so Funny”, “Michigan” and “Mabel's Labels. The Mabel in “Mabel's Labels” was actually his wife.


The Dragon and His Tail” flew 85 combat missions and survived the war along with Sgt. Bartigian. Sadly, they both met early demises. Bartigian was killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1955, at age 49. The “Dragon” ended up at the aircraft boneyard at Kingman, Arizona. The story goes that the men working at the reclamation plant were so impressed by the artwork the it was the last B-24 to be scrapped at Kingman.


Attachment 73726Stripped of it's engines and guns, waiting to be scrapped.


But the story is not over.... The “Dragon lives on in the form of numerous die-cast, plastic and now a paper card model. In 1989 the Collins Foundation undertook a multi-million dollar restoration of the only flyable B-24J left in the world and painted it as “The Dragon and His Tail”.


Attachment 73727The Collins Foundation B-24J


An artist's greatest desire is to have others appreciate their work and Sarkis Bartigian's art lives on and is still appreciated today.



Originally, "The Dragon and his Tail" was going to be send to the United States and probably serve like a gate guardian or gift to a museum. To do that, it was prepared to fly, but it had the improved sintetic wheels, and the general arranging the travel wanted the older rubber ones. So he stopped the travel until the old tires could be found. Once they were equipped, the B-24 started to lift-off when one of the tires blew and it was slighty damaged.
Instead of repairing the plane, the general decided to send it to the boneyard, where yes, it was the last one scrapped.

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konginio87, what exactly do you want to see, the exploded view parts diagram? Sorry for the late reply. Things have been very busy.
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Old 11-10-2020, 01:19 AM
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hi john dell i want to say if you can re-publish the b-24j b-24h and b-24m liberator planes by what means to buy a model of those planes in the ecardmodels.com catalog and those planes never appeared in the catalog again
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Old 11-10-2020, 10:38 AM
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b-24j the dragon hand his tail

hola john dell quiero decir si puede volver a publicar los aviones liberator b-24j b-24h y b-24m por qué medios comprar un modelo de esos aviones en ecardmodels . com catálogo y esos planos nunca aparecieron en el catálogo de nuevo
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Old 11-10-2020, 10:45 AM
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b-24j the dragon hand his tail

hola john dell quiero decir si puede volver a publicar los aviones liberator b-24j b-24h y b-24m por qué medios comprar un modelo de esos aviones en ecardmodels . com catálogo y esos planos nunca aparecieron en el catálogo de nuevo
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