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You can definitely see the B-32 lineage there.
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Not to mention the Navy Privateers.
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Here is an interesting article about Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s wartime experience with the B-17.
https://www.historynet.com/roddenberrys-war.htm
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Jhon I feel like you have beaten your kit to perfection... I have yet to see a more accurate B-17 paper model.
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Great read! Thanks for that link (and for all your beautiful B-17s amd B-24s.) Will your attention ever turn to the B-29?
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Gene Roddenberry survived two other airplane crashes. Here is the Wikipedia of the third one. The man had some pretty harrowing life experiences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_121 Being a huge Star Trek fan, at some point I’ll have to do a kit of Los Lobos. Apparently, a fragment of this B-17 still exists. Now that would be the ultimate piece of Star Trek memorabilia to have! Thanks Falco and YankeeBoy, B-17s have always been an obsession with me. I should start considering working on a B-29 kit. I’m not getting any younger.
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In regards to the B-29, I would like to see the USAAF Silverplate B-29s possibly starting with the Enola Gay....hint hint another type in the family would be the launch ac for the Bell X-1...
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Very interesting, Bob...
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I was partial to this B-29s nose art.
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