Mike N Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 I want to model Top of the Mark as she was when painted black on the undersides. Unfortunately I can't find any photos showing this aircraft other than close-ups of the nose art. Can anyone help with this? If not a photo of this particular aircraft, any photos of other 19BG, 28BS B-29s in the black scheme showing the tail? If I can't get the specific aircraft I could at least base the scheme on other planes in the squadron... The biggest thing at this point would be whether the tail fin is also in black or not. Any help much appreciated! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Have you tried here? http://b29s.koreanwar-educator.org/b29sinthekoreanwar/Units.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike N Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Nice one Andy. I had seen that site but not fully explored it, as in the links section I found this: http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/b29td_1.htm This has some photos of 19BG, 28BS aircraft and they all have black tails. So while it's by no means certain Top of the Mark did, this is at least indicative. Plus, it's what I'd hoped would be the case What I hadn't considered was that the top surfaces of the tailplanes also look to be black. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) Does this help? They also did it in 1/72. Mike https://www.kitsworld.co.uk/index.php?CATEGORY=4&SUB=15&THISPAGE=1&RADIOSORT=4&PICFILE=207&STKNR=207&STRH=3808&ORDN=2256&RNZ=686700 Edited May 30, 2020 by 72modeler added link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike N Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 5:03 PM, 72modeler said: Does this help? They also did it in 1/72. Mike https://www.kitsworld.co.uk/index.php?CATEGORY=4&SUB=15&THISPAGE=1&RADIOSORT=4&PICFILE=207&STKNR=207&STRH=3808&ORDN=2256&RNZ=686700 Hi Mike, I'm actually going with the old Aeromaster sheet 72-129 sheet which I've been meaning to use for years. I am also a little sceptical about the Kits World artwork. I've not seen the tail without the green tip or the black stripe across (not saying it didn't exist, but...), and the underside black paint pattern around the artwork doesn't match the photos; a small detail but it suggests they haven't taken care with it and so I can't trust the rest of it. Plus, I always prefer to see photographic evidence of a scheme wherever possible! Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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