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04-23-2009, 07:50 PM
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Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
How cool would it be to polish up a B-17 Bomber? I personally would pay for the honor!
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04-23-2009, 07:53 PM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
good thing they didnt enployee da colonial, it would take him his entire life considering its taking him what like a year just to polish that dam sullivan intake he has.
that old narkolepic mofo.
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04-23-2009, 08:56 PM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
Thank you for posting BP!
That is awesome! |
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04-23-2009, 09:51 PM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
That was an amazing job. That B-17 should pick up a few more knots at cruise and have less fuel burn too. Back in the 50's and 60's when our Air Force fighter aircraft were bare aluminum, they would polish up some of them with car wax for fighter meets like "William Tell" and they could pick up 30 or 40 knots on their top speeds. By the days of Vietnam they were all camouflaged and that paint added weight and drag.
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04-23-2009, 10:32 PM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
Holy Cow! What a lot of work, but dang is it beautiful...thanks for posting that. Makes me want to go volunteer time at the local museum and polish their B17!
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04-23-2009, 10:32 PM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
Thats sooooo amazing! thanks for sharing!
What an awesome piece of history!
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04-23-2009, 11:41 PM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
As a WWII buff & detailing fanatic, I can honestly say I'd have volunteered my services for free to be a part of that project.
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04-23-2009, 11:42 PM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
i think i seen this plane alot i just remember "fuddy duddy"?? theres a ww2 aircraft museum and show i would goto with my dad not far from me. http://www.1941hag.org/index.html. ill have to ask my dad about it and send these pics.
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04-24-2009, 12:13 AM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
That plane is absolutely phenominal. If it could talk the stories it would tell. Work of art man. Good post.
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04-24-2009, 04:29 AM
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Re: Check out this buff job on a B-17 Bomber!
I made a scale model of that plane out of kitset back when I was 8 or 9 years old, hung it from my bedroom ceiling, same colours, great to see a real one, amazing what a huge amount of polish and elbow grease can do. Good post.
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