Drifter Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 The phrase (Judas Goat) was also used in World War II by the 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator crew members. Each bomb group employed a nearly worn-out bomber known as a formation, lead, or assembly ship. These aircraft were brightly painted with group-specific high-contrast patterns in stripes, checkers, or polka dots, enabling easy recognition by their flock of bombers to form up from various airbases over England and fly strategic bombing missions over Europe. After guiding their own combat bombers into the appropriate formation groups the assembly ships would return home—thus their poor condition and lack of camouflage and weapons mattered little. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 The picture is missing???? There are some really colourful assembly ships.......nice idea...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 It is showing for me, I added to a different hosting site: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I still remember Shep Paine’s build of the venerable Monogram kit, in the painting shop receiving its polka dots formation ship scheme, on the cover of Scale Models ... Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 21, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 21, 2019 58 minutes ago, HubertB said: I still remember Shep Paine’s build of the venerable Monogram kit, in the painting shop receiving its polka dots formation ship scheme, on the cover of Scale Models ... Hubert Shep Paine was HUGE inspiration to me, as well as many others of my generation. When I bought my first 1/48 Monogram B-17, I remember being absolutely enthralled by the included color folders showing his amazing work. Mr. Paine, above all others, inspired me by showing me what was actually possible with that box of plastic on my bedroom table. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Absolutely true for a whole generation of modellers. At those dark times I could only dream of Monogram kit, however pictures of Shep's dioramas were legendary. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 21, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 21, 2019 I remember poking holes through them with hot needles to make "bullet holes". Of course I went way overboard and in the end they looked like ground targets at a gunnery range. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 nice article here 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Drifter said: It is showing for me, I added to a different hosting site: That is B-24D 'Barber Bob' from 93rd BG 328th BS, Lybia summer 43 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 ready for invasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelR32 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 All looks like a distasteful pair of socks to me.. Who wants to bet Drifter will be asking for donations of Tamiya Masking tape pretty soon.... he's gonna need plenty!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 21, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 21, 2019 37 minutes ago, NigelR32 said: All looks like a distasteful pair of socks to me.. Who wants to bet Drifter will be asking for donations of Tamiya Masking tape pretty soon.... he's gonna need plenty!! hahahahaha. Poor Drifter, all alone down there, so far away he can't smack our heads when we make sport of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 21, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 21, 2019 9 hours ago, Drifter said: It is showing for me, I added to a different hosting site: Pimp my Ride! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 That’s a barking mad scheme, glad they never strayed from these shores into hostile territory..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted January 22, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 22, 2019 Phil, agreed. The Luftwaffe might have had a hard time getting a bead on that. It must have hurt their eyes to look at it. Send in the colorblind pilots! I’m thinking those who flew there took a lot of good natured ribbing from the other crews. But what a crappy job, flying the most beat up, clapped out, barely hanging together piles of junk in inventory, that if not for needing an assembly ship, would have long before become a source of spare parts. Id expect some of those barely wheezed themselves into the air, and the airframes were so bent that they crabbed along half sideways. With B-24s, they talk about “The Mushers”, which were aircraft that were rigged wrong at the factory and couldn’t get up “on the step” where the Davis wing was efficient, instead they just mushed along, nose high, needing more power to keep up with the others and drinking their fuel as a result. I expect that’s what these things flew like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 14 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: hahahahaha. Poor Drifter, all alone down there, so far away he can't smack our heads when we make sport of him. Hmmm, you think? I have "friends" all over the world. You can "buy" anything on the internet...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelR32 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Drifter said: Hmmm, you think? I have "friends" all over the world. You can "buy" anything on the internet...... OMG... there's a knock at the door... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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