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Re: Announcing PB4Y-2 "Privateer"
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Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:02:24 GMT
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Wow great job Bill! I love all of the hatches and the landing gear,
The model as a whole is very realistic, great job! I love the way you did the ball
turret up front and in the rear, very clever.
Great job Bill! Look forward to more creations from you!
-Geordan-
--- Bill Ward <bill@wards.net> wrote:
> Some of you on build.military may remember I was asking for advice on building
> gun turrets. I finally finished that and many other challenges, and am pleased
> to reveal the results of my efforts.
>
> The Consolidated PB4Y-2 is a Navy patrol bomber based on the more well-known
> B-24 "Liberator". During WWII the Navy ordered several B-24's and designated
> them the PB4Y-1 "Liberator". In later years, a more highly customized version
> was built and called the PB4Y-2 "Privateer". The principle differences include
> a single tailfin instead of two, more guns, longer fuselage, and new engines.
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> During the Korean war^H^H^HPolice Action, my father flew these planes in
> flare-dropping missions over North Korea. They would look for night-time truck
> convoys and drop flares from high altitudes, and Marine pilots in Corsairs
> would then strafe the convoys. The Privateers would circle for many hours
> while wave after wave of Marine pilots would do their jobs under the light
> given by the flares. (This was before night vision devices, of course...).
> The Privateers were based in Okinawa.
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> I started building this plane in earnest right after September 11th, as a way
> of dealing with the disaster as well as my feelings about my father. Any
> discussion of this topic should be directed to an off-topic group, however....
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> Hope you enjoy the pictures, and (as always) LMKWTK...
>
> http://www.wards.net/~bill/lego/air/pb4y-2/
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> --Bill.
>
> FUT: lugnet.build.military
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