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[SAS~Bombsaway]

Not off topic, that site has some very cool pics of a converted B-25. Thanks for sharing it.

[SAS~Riken]

Just a few WIP things to come your way

[LuseKofte]

A war surplus B-25 was used for years as a photo ship for making flying movies.  It was used in the movie Battle of Britain to shoot the videos of the air fighting.  It also was used frequently to shoot low altitude flying.  It also was used for the original Cinerama flight through the Grand Canyon (I think that's true, I was only a kid then [late 1950s] and that's my memory of it)  and I remember it giving a lot of people vertigo in the theater ... I loved it.  I recall a picture of the plane and it had a glazed nose, which was different than the bomber version.  It had special flat panels of glass for the camera to use.

I'll try to find a picture of the plane and post it if I find it ... that could be another version that might just require a new skin. 

Also Jimmy Doolittle flew one as a personal transport after WWII when he worked for Shell Oil.  I have no idea what that one looked like either ... more research and maybe another idea for a skin ...

He is quite right I read an 5 side story about the filming of BOB and the tailgunner position had no cover at all, It was open and a big space was cut out of the fuselage

[hawker445]

nice tail wheel b-25,say while your at it convert it to a beech 18!

but anyways great work as always

[RealDarko]

Amazing!! Simply amazing, hope to see it soon with some MG's on the nose and some bombs hanging on the wings... Ventura/Harpoon anyone

[SAS~HolyGrail]

+1   

[SAS~Riken]

Ventura/Harpoon anyone

Well... stand in anyway for now

[RealDarko]

Riken any update on the tail dragger version? Will be a nice plane as a hack for the Ventura/Harpoon as I already said.

[SAS~Riken]

Still in a WIP. Havent forgotten about it. I just have some RL things come up.

[RealDarko]

Rgr Riken, thanks for the update.

[razor1uk]

If the taildragger might be given gun packs, I think that they'd have to be positioned further back under the wings, so their weight wouldn't affect the CoG too much - especially when trying to brake - the main gears might be a bit too far back for taildragging - if the gear legs when lowered could be angled forward a touch more from verticle (ie; say +3º) might ease this

[SAS~Riken]

I'm going to rotate the main gear to swing forward instead of backwards. Like the C-47's gear. As for the weight, I'm going to add armor plates to the floor in the back half of the plane so it weighted more to the back Have to protect the passengers But if gun packs are given tho these planes, then they will be on the cheeks like the J models.