Sheet:

Mike Grant Decals 72-039: B-17G

Units: 303 BG

Price

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Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

To my knowledge, there has been no other decal sheet on this aircraft. The plane was known for never losing a an assigned crew member during any of its 112 missions. The plane was also painted in OD over Neutral Grey, but since it was delivered in bare metal and not primered, buy the end of its service life it was getting a tad ratty.

A few notes on 'Thunderbird'. First off,  it had staggered waist guns so that will have to be taken into consideration when choosing a kit. Secondly, the red triangle tail marking was added after the 70th mission  in case you are modeling an earlier version. Of course, you'll have to come up with replacement serial numbers if you choose that variant.

The sheet shown is the 1/72 version. It is also available in 1/48 and on that particular sheet you get a set of bonus decals for an early P-38 names Miss Virginia. These bonus decals appear to also be in 1/48 and are for an OD/Neutral Grey aircraft.

Unlike most Mike Grant decals, these are water slide and so you don't need to be quite as careful when using them as you do his excellent ALPS decals. If I'm not wrong, this is the same aircraft that is painted on the wall of the WWII gallery at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

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