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What color is the M8 4.5.inch triple tube boozka

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  • Member since
    June 2010
Posted by 5-high on Thursday, November 19, 2015 4:45 PM

Hi ..pete here ...I've seen them on Ds and B /C mustangs. So I thought I'd load her up .I have alot of extras in the parts box .Wink

GAF
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    June 2012
  • From: Anniston, AL
Posted by GAF on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 7:32 AM

Just in case you haven't found a color picture of the tubes, here's one that shows them mounted on a P-47 (which is more common).

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/p47.html

I have not found a single image of these mounted under a P-51, except for one image (b/w) of a unit under a P-51A in "P-51 Mustang in Action" from Squadron.  My google-fu is weak.

Gary

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    June 2010
Posted by 5-high on Saturday, November 14, 2015 8:13 PM

Thanks a bunch gaf ..and richs26..I wasn't sure about the color. ..one was plastic the other was made of steel then another was magnesium and steel ...wow Confused..olive drab it shall be ....should of known ....army ....again thanks .Bow Down..soon I'll have the wip...pictures up loaded in the mustang GB 

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    September 2005
  • From: North Pole, Alaska
Posted by richs26 on Saturday, November 14, 2015 7:21 PM

Yes, they are Ordnance or AGF (ANA 613) OD, not OD 41.  Google for P-47 photos as they used them the most.

WIP:  Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 73rd BS B-26, 40-1408, torpedo bomber attempt on Ryujo

Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 22nd BG B-26, 7-Mile Drome, New Guinea

Minicraft 1/72 B-24D as LB-30, AL-613, "Tough Boy", 28th Composite Group

GAF
  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Anniston, AL
Posted by GAF on Saturday, November 14, 2015 4:39 AM

Well, you can't go wrong painting them olive drab.  Everything else in the army was.  Big Smile

And I guess it depends on the type.  This was a unit, and was loaded as such.  This will pretty much explain the 3 types.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/pdfs/TM9-395.pdf

Gary

PS> You've probably seen this, but here's a 4.5 in. rocket in the Smithsonian.

http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19890602000

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What color is the M8 4.5.inch triple tube boozka
Posted by 5-high on Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:20 AM

Hi all ..I'm building the p-51b mustang lll  (trumpeter )....I decided to go for two 500 lbs bombs and the m8 4.5 inch triple tube boozka lunchers ...what color are they ...can't find color pictures of this ...any thoughts. ..thanks ....5 high

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