Simviation Forum - Consolidated's Birds of a Feather

Oct 28^th, 2003 at 9:43am

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PB4Y-2 Privateer B-24J Liberator PB4Y-1 Privateer
I know it's not very good, but all I have is ms paint and FS2K4. I found it wasn't easy to get multiple planes in one picture, so I cheated. you might say this is just a baby step.

Fido

P.S. I'm sure I did it the hard way, how would you guys put multiple aircraft in one shot in FS2K4?

« Last Edit: Oct 28^th, 2003 at 11:34am by fido »

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Reply #1 - Oct 30^th, 2003 at 7:33am

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Fantastic-How about a few clues for us beginners?-then we'll feel liberated Roll Eyes

Nice formation-which one is you ???

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Reply #2 - Oct 30^th, 2003 at 1:39pm

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Fido pal, that looks fantastic. I wish I could do something like that.

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Reply #3 - Oct 30^th, 2003 at 2:48pm

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Nice work there Fido!
That one in the center looks familiar! Wink

Keep it up!!!

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Reply #4 - Oct 30^th, 2003 at 9:29pm

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My first look in here.....to my eye, I was sure it was one Privateer on top and two Libs below?........ ???

On research, the PB4Y-1 was designated a Liberator in Naval use and not a Privateer ?.....findings may not be totally accurate, but I tend to lean towards the Lib retaining the Lib name if it has two fins and the Privateer as having a single larger one ....?

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Reply #5 - Oct 31^st, 2003 at 6:15am

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My first look in here.....to my eye, I was sure it was one Privateer on top and two Libs below?........ ???

On research, the PB4Y-1 was designated a Liberator in Naval use and not a Privateer ?.....findings may not be totally accurate, but I tend to lean towards the Lib retaining the Lib name if it has two fins and the Privateer as having a single larger one ....?

I'm no expert here but i know some Privateer type taild Libs were called Liberators for some reason. Winston Churchill had a Liberator called "Commando" and that had a Privateer type tail but was a Liberator. I must admit I always thought it was the Naval version that was called Privateer though.

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Reply #6 - Nov 1^st, 2003 at 12:33am

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looks beautiful !

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Reply #7 - Nov 3^rd, 2003 at 10:16am

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Thanks for your comments. I go the PB4Y-I Privateer label form a book called "LIBERATOR America's Global Bomber" by Lloyd. If in fact I got it wrong I sure would like to know, most of you know my love for this ugly old thing is a strong one, I guess it came from my Dad. Sorry it took so long to respond, but I lost everything in a strom, even this picture.

Fido

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Reply #8 - Nov 3^rd, 2003 at 12:05pm

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Sorry to hear about your loss Fido pal. I'm certain you are correct in calling that plane a Privateer. It looks very much like a US Navy version to me and, as I said before, I'm sure all the Navy ones were called Privateers.

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Reply #9 - Nov 4^th, 2003 at 4:49am

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Fido, who you trying to kid this is SUPER FANTASTIC!

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