[ARC5] Differences: plain models vs "B" models.

[Jay Coward via ARC5]

Well, waxing a car takes an afternoon. Waxing a B-17 probably took a few days and a crew. Waxing a B-29? Waxing a B-36??? When the B-46 came out the waxers were dumbstruck and then they saw the B-52! B-52's got painted for VN, but not for SAC.
Jay
 PS Did they really wax for performance or really just for looks? Aluminum does oxidize immediately upon contact with air. 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Morgan k1lky68 at gmail.com Aluminium
To: Jay Coward <jcoward5452 at aol.com>
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Sent: Wed, May 7, 2014 4:10 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Differences: plain models vs "B" models.



On May 7, 2014, at 7:02 PM, Jay Coward <jcoward5452 at aol.com> wrote:

> But the cost of the paint and labor steps involved plus time and cost of labor 
etc.

Yes, no question about it.

> Also they stopped painting the aircraft toward the end as air supremacy was 
established. That would save a lot of weight.

AND, the planes slipped through the air more smoothly - especially if waxed.

Roy

Roy Morgan
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K1LKY Since 1958