What is a "repaint?" It is a term used by the Flight Simulation community to indicate that an digital model has been
"repainted" to reflect a specific aircraft so that it may be flown in simulation as that aircraft. As an example of that
here are ten 401st aircraft repainted for use with the Microsoft Flight Simulator program. These images were created by
Jan Kees Blom, and Mike (Blackhawks on the A2A forum), two active "repainters" within the flight simulation community.
 42-106992 SC-D Baby Lu
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 Baby Lu repaint by nath2889
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 This is not the Carrie B II, but the original Carrie B instead. Since there are no known photos of the Carrie B II, the artist Jan Kees Blom used it as the basis for his version of the CB II.
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 Carrie B II, By Jan Kees Blom. Created for Josie Navarro (our treasurer) and "Uncle" Frank Perez who once served on this plane.
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 Champaign Lady, created by Jan Kees Blom for the aircraft under construction in Urbana.
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 Fearless Fosdick, created by Jan Kees Blom.
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 65453
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 Hard Seventeen, by Jan Kees Blom. Created for our Webmaster. His father, Ed Dana, served on this plane.
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 65453
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 Heavenly Body, by Jan Kees Blom.
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 Ice Cold Katy, by Jan Kees Blom.
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 Lady Jane, by Jan Kees Blom.
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 Mary Alice by Mike [Blackhawks].
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 42-31863 IW-X Miss B Haven
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 Miss B Haven by Nath2889
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 42-31077 SC-A/IY-A Pakawalup II
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 Pakawalup II by Jan Kees Blom
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 42-97872 IW-A Rosie's Sweat Box
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 42-97872 IW-A Rosie's Sweat Box, by Jan Kees Blom.
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 Shark Tooth, by Jan Kees Blom.
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 Twan-n-g-g-g, by Mike [Blackhawks]
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 '438' by Ed Dana
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You can fly these planes too, but you need a few things before you can. First,
you need Microsoft's Flight Simulator X. This can be found just about anywhere
for relatively cheap. Then you need Wings of POWER II: B17
and Accu-Sim for the Wings of POWER II: B-17.
But be warned, these two expansions for Microsoft's FSX make the simulation so
complex that you might as well be flying the real thing.
