Thomas_Lund
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Damn, that is one impressive cockpit !!
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Cheers!, Would a Revell G-10 be OK? Got several in the stash?
No, the Revell is an Erla which has a different panel behind the top 'bumps'. G-6AS had the 'regular' panel. Not an easy fix.
I THINK there is something with the small bumps on the cowl bottom in front of the cooler - but if they are supposed to be there or supposed to go I cannot remember :-)
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Good choice - looking forward to seeing it progress
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Mate... you're nuts...
But nuts in the most fantastic way - wow, what a piece of work. Stunning !
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Excellent to fix such a story to your build - super. I also love the star in the nose wheel - looks cool
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'Photo not found' in my end...
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I'd really like to include a pilot or another crew member in or around the plane, but finding WWII USAAF bomber aircrew figures is kinda hard. So I was thinking - how big is the difference in outfit from bomber guys to fighter pilots. I know some bomber guys used the chest parachute, but was that all crew members ? I'm thinking the pilots in a B-25 could have used seat parachutes like fighter pilots... I really dont know, but perhaps you guys do ?
This is an example of what can be found
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No decals, hence the 'hopefully' in the title. I'll try to do the artwork myself and print it on decal film. I've got a stencil cutter that I'll try to do the mission markers on and the rest of the markings is not that difficult. Lets see how that turns out :-)
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The PBJ-J's (B-25D) have seen a lot of interesting action, but it would require backdating the model to a B-25D, i am not shure i would have the guts to that to a beatiful new model!!!
Yeah, me neither :-)
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A lot of Mitchell's around - looking forward to seeing your's progress
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I get my motivation to work on a model from knowning exactly were it is going to go, before i begin.
This means i have to decide what "original" aircraft i have to build. With a diorama planned with figures that place it
in a historical context etc.. Otherwise i completely loose interest in building it! How sick is that?
Not sick at all - I too prefer to have a solid historical background to my planes...
So, depending on what rocks your boat you have a number of options for a glass-nose J:
You can always find a regular NMF ETO B-25, but this one is a lot cooler: Finito Benito, Next Hirohito
For a different paint job, how about a soviet ?
Or perhaps a gun nose conversion to a glass nose bird - maybe not so hot if you already bought PE and stuff for the nose
Or perhaps a navy one (don't know what conversions are required though)
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Wow thanks CaughtInTheMiddle. I did have more pictures than I showed, but #2 and the last one are new to me. Great !
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Ha ha, Kent... I live in Hasselager, 15km from you !
Do you ever come to the meetings in Århus Modelbygge Klub ? So many these days you could have slipped past me...
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Awesome choice. I've just gotten the Tamiya Mosquito and, being danish, it's going to be built as a Shell House raid plane too.
I don't have any specific info on the FPU Mossies, but I've collected some links and other info regarding that raid, so if you need info just ask.
Karlsen... are you danish too ? Danish name at least
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Jeeezzzz, I'm apprehensive about cutting up a 1/32 fighter, but you're cutting up a friggin Lancaster
He he, extremely cool and a great idea - will look forward to following it
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And so the documentation that the kit was unstarted this morning...
However it did not stay that way for long. I have a ton of photoetch en route so I started with engines, nacelle and wings
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For some reason I've always had a soft spot for the cover arts of the Squadron Signal in Action books - I've build several of them over the years. At the same time one of my favorite aircrafts is the the B-25 so when HK released this one it was a must-have. Those two things put together makes this my project:
North American B-25J-1 Mitchell 43-27698 13 Peggy Lou 445BS 321BG
This aircraft completed 137 missions in the MTO before returning to the US.
I really like the NMF with field-applied OD combination of the Corsican B-25's
However that cover is not accurate since the nose art is on the other side. I really like to build from a picture, and this is the best overall picture of the aircraft
Close-up of the nose with nose art
And the other side showing the 'Peggy Lou' legend rather than the pin-up from the SQS cover
Finally a rather nice FS skin, but note that the pin-up's umbrella is not blue, but only frame on the real deal.
So... regarding the 'hopefully' in the title, it all revolves around my ability to create the nose art since no-one makes decals for this one. We'll see or else I'll take another corsican B-25
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Awesome build and the fading of the camo is superb !! Love it.
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Beautiful build (did the same bird a few months ago, also from the Revell kit+Barracuda bits), really turned out nice !!
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Lovely work, and really impressive for first time with an airbrush !!
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Lovely work - I really like it.
I haven't tried a HB kit either, but it's nice to hear about the quality since they do have some interesting kits
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What a beautiful build - gorgeous !!
And it's not just because I'm a 109-o-holic
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North American B-25J-1 Mitchell 43-27698 13 Peggy Lou 445BS 321BG (hopefully)
in The HK Models Official International Contest initiated by LSM
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Hi guys
Sorry about being so inactive here.
My mom passed away early february and since it was so shortly after my dad, it really rocked the boat. I've only just recently started to feel normal again.
So the bottom line is - not much more done than what you see above, so I'm a no-finisher.
Lots of super work here - respect for that guys
Thomas