Thomas_Lund Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 yes! very nice choice. good to see you tackling your favorite aircraft Thomas. Cheers Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Lund Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdbo76 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Great subject Thomas, have fun :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Thomas, very clever use of post-it notes. Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted January 1, 2016 Administrators Share Posted January 1, 2016 Supercool scheme! A potential winner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorsairMan Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Very Nice!! I love the look of this plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caughtinthemiddle Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Full starboard shot, plus a couple of others, perhaps may be useful for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngtiger1 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Good to see B-25 being build. Totally awesome kit and one of my favorite. A must follow along 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper-Mint Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Yes, awesome livery. Welcome in Thomas ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Lund Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Wow thanks CaughtInTheMiddle. I did have more pictures than I showed, but #2 and the last one are new to me. Great ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caughtinthemiddle Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 No worries. I thought the last one may be useful, as it's the only one I know that clearly shows the commander name on the side. Are there any decals for 'Peggy Lou' available, or you'll be ordering custom-designed ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Lund Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 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 :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Lund Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 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 http://www.ultracast.ca/products/54/006/default.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Lund Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Webb Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I am just seeing this, and he reference to the B-25 shown on the Squadron Signal book on the B-25. That is my father's plane from WW2 and I have pictures if her from the day she arrived on the squadron till the day she crashed in the ' at Wright Patterson AFB. if you use that cover as your guide you will not be doing a true model of the plane as there are numerous errors in that depiction, as well as any other artwork I've ever seen of her. Contact me at drover698 at gmail dot com if interested. Terry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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