CrankyCrafstman Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Hey guys This will be my next project after I finish my A6M2b Zero. I kind of started this a couple of years ago but I ended up having to go in to the hospital for a liver transplant so it got shelved. So I'm going to try and finish it. I have the Brazin wheels/tires, Profimodeller brass gun barrels, G-factor landing gear and kits-world devil dog decals. I'm thinking about the Eduard or Yahoo's instrument panel. Any suggestions on other stuff will be greatly appreciated. this is the kit. this is the plane I'm going to do.are the decals. These are the decals. Going to have to get an extra bottle of glossy dark sea blue. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Cool! I've got a pair of these under construction at the moment. They're in the HK group build section. You may want to consider the Eduard corrected seats as well. HGW also has them in a set with their fabric seat belts if you want add those as well. Last thing would be nose weights. There's a couple sets out there or you can make your own. I used pennies in one of mine as they're no longer legal tender here in Canada. Carl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 Thanks Bir I'll check them out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted February 7, 2019 Administrators Share Posted February 7, 2019 Awesome choice! I’ve been picking away at a PBJ-1H for well over a year now. So it’s nice to see another Marine bird. I made the mistake of deciding to use almost every single piece of PE known to man, so I power out often and the project stalls again. I’ll be following this and hopefully I’ll get my mojo back too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 Thanks Clunky This will be awhile in the making still collecting stuff for the build and I need to finish the Zero. Ron G 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I will be lurking in the background with interest Ron. Great choice. Cheers Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted February 7, 2019 Administrators Share Posted February 7, 2019 Be careful with the PE, Ron. that stuff sucks the life right out of a man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I’m really drifting away from lots of AM for projects, Ernie's right they can stall a project very quickly.......... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted February 8, 2019 Administrators Share Posted February 8, 2019 My PBJ-H needs PE. The waist guns are open with no glass. You really need to add to it in there 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I'm pretty sure Am is classified as a disease these days. I've followed Carl's double build and Ernie's build from their start and they both are brilliant builds - well worth reading and taking loads of notes Peter 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I’m sure we could come up with a Latin sounding name for the AM disease........ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Can you get inoculated against this disease... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 This is cool! I didn't know the Marines flew anything bigger than Corsairs during WWII. Gaz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Yupp, they flew Dauntlesses too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hey all it's me again Anybody have any pictures of the wing radar that they used on the PBJ-1J's? I've looked all over the net and can't find any information or pictures of this setup. I'm thinking about using the radar dome from a Trumpeter F6F-3/5. Like this. I'm not sure if this will work or not since I can't seem to find any pictures of how the radar was on the PBJ-1J's. Also if anyone has these parts left over from their build I'll buy them, I could sure use em. Ron G 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 I finally found pictures of the radar setup. read a post on Britmodeler that said you could make it out of a bomb nose and P-38 drop tank. Time to do some scratch building. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I believe that the Profimodeler PBJ set may have the radar dome in it. Ernie has the set so should be able to confirm if it doesn't doesn't. Carl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 It's definitely included in the Profimodeller set #32202. Length is 68mm and the diameter is 19,7mm. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 2 hours ago, DocRob said: It's definitely included in the Profimodeller set #32202. Length is 68mm and the diameter is 19,7mm. Cheers Rob Hey Doc Thanks, I went to there site and that doesn't look like the picture I posted. It's too long, it hangs off the rear of the wing. The one I show, bottom picture, is for a 1/72 scale PBJ-1J. You can see that it ends at the rear edge of the wing like the upper picture. I did need the dimensions thanks. Ron G 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 The mentioned set is for a PBJ-1H and not a J. Maybe that's the reason for the difference. There's a pic in Ernies post which shape ways looks like the one from the PM-set. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/5837-caught-in-the-doldrums-so-drag-one-off-the-sod/?tab=comments#comment-75099 Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 Hey Doc That picture in Ernies post is a G or H not a J. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 Hey all I've been doing a lot of investigating on the net and I have found out that almost all of the Marine PBJ-1Js didn't show up to very late at the end of the war in 1945. The decals I have for "Devil Dog" are for a tribute bird to the Marines. It's not a plane that served in the war so not sure how correct it is. I don't want to make a post war commemorative bird. I want to do one that actually saw combat. My main problem is I can't seem to find any pictures of the 8 gun nose strafer version of the PBJ-1J used by the Marines. All of the VMB squadrons pictures that I have found seem to either use the glass nose or the G/H version with the cannon. If anyone on here has pictures of a Marine PBJ-1J with the 8 gun strafer nose and or any books that give information on them please let me know. I have the Squadron book on the B-25 but it mostly covers the G/H version. Thanks Ron G 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Ron, I don't know if the Marines used the gun nose J or not. Kitsworld does a number of decal sheets that are warbirds or movie ones. They don't always label them clearly though. As for if the Marines had gun nose J's, this book might be able to shed some light on it. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F121870118097 Maybe Ernie can chime in with what info he has. Carl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 Thanks Blr I'll check into it. Ron G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I just checked my copy of Schiffer's "B-25 Mitchell: the Ultimate Look". It lists that the Marines did have the J but not whether they had a glass or gun nose unfortunately. Carl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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