1:72 B-24D "The Little Gramper" - Assembly Ship

[Fran]

Hi Guys.

 

Ten years I saw a Hasegawa release of a B-24 D "Formation Monitor" and I just had to have it...

The model represent the B-24 Liberator 42-40723 'The Little Gramper' 566th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Lt Jack W Dieterle, returning safely to Libya. Transferred to the 491st Bomb Group 15 May 44.

Noted as War Weary repainted in high visibility paint scheme and became Group's first assembly ship. The overall yellow with red polka dots and trim took many man hours, and replacement aircraft for this duty were less exotically decorated.

The Little Gramper was the fisrt Assembly ship and it looks totaly different

Well, its a great model, with a poorly research from Hasegewa.

Anyway, I took a long time to makethis build, almost without decals (only the insignia) 

 

 

 

 

 

A full article will appear soon on a modelling magazine!! 

 

Fran

[harv]

Wow, well done !......harv

[Jeff]

4 hours ago, harv said:

Wow, well done !......harv

X 2 !!!

[GusMac]

Lovely result Fran. The yellow looks nice and weathered. 

[Fran]

Thanks for your kind words!

[SapperSix]

Wonderful build.  The paint looks like a job requiring a great amount of patience.  Great detail on the cowlings. 

[GazzaS]

Very nice work, Fran!  Definitely an eye catcher.

 

Gaz

[Bomber_County]

That will certainly stand out in the display cabinet, congratulations on stunning build.....

[DocRob]

You could display a 1/32 B-52 beside your B-24 and it wouldn't be noticed . Indeed an eye catcher. The paintjob looks great and definitely unique, well done.

Cheers Rob

[Jackster]

I hate working with Yellow, that is awesome!

Cheers

Kev

[RockieYarwood]

Beautiful! You've done a terrific job with that finish. Love those formation ships.

Rockie

[Wingco57]

That’s certainly something else than stick and strings Fran.

What a wonderful model.