1/72 B-24 "Chug-a-lug" - Heavy Hitters II GB

[meatloaf109]

User name, Meatloaf109
Name, Serious glutton fer punishment.
Category, Intermediate
Scale, 1/72
Model type, Eduard's Consolidated B-24D
Aftermarket, None. Well maybe a bit of wire,... here and there...

Now, I know I said I wouldn't enter more than two again. But as the P-47 is pretty much done,...
I just couldn't help myself. Been wanting to do a big bomber for a while.
This is the Eduard re-boxing of the Acadamy kit with extra P.E. stuff

 

[rochie]

nice choice Paul

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Well....this should be another great build paul...

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Wow Paul, you plan on 'Blitzing' this GB. Good third choice my man

 

[Airframes]

Good one Paul.

 

[Andy70]

Excellent! Looking forward to this one.

 

[A4K]

Great choice Paul!

 

[meatloaf109]

Before anything, I want the nose halves to line up. So, I decided to glue them up to their respective halves.

 

[Crimea_River]

Kewel.

 

[meatloaf109]

Seemed like the thing to do.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool choice!

 

[meatloaf109]

Some really crappy cowlings

 

[N4521U]

You......... are a glutton.
Good choice for the nose. I did the same, but mine looks like it was more of a problem.
Don't I know about the cowlings......... took a lot of Dremmeling to correct mine.
Bomb doors are a fright if you plan on closing them.

This is what I did for the nose gear, and where I placed some weight, but it was Not enough. I suggest looking at using the compartment behind the nose wheel for additional weight. ****I may have to drill a hole and pour in some buckshot.

Will keep an eye on this one to see how you go mate.

 

[Wayne Little]

Good decision on the nose Paul!

 

[meatloaf109]

I don't know how you guys that work in 1/72 do it regularly!
Those little parts have got me seeing double. Well, here is the I.P. so far...

 

[Vic Balshaw]

From where I'm sitting…………..a looooooooooooong way a way, you have that inst panel looking good!

 

[meatloaf109]

I have spent the last two hours trying to attach two small bits of styrene and two bits of P.E. to them. It ain't gonna happen! I will put the original
kit parts in instead!
I tried everything in my arsenal, Magnifying glass, and small tweezers, strait sight and a toothpick, F**k it, I got the non-P.E. stuff to go in!

 

[T Bolt]

That panel looks great the way it is now Paul. I know this is the Eduard version of the kit I'm building but I don't know what the f*** they did to the cowlings, mine look just fine. If you want to see how much leas it takes to hold down the nose take a look at my thread. I did a balance check on it and it's just enough.

 

[Airframes]

It might have been a b@ll ache Paul, but it looks darned good.