**** DONE: 1/72 B-24H “Booby Trap” - Heavy Hitters II GB

[Rogi]

Ahh "When Propellers Attack!"

Looking great so many props I'd of thought I was a bit drunkie (and I don't drink :O )

 

[meatloaf109]

Fantastic attention to detail, that is what makes the great models (and modelers) great!

 

[Crimea_River]

Doing some great work there Glenn.

 

[rochie]

looking good Glenn, though i did count them more than once until i read your post properly !

 

[N4521U]

So many props, so few planes........

Make sure you get the rotation correct!

 

[Wayne Little]

Love that mod. Glenn...

 

[parsifal]

Im sorry I missed this one. very, very nice glenn

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Glenn.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I like the way you have a set of tweezers for each one……………….looks like a mini wind farm. Great work as well.

 

[T Bolt]

i find thoes locking tweezers indispensable. I think I used every on I had to do the props.

 

[Andy70]

Fantastic mod! Impressive work!!!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Catch22]

Nice.

 

[T Bolt]

I'm back at work on Booby Trap after my ride on Witchcraft and a short vacation.
One last (I hope) modification. The B-24H's of the 490th BG had cockpit side armor plate installed along with sliding armored side glass as shown on the first picture. The model had the side armor plate but not an option for the armored glass so I went to work with some clear plastic that looked to be the right thickness for the armored glass. Sorry I didn't take a picture before the masking, but it I didn't think of it until it was done. Hopefully it will look pretty much like the first picture when painted.
The last 2 pictures show some more masking, the last showing how I changed the shape to look more like the windows in the Ford nose modification kit Liberators.
I hope to start paint later tonight with the silver where the de-icing boots were removed.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Glenn. I don't suppose much can be done about the different shape of the windscreen, and I'm guessing this is another area where there are a number of variations.
Now that you've been in a real B-24, can we expect every bolt, bracket and fitting to have the correct serial numbers on them - in 1/72nd scale?!!

 

[fubar57]

That is some neat masking. I just ordered three different sizes of Tamiya masking tape and I'm turfing the blue painters tape. Hopefully my clear parts will turn out better(lots of corrections)

Geo

 

[T Bolt]

Good stuff Glenn. I don't suppose much can be done about the different shape of the windscreen, and I'm guessing this is another area where there are a number of variations.

The difference in the windscreen is that in later model B-24s there was a little triangle shaped window in the corner instead of one larger window. The kit part has the triangle window frame as an engraved line so getting rid of it would be difficult.

Now that you've been in a real B-24, can we expect every bolt, bracket and fitting to have the correct serial numbers on them - in 1/72nd scale?!!

I'm just glad I did the bomb bay before I saw the real one, I don't think I would have ever been satisfied with what I could do in 1/72ns scale

That is some neat masking. I just ordered three different sizes of Tamiya masking tape and I'm turfing the blue painters tape. Hopefully my clear parts will turn out better(lots of corrections)
Geo

You'll love the Tamiya tape George, just remember to use a new #11 blade when cutting it. Don't get rid of the blue painters tape though, I still use a ton of it for large area masking next to the Tamiya tape.

 

[Airframes]

That frame for the small, triangular window might polish out, although it would be a long, tedious job, but the shape and angle of the single, larger window, on the real aircraft, is different to the 'multi-paned' version anyway, which would make things even more complicated.

 

[Rogi]

Tamiya tape is Genius but it takes a skilled hand to cut it into the appropriate length excellent work Glen

 

[Crimea_River]

Beautiful masking job Glenn. Not one of my favourite activities....