Crimea_River
Marshal
Ah yes. Where to stop?!?
**** DONE: 1/72 B-24H “Booby Trap” - Heavy Hitters II GB
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T Bolt
Colonel
You said it Terry!
My thoughts exactly, but I haven't found the stopping point yet. Seems to be an addiction I guess. I hadn't really intended to do anything extra in the bomb bay when I started...
Here's well over an hour of hydraulic line work and I've only just begun.......
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T Bolt
Colonel
Took a break from the hydraulic lines except to straighten them out a little) and added some internal bracing (Pics 12) as seen in post #58 pics 13. In pic 3 is the manual landing gear crank I made up as seen in post #58 pic 4. Not exactly the same mounting, but the only way I could make it fit and still leave room for the bomb racks. I had intended to load her up with bombs, but now I'm thinking that doing that will hide a lot of this detail so I might leave them out.
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hub
Senior Airman
Nice work Glenn!
I like the detail, gives me some ideas for my Marauder!
I think I face the same problem with my bomb bay, although if I mess it up the bombs might hide it
Mike
I like the detail, gives me some ideas for my Marauder!
I think I face the same problem with my bomb bay, although if I mess it up the bombs might hide it
Mike
very nice work Glenn
Vic Balshaw
Major General
This is going to be good, like where you're going Glenn.
That's a lot of real good work Glenn!
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Benevolens Magister
That's going to really look the biz when all done and painted - great stuff Glenn!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Yup, I'm with the guys. Looking forward (?) to a bit of the same on my Mossie.
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T Bolt
Colonel
Thanks guys. A bit more tonight. Made up the hydraulic reservoir and some more lines
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Damn! This is good.
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Benevolens Magister
Nice work again Glenn.
tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
Thats a lot of work, will look the biz i think
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T Bolt
Colonel
Wile looking at some reference material last night I saw a lot of info on the PB4Y-2 Privateer so I pulled my Revell (ex Matchbox) kit out of the stash and had a look. Pretty primitive compared to this one but could be built to look nice, and no interior can be seen but the cockpit. Very tempting to build it along side this one.
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Benevolens Magister
Charles would probably like that one Glenn.
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Great detailing!
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T Bolt
Colonel
More work tonight.
Picture 1 Hydraulic lines on the other side of the bomb bay
Picture 2 3 views ot the bomb bay when closed up. I think I'm pretty much done here and will be moving on to the cockpit although I might add a few more bits if the mood strikes me.
Picture 4 5 made up the gun mounts for the waist guns. they are a piece of sprue scraped thinner, then the slot was cut in with an exacto saw and cut to length. After installation a hole was drilled in the slot for the gun to pass through. All very fiddly and time consuming.
Picture 6 After all that work with tiny pieces I needed a break so started assembly on the horizontal stabilizer and wings. The stabilizer is prone to sagging as I found out on the other Academy B-24 I made so I'll have to beef up the center section. The outer half of the wings are warped down so for now I only glued them up from the wing root to the outer engine and will glue the rest as I straighten out the warp
Picture 1 Hydraulic lines on the other side of the bomb bay
Picture 2 3 views ot the bomb bay when closed up. I think I'm pretty much done here and will be moving on to the cockpit although I might add a few more bits if the mood strikes me.
Picture 4 5 made up the gun mounts for the waist guns. they are a piece of sprue scraped thinner, then the slot was cut in with an exacto saw and cut to length. After installation a hole was drilled in the slot for the gun to pass through. All very fiddly and time consuming.
Picture 6 After all that work with tiny pieces I needed a break so started assembly on the horizontal stabilizer and wings. The stabilizer is prone to sagging as I found out on the other Academy B-24 I made so I'll have to beef up the center section. The outer half of the wings are warped down so for now I only glued them up from the wing root to the outer engine and will glue the rest as I straighten out the warp
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fubar57
General
Coming along nicely. I haven't even looked at the bomb-bays of my D and J but I'm pretty sure they are going to be closed.
Geo
Geo
N4521U
Colonel
Oooooo-ee.
Good-on-ya.
Good-on-ya.
