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Good stuff Glenn. Rare to see bomb bay doors with a good fit
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I have done (still not finished) this surgery for a B-24H in 1/48 (Monogram's J-model). Your turret is probably bigger in this scale, because the oval cutout in the top area is normally smaller. Still, it's a nicely done mod.Changing a B-24J Into a B-24H
All the B-24H's used the Emerson nose turret and were either made by Ford of used the Ford nose turret kit which is identified by the "S" shaped panel line to the rear of the turret and a tight fitting shroud around the turret. This kit being a B-24J, some changes needed to be made.
The first profile clip is that of a B-24J and the second is A B-24H. You can see that they are quite different.
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I started by scribing in the "S" shaped panel line (red arrow), than added some plastic card to rough in the shroud
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Thus last picture is after a couple of hours work shaping, filling and sanding the shroud to fit the turret and filling all the panel lines forward of the "S" shaped panel line.
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You're absolutely right about the cutout. I had it smaller but when I test fitted the turret it did not match the bulges for the guns so I enlarged it.I have done (still not finished) this surgery for a B-24H in 1/48 (Monogram's J-model). Your turret is probably bigger in this scale, because the oval cutout in the top area is normally smaller. Still, it's a nicely done mod.
Don't forget to delete the lights on the chin - H-model doesn't have them.
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Cheers!