**** DONE: GB-67 1/48 B-25J - Twin Engine in WWII

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Donivanp said:
Stole this from the B-25 page. Need to figure my bomb load.....
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Don, I usually use real records to check armament. bomb loads etc. Those are often very boring but give you the real deal.
Sent you mission reports of 499th BG. from April 1944 to the end of the war (800+ pages). Check the loads - in the first part, before Dec. 1944 the loads are given per a/c - this is what you are looking for. Compare and make your choice.
Cheers!
 
Update. Bombs and Bomb bay.

I used the print scale WWII bomb marking. the double yellow bands were giving a bit of a fuss on some but not all. Micro sol working now.



I tried a light touch of black panel wash for the bomb bay.
 
Waste guns are done. I used metal barrels for the guns. I buy a B-17 set ands just use as I need., they can be finnicky as you have to slide the barrel in side the cooling sleeve and they don't always like to go easy.



Tap a hole out in the gun, These are all two piece so If you have a one piece gun cut the plastic barrel off and tao a hole


Alclad Gunmetal

Teh kit calls for the waste guns to be installed before the two halves go together but I don't think is is necessary.

I'll check but is the window is left off until after paint I don't think they need to be in until after.
 
Airframes said:
Looks good.
Strange that there's a suspension lug on the outside of the bombs though ?
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IMHO they (the bombs) always had those, but I've seen them in pairs - see examples from earlier times (yellow bombs, B-25A) and later in the MTO (modified B-25D):


B-25s have a bomb hoist which is attachable to the fuselage at the outside of the bomb bay. I believe the armorers were hanging the bombs and lifting them in the bomb bay in this way - check the cables and the hoist below:

 
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Re the bomb suspension lugs. Yes, they could be single or paired (for US/RAF use), but as far as I know, they were only welded onto one side of the bomb, therefore they wouldn't be visible on bombs already on the racks.
 
Airframes said:
Re the bomb suspension lugs. Yes, they could be single or paired (for US/RAF use), but as far as I know, they were only welded onto one side of the bomb, therefore they wouldn't be visible on bombs already on the racks.
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Oh, I see what you meant before!
Those are obviously 2 different things - I didn't know that (until now). The suspension lugs (in pairs) are obviously on the top side of the bomb, when hanging in the bomb bay.
The one we see on the side could be the so called BOMB HOISTING CABLE IDLER (what a name!)
CHECK POST OF MiTasol BELOW!!!!

Kudos to HKM for that detail!
 
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All early US bombs had two suspension lugs and all early British bombs had a single lug. Once the US started supplying bombs to Britain and vice versa all bombs used by both sides had three suspension lugs. Two on one side and a single one 180 degrees away. When mounted in the aircraft the lug(s) not in use will be visible. IE one if on a US rack and two if on a UK rack.

The hoist cable idler is a tool and not permanently mounted on the bomb. I saw lots of them and never knew what they were.

Look for AP 1661 which I posted on the forum some time back. I will find a link when I get home and also some photos I took of US bombs in PNG in the 70s before cooking them off.
 
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