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The next major improvement was the electronics. While everything is apart, I made the decision to switch the stock power system and elevator servos out for something a bit more robust. I had a leftover power system from my FMS F7F Tigercat, so I swapped it over to the Mitchell, and changed out the tail servos to HS-85MGs. Finally, to power the ridiculous number of onboard servos, I added a Castle pro BEC to power everything. Also added some detail to the tail gunners area. More photos tonight as pieces come together. I’m hoping to have it airworthy for Warbirds Over JSC this Saturday.Leave a comment:
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To get the beautiful aluminum finish of the full scale machine, I decided to use aluminum tape to cover the surfaces, based on this incredible build over on the FT forums: https://forum.flitetest.com/index.ph...zorback.55044/. Using the same aluminum tape, I covered the Left wing, and the result was impressive. I have continued covering the aircraft this way, one panel at a time.Leave a comment:
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LX B-25 Rebuild - Miss Mitchell
Over the last few months or so. I’ve been working on a complete rebuild of the LX 2M B-25. I got this from a friend about a year ago, and it was in pretty sorry shape. Paint was flaking off, guns broken, stripped servos, and surfaces damaged.
I’ve since cut off the chin gun pods, filled in the surface damage and panel lines, and smoothed the surface out with some high build primer.
The aircraft I wanted to replicate is Miss Mitchell of the MN CAF. I worked on this bird for a number of years when I was in high school back in MN. One of main things I wanted to replicate on this bird, was the beautiful aluminum finish:
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