Official FlightLine 1600mm B-25J Mitchell PNP Thread

[Charlee]

I'm not in favor of putting crew members in the nose, turret and tail gun. They are never there during takeoff and landing for safety reasons. The only time was when Alan Arkin gave the finger to the tower as his Catch 22 B-25 was taxiing. This is how the gunner should look in the top turret:

[Grossman56]

I ordered three 1/13 scale pilots for my B-25 from RC Geek Chris Wolf, and painted them up this afternoon in Pacific Theater type uniforms. Came out ok, I think. I modified one of the "Toy Story" pilot busts that came with the kit a bit to fit in the top turret gunner position.

Yep, definitely better!

Grossman56

[borntoolate]

I ordered three 1/13 scale pilots for my B-25 from RC Geek Chris Wolf, and painted them up this afternoon in Pacific Theater type uniforms. Came out ok, I think. I modified one of the "Toy Story" pilot busts that came with the kit a bit to fit in the top turret gunner position.

They look great, sir! You have inspired me to order some as well for my Ruptured Duck. They arrived today.

Bob

[davegee]

They look great, sir! You have inspired me to order some as well for my Ruptured Duck. They arrived today.

Bob

Cool! I would have preferred being able to get a full body pilot for the nose, but that's ok. Things worked out.

Happy Flying!!

Davegee

[borntoolate]

Cool! I would have preferred being able to get a full body pilot for the nose, but that's ok. Things worked out.

Happy Flying!!

Davegee

A full body crewmember would be great but there is not much room in the nose section. Here is a pic of my 7 year old son in Tondelayo back in 2013. I am going to try to craft up a set of legs for the pilot from RC Geek.

Bob

[davegee]

A full body crewmember would be great but there is not much room in the nose section. Here is a pic of my 7 year old son in Tondelayo back in 2013. I am going to try to craft up a set of legs for the pilot from RC Geek.

Bob

Yeah, pretty cramped in there, even for a 7 year old! Once the greenhouse glass is installed, it's hard to see that the crewmember is missing the rest of his body. You'd have to concentrate to notice that when looking at the model. I was fine with putting the body on a dowel so that he sits at the right height.

Cheers

davegee

[Charlee]

[Digger6126]

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Last fall I crashed my B-25J Mitchell. I can accept that it was pilot error, as usual, have spent several hours and days rebuilding (which I enjoy as much as flying) and I am almost finished with the rebuild. Then I came across a problem with Gear, Sequenced doors and the Blue Box (Model 1713) the one with the on-off button. After extensive research, even reached out to a friend who also bought the plane and his arrived on the same weekend, asked him to look at his Blue Box and let me know where the Landing Gear, and Gear doors plug in, only to find that he has a model 1712 (without the on/off) button. If anyone has Pictures of the connections or a specific wiring diagram for B-25J using the Model 1713 Blue Box could you post them for me to review and try, I really want to see this fly this spring. Thank you, I have enjoyed reading through all of your posts.

[Elbee]

Digger6126

On mine each gear door servo lead (one from the left wing and one for the right wing) is plugged into a Y-harness which plugs into the "Double Stage Door" slot of the E2 Controller (Blue Box).

Hope this helps.

Best, LB