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]