Official FlightLine 1600mm B-25J Mitchell PNP Thread

[davegee]

Good pic Dave.
Do you think that rear window panel is fogged out or have they added metal there for some reason?

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Definitely not fogged out, Dan. Could have been a replacement piece for a broken piece of glass like Quitcherbitchen has postulated. They were definitely on the far end of the supply line operating out of the Philippines and SE Asia in WWII, so it's possible that or several other reasons for it being metal occurred. I have seen other period B-25 photos with other metal covers in different places of the nose. My advice would be to keep it as it is, I did that intentianally per the photo you posted of the real Cactus Kitten in 1945 before it was lost in combat.

Cheers

Davegee

[Ivankant]

Just found the forum and some really great stuff. I'm kinda still in the printing and painting process of figures that were 1/32nd scale B-17 crew and scaled them up. Still just playing around with way too many RC projects going on at the moment. Here are some pics WIP. Interesting on how much I was able to upscale one of the crew members way oversized. That's the problem with the set-n-forget resin printing. I am still trying to think on a method on how to release the bombs with a second switching instead of just opening the bay doors. I printed two of the standing rear gunners but unfortunately I will have to be chopping him up to get him to fit in the rear fuselage. Also, a little extra detailing of the engines. Much easier to just remove them from the cowling to paint. Did a little scratch building in the nose with a printed Norden bombsight. I tried the bullet belts but they looked stupid and I'll try again. The box belt feeds are a little easier but the forward nose gun is a PITA because it's now floating in the plexiglass frame. I am thinking of a ball clevis where it would be movable and affixed to the foam faux bombsight that comes with the plane. I've also used the same two pilots with my D18 Beechraft. Just a quick rescaling and thy fit really cool with some cutting out of foam in the cockpit. Withe the D18's four seats I am going to be able to put all for officers in the cockpit separated by a simple scratch built firewall with printed medical kit and fire extinguisher. All kinds of fun.

[Elbee]

Ivankant,

Great looking crew.

Nicely done.

Welcome to Hobby Squawk, glad to have you onboard.

Best, LB