LB's FlightLine B-25J to B-25C "Desert Warrior" Build

[borntoolate]

looking good!!!


Bob

[Elbee]

Quick Update

Parts in place and looking more like a B-25 Nose.

Finalizing the 50 Cal mounting to the Greenhouse and cleaning up the exposed foam inside and out.

I've found references to a canvas looking bag(s) that catch the empty brass from the 50 cal.

Those look to mount beneath and to the left of the gun and go all the way to the nose floor.

Could be a good secondary mounting for the hand operated machine gun and look good at the same time.

We'll see.

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

Wow, if you think your job was bad, imagine sitting there with two .50's blasting in your ears, enough to make you jittery:flushed::flushed:

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

B-25 Dudes and Dudettes,

I did get about half the bombardier's office glued in place.

The other half will need to wait until all the other glue is dry.

The top sill (for lack of a better term) forward cross-bar lookin' thing will be cut away after that is glued in place.

After all that is completed, I'll be mounting the manned 50 cal in the greenhouse glass.

That is after that piece has been masked and painted for the inner color.

All the barrels dry fit in place like the OEM, so I am covered there.

More when there is more.....:pop

Best, LB

[Elbee]

I could, but then why not just build a F/G B-25 fuselage with foam wings. Old school stuff. I have a method for cutting the holes by scaling the size and designing a a part that at least does the outline impression and I cut out the rest with an X-Acto or scalpel. Works good and I think I'll be make surrounds for the all those openings to hide the thick foam. That's the plan for now. I am using a 1/72 scale drawing from which I take my measurements.

[jetfool]

Elbee,
Could you make a f/g mold over the original top and use that instead of the original foam to make your mods? Not having seen the real model just me daydreaming.

[Elbee]

So what you're saying is that you learned a lesson, actually you had a 2-for-1 epiphany. 1) Perfection is impossible 2) Winning an argument with the wife is impossible. As a married man myself, the only answer available is "Yep, your right"
Remember the quote from Clint, "A man's gotta know his limitations"

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

I have used, "Oh, I didn't think of it like that,,,,, Honey."

[Grossman56]

Grossman56

I thank you.

It sometimes seems if it just isn't perfect (what's in my head) then it's not quite good enough.

Besides, Tamms came into the Hanger and said "you still working on that?"

I showed her 'the little dudes' and she said, "They're fine...stop".

Can't argue with that or at least I ought-naught.

Best, Steve

So what you're saying is that you learned a lesson, actually you had a 2-for-1 epiphany. 1) Perfection is impossible 2) Winning an argument with the wife is impossible. As a married man myself, the only answer available is "Yep, your right"
Remember the quote from Clint, "A man's gotta know his limitations"

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Elbee,
You have done it again. Beautiful modifications and pilots. Looking forward to flying review.
Best Regards, Rex

Thanks, Rex.

Flying review?.....well, hadn't even thought about that yet....

I am looking forward to that day very much.

In the mean time, I will be pleased to get back to work on the fuselage modifications to a "C" Variant.

Cutting many holes for windows, bubbles and the like.

Going to take some scrounging to find the glass pieces.

I have not found or seen a way to print clear parts that look good.

Vacuum form or equivalent is going to be the only way I think.

Cross that bridge when I get there.

Best, Steve

[jetfool]

Elbee,
You have done it again. Beautiful modifications and pilots. Looking forward to flying review.
Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

Mitchell Maniax,

The "Twins" are all glued down and ready for a check flight.

I had to break it to them that we're months away....


Tomorrow, with any luck, the bombardier suite will get glued in place, though that could carry over into Sunday, we'll see.

Best, LB

[Elbee]

Thanks, Mate. Appreciate the comment, muchly.

[f4u ausie]

By the way Steve U may not have a smart fone. But nobody on the planet can drive a 3d printer like U can

[f4u ausie]

Look awesome to me.. but I'm upside down :pleading_face:. Between U and danger I think U both do an incredible job.. at some point I will have a try

[Elbee]

borntoolate RRHandy .

Thanks Gentlemen.

I painted the eyes 3 times, I think, and once I added the clear green to the sunglasses there was really no going back.

The print on the sunglasses pilot just doesn't scale as well going this small.

I wanted gold frames, which is a bit messy, if I'd painted those black I think all would have blended better.

The detail on the Max Grueter pilot bust is really good at 1:6th, the design scale.

I'd say this is about a tiny (1:12.8) one could miniaturize the file and still have much to work with.

I should find a watchmaker who paints miniatures.... or tint the canopy glass...

....just kidding, I get what I got and it'll do.

Thanks again for the encouragement.

Steve

[RRHandy]

Looks good to me, Profectionist

[borntoolate]

Hey All,

Fiddled with the 'little dudes' and I think I am finally done.

I could mess with these, like forever, and never be pleased with the results.

The pics I took just don't render the colors or tones or whatever very well.

Perhaps a new camera; don't own a smart-fon, so there's that, rather have a decent camera.

On to the assembly I wrote of several posts back.

Best, LB

Excellent! Especially the one without glasses!


Bob

[borntoolate]

Hey All,

Quick update on painting of the "little dudes" for the the cockpit.

The hardest part is waiting for paint to dry to move on the next shade, but it is a process.

Will do another couple washes to adjust the colors.

The shirts look a bit green in the pic, but it ain't necessarily so.

Headsets, sunglasses on one and eyes on the other up next, then maybe some weathering, but maybe not so much, as these guys are really small aviators.

They look pretty decent behind canopy glass, we'll see.

Next will be some assembly, YAY!

And then masking of the canopy and nose greenhouse, harrumph face :unamused:.

More when there is more....:pop

Best, LB

very cool!!!


Bob

[Elbee]

Grossman56

I thank you.

It sometimes seems if it just isn't perfect (what's in my head) then it's not quite good enough.

Besides, Tamms came into the Hanger and said "you still working on that?"

I showed her 'the little dudes' and she said, "They're fine...stop".

Can't argue with that or at least I ought-naught.

Best, Steve

[Grossman56]

That's okay Elbee, those Smart phones ain't so smart!
Looks good to me, pictures never give a sense of scale what's a 1/4 inch in real life gets blown up to a full inch and so do all the little details.

Great job, we all know what your skills are!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)