An auspicious start! Did you cut off the side blister guns with a razor saw or something? At first, I was thinking of doing one of the Doolittle Raiders, but then converting it to a C model just was more work than I wanted to do right now. I looked into flying it as a Mediterranean Theatre bird, but I'd still have to cut off the side guns since they were removed from those airplanes and were used as more high altitude bombers.
Then I looked into the Pacific Theatre, and I found my mark. The 5th Air Force under General Kenney converted their planes to low altitude strafer/bombers, and packed a ton of firepower in the nose with .50 cal guns, and sometimes a 75mm tank gun! I chose Cactus Kitty for mine because I was moved by the tragic end for the crew on a bombing mission over Indo China. All five crew were killed The crew chief, who was from Wyoming had the right side of the fuse painted up with a buxom Wyoming cowgirl, or how they thought one should look like!
Great airplane, the B-25. You'll like flying it eventually when you get it done. I'm enjoying experimenting dropping bombs and the parachute "para frag" bombs that they dropped out at extremely low altitudes. The parachutes delayed the impact with the ground just long enough so the planes wouldn't get their tails shot off in the process!
Cheers
davegee
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Hey all.
Spent a couple hours today, doing some disassembly. The journey has begun.
Best, LB
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LB's FlightLine B-25J to B-25C "Desert Warrior" Build
Mitchell Mates,
I am converting the beautiful Motion RC FlightLine B-25J to the "Desert Warrior" "C" variant and livery.
I will add pictures and descriptions here rather than the "Official" thread just keep things simple.
My interest in the Desert Warrior started with a picture of a B-24 Liberator crew that had been sent home after fulfilling the mission quotas.
That airframe was cleaned up and a misson map and record painted on her.
Researching that plane, I found the Desert Warrior B-25C and about 7 months later, Motion introduced their B-25J.
It was just too good to be true, so I pre-ordered one, as I recall there was a pre-order, you'll correct me if I am mistaken,
I found the markings in a Academy 1/72 scale model of the very B-25C, started working with Callie Graphics and here we are.
Hope you like what I post, criticism is more than acceptable and advice is welcomed.
Best, Steve
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