LB's FlightLine B-25J to B-25C "Desert Warrior" Build
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Hey Guys and Dolls,
Still experimenting with the Elegoo Mars 4 Ultra.
I have reprinted in FDM (Filament) the LB Bombsight in the correct scale for my B-25.
With some slicer tweeking, the scaled print is really quite good. in that, this part is mostly a flatish black with some bright metal bits and a clear lens or two.
I will resin print one in B-25 scale for curiosity's sake, but for this design, I just don't see that a resin part is required considering the differences in weight.
Don't get me wrong, I love detailed parts as much as the next modeler, so for the pilot heads and IPs, etc, I think resin is the way to go.
More when there is more.
Best, LB
"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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Hey all,
I been doing a little painting with some detail all the while working on my pilots.
It's fun to get back to adding things and not just designing things, but you can't have one without the other.
Next up are some pilot seats, but I am not reworking the cockpit on this build, not enough space and really difficult to see even if you did a cockpit.
Anyway, more when there is more.:pop
Best, LB
6 Photos"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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Looking really good! I need to get more motivated on mine.Hey all,
I been doing a little painting with some detail all the while working on my pilots.
It's fun to get back to adding things and not just designing things, but you can't have one without the other.
Next up are some pilot seats, but I am not reworking the cockpit on this build, not enough space and really difficult to see even if you did a cockpit.
Anyway, more when there is more.:pop
Best, LB
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Hah, you say that like it's a bad thing....
You all know the only reason I get to do this stuff is I am not bothering 'she whose authority exceeds my rank' while I am doing it.
I am encouraged beyond the pale and therefore keeps this a very happy household.


Sometimes I do protest a little just to keep her honest,
Best, LB"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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Dang Elbee, you keep this up and you're going to have a miniature museum!!
Grossman56
Dangerous Dan)Team Gross!Comment
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"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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Hey all,
I got the sizing on the MG corrected and I like how it looks, now.
The print-in-place 'pivot bearing' failed 2 more times.
I think this has to do with the size of the whole design, needless to say, it is small.
I opted to to split the housing (for lack of a better term) as per the actual.
This leaves the parts slightly over-sized, but it allows me to have a front and a rear housing and better control of the size of the pivot itself.
Make sense...well it does to me
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Though it is close, the 'droop' of the barrel of the MG is not quite to my liking but I am blaming that on the glue i used on the housings..
I am using 'kit' glue and it is chunky when drying, so for the actual nose, I will attempt something more fluid.
Cross that bridge when I get there.
The nose is painted is this area so there will be some margin for predictable error.
It seems the actual has the hole in the glass higher than the model, so that is probably what seems off a smidgen.
I also added a a cockpit rear bulkhead cover and rounded the opening so it looks a bit more realistic, but who's gonna notice but me, right?
Anyway, more when there is more....
Best, LB
"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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Mitchell Maniacs,
Spent the last couple afternoons designing an IP for the Desert Warrior.
My brain broke a few times, but it's Winter, so I had that goin' for me.
Anyway, designed in the all the detail I wanted, but sized to 1:12.88 scale, some of that isn't as transferable as I would've liked.
Still, it looks good to me.
I printed the IPs as thin as I could, but it's almost too thin in the "no holes" version.
I will also print these in resin and report back.
In the end, I'll do a little cosmetic foam surgery to get as much of it in the cockpit as that space is shallow.
If y'all remember, that's the 'rabbit hole' that led to the 90% Corsair Cockpit
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More when there is more.
Best, LB​
"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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You know me, I don't sell 'em, seems like robbery and like to keep control of the end product for the most part.
I either post 'em on Prusa Printables, send G-Code via email, or eventually post the STLs here at the Squawk.
But first, I gotta see how these fit and finish so y'all don't blow up my thread with complaints (it has happened before, sadly).
How quickly are you wanting to start your Mitchell?
Best, LB"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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I have not been flying for two years in April, Been practicing with Real flight on a 55in HDTV thou. as for when am I getting into the B-25, When I move to the new house and Land when the right one comes along;

You know me, I don't sell 'em, seems like robbery and like to keep control of the end product for the most part.
I either post 'em on Prusa Printables, send G-Code via email, or eventually post the STLs here at the Squawk.
But first, I gotta see how these fit and finish so y'all don't blow up my thread with complaints (it has happened before, sadly).
How quickly are you wanting to start your Mitchell?
Best, LB
No room to build.
I have been 3d printing a lot thou.
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B25B anyone??
Only one left on the planet and only three serial numbers away from Doolittles airplane.
Grossman56
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Hello Steve...hope ya well.. had not seen this thread(have now).
As would b expected from a master craftsman like your good self it appears to b going along nicely,,look forward to the expected,, incredible end result
b safe
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"I am having an extraordinary ordinary life."~Lucky B*st*rd~
"Find satisfaction in the process rather than an outcome."~Anonymous~
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