FROG 1/72 Mitchell Mk. II/ B-25D
This is my second build after my 30 years of not building a kit. It is a 1/72 FROG B-25D Mitchell. This boxing dates back from 1965-1966. Now to be honest, this is one kit I've been wanting to build since I first saw it back in the mid to late 70's. The cockpit and bombardier area are all scratched built, I reworked the cowlings and both carburetor inlets, vertical stab and rudder needed their area to be increased and reworked the nose gear. The final week became more damage control but it turned out fine. The main thing was to enjoy the build and that it did!
Thanks,
Bob
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John Healy said on March 22, 2021
That turned out well. I never knew Frog did a B-25.
Robert Royes said on March 22, 2021
Nicely done!
Tom Cleaver said on March 22, 2021
Lotsa work there, good result and a great save of this old kit.
It almost lookslike the new Airfix. 🙂
John vd Biggelaar said on March 22, 2021
Great work, Bob, especially on the scratch build part.
You turned this oldie into a nice detailed build.
Spiros Pendedekas said on March 22, 2021
Nothing better than to see an old, classic kit built in such excellence and with those improvements, Bob.
Congratulations!
Gábor Szabó said on March 22, 2021
Wow, I don't even know when I last saw a FROG kit built. Nice old school build in a good way. Bring back memories!
Bernard Bedeur said on March 22, 2021
Old school modelling . I love it. That’s all I can engage in , is to get old kits I always wanted to do years ago.
Well done
Bob Bailey said on March 22, 2021
WOW...a FROG. Nice work on aging plastic.
"Frog"...takes me back to long once-a-month Sat. a.m. trips from Stamford, CT to the Squadron Shop on Long Island, NY where the store was rather swamped with guys attacking the full shelves of goodies, including Frogs in 1/72 for about $5. Good memories of a bag-full of kits for about $30.
Bob Torres said on March 23, 2021
Bob, I have visited the Philadelphia PA Squadron Shop in 1974 before they closed, picked up a lot of the FROG and Airfix kits. Then around 1982 I got to visit the one in Maryland near D.C. before they closed that one too. Great shops, I even order kits from them way back then too. Too bad they recently closed down. I think the one in Maryland is when I saw the FROG B-25 build displayed. I always wished I was able to visit them more when they were open.
Greg Kittinger said on March 22, 2021
Great work on this old kit! You really gave it life again.
George Williams said on March 23, 2021
Frog kits bring back great memories, definitely liked.
Bob Torres said on March 23, 2021
Guys, thank you. Last year I built 5 Frog kits and I am currently working on one right now. I am enjoying building these old kits, they do bring back those old memories from back then. I will post more later on, thanks again.
John Krukowski said on March 23, 2021
I've done some minor reshaping tweaks in my day but nothing like this. Wow. This is some beautiful workmanship.