80 th anniversary of Operation Frantic Project - USAAF shuttle Bomber missons to USSR.

Started by capt. R · 335 · 10 months ago
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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    Very nice interior, Bernard @lis
    The blue looks perfect for the 352nd FG looks perfect to me.

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    @fiveten
    @johnb
    @gblair
    Thank You John!
    PS. Airframe is complete. Flap and ailerons deflected options are include. Few photos of cockpit. IP pannel was hand-painted.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    Great progress, Bernard @lis

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year ago:

    The blue looks spot-on, as does your overall progress, my friend @lis!

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    @fiveten
    @johnb
    @gblair
    Thank You my Friend!
    PS. As usual I replace original quite poor barrels with spare ones.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year ago:

    The aftermarket barrels look awesome, my friend @lis!

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    @fiveten
    @johnb
    @gblair
    To be honest Spiros it was unused barrels from M2 MGs from B-24 front turret.
    PS. Few small bits, and one more photo with very interesting separate main gear bays detail.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    Barels and landing gear details look great, Bernard @lis

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year ago:

    Excellent progress, my friend @lis!
    Nicely detailed bay walls!

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    @fiveten

    @johnb

    @gblair

    And primed.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    Nicely primed, Bernard @lis
    Very smooth

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    Today evening nothing spectacular. Preparation for ID stripes. To smooth white surface it takes me several hours of painting thin surfaces of white.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year ago:

    Excellent priming and white application, my friend @lis!
    Looking forward to the stripes!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    The white looks great, Bernard @lis
    One of the most difficult colors to apply nicely.

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    @fiveten

    @johnb

    @gblair

    Preparing for stripes and blue nose.