B-24 H Academy 1:72

Started by capt. R · 266 · 1 year ago
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    I like it a lot, my friend @lis! Looks very realistic!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    Looking great from here, Bernard @lis

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    capt. R said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    For well sleeping I corrected paiting by some NG.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    Looking more subtle now, my friend @lis! Excellent!

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    capt. R said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    @luftwaffe-birdman

    @gblair

    @johnb

    @fiveten

    @stephen-w-towle

    I’m glad that You like my work!

    After coat of X-22 Clear.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    Looks very nice and smooth, my friend @lis!

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    Walt said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    It looking good Lis, @lis. I like exhaust stains so I would say your only add to the looks. Radials are dirty engines leaking oil and the lead and soot in the exhaust will stain the surfaces even on a well maintained plain. From the looks of wartime pictures it looks like the Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp engines were a little cleaner that the Wright Cyclones on the B-17. The wing staining on the B-24 never seems as dramatic as the B-17. The images of dirty B-17's are easy as you can see below. The picture from Detail in Scale on the B-24 was the best and dirtiest B-24 I could find.

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    Stephen W Towle said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    The exhaust stains look fine. They add interest and add that lived in look. Don't use the B-17 as a template for exhaust stain flow patterns. B-24s are a different breed of cat. The Olive drab fading is a great resource showing paint fading. The B-17 has both Dupont paint with the O.D. and the outer panels have British Grn. Your on roll. Keep up the good work Lis.

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    capt. R said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    @luftwaffe-birdman

    @gblair

    @johnb

    @fiveten

    @stephen-w-towle

    It seems to me that the left vertical stabilizer is slightly leaking to the side and there is no way to fix it anymore. It was difficult to assemble them because they didn't fit well in the mounting hole. What do You think about it?

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    Just a bit, my friend @lis. You might leave it as is, since, otherwise, a significant amount of work is required.

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    capt. R said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    @luftwaffe-birdman

    @gblair

    @johnb

    @fiveten

    @stephen-w-towle

    It is very hard do find figures from tropical theatre.

    PS. I leave vertical stabilizer as it looks.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    You managed to find tropical figures, my friend @lis! Thay look great!
    I agree, leaving the stabilizer "as is" is the better option.

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    capt. R said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    @luftwaffe-birdman

    @gblair

    @johnb

    @fiveten

    @stephen-w-towle

    Yes. Sometime to mamy corrections don’t go well.

    PS.

    Manual suggest markings no 2, 3, 4 as option on uppersurfaces. Is there any instruction about what, markings are the best match for this squadron?

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    You should not worry about the stabilizer too much, Bernard @lis
    It is barely visible and leaving it as is, is the best approach indeed.
    Those figures will look great next to the Liberator.
    For the markings I'm not sure, never saw the number 4 ones before.

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    I think your tail assembly looks fine, Bernard (@lis). The only way to fix it is hopefully to soften the joint with some glue and see if you can correct it. If that doesn't work, then you may have to break the joint, which is not something you want to do. I just had to do it on my B-25 and it is a heart-pounding exercise.