@fiveten @johnb @gblair Thank You! it seems to me that the sharpness of the glazing division line results from my method of priming the painting with a primer and using a bit of a thicker paint for better adhesion. This is not the end of interesting facts, as you remember, the Eduard set did not allow for painting two A-6A turrets. I used an alternative Montex kit. It turns out that both sets mask the glazing differently! Eduard kit, all the way to the edge, the Montex kit remained on the edge of the glazing from the face of a narrow strip exposed. I had to make up my mind and do it equally for both of them. So I masked the Montex masking. In addition, the Montex set does not work on a curved surface. masking with one piece of tape seems unrealistic as proposed by Montex. That is why I improved this little tower and its painting with a toothpick in several places. Finally, one of them fell under the table and I had to stick it back together. Bad karma! but everything is ok.
Revell seems to have designed his turrets more stable, but I hope these also do the job. I wanted to use the A-15 turret a bit, but due to a different observer position in the B-24 of 31 Squadron, I rejected this version. the only model with such a version is made by the almost unavailable Minicraft B-24 M Mama Fo Fo (if any of you know where you can buy one, I will gladly use this knowledge).
PS. A miracle has happened! The MAV from RPA wrote back and I finally paid them for the decals. They were alternative decals for the B-24 from 34 squadron. Also very interesting! Since I put so much energy into the contract, I decided that I would regret the $ 15, because maybe they will be useful for some future project. what do you think about it?
PS. The rounded parts of the turret are a bit disturbing in its transparency, but this is the charm of this set. Probably vacuu castings would be better, but I must admit, I can't handle them.
you may have noticed that one turret is devoid of machine guns. it is a deliberate procedure. In order to relieve the aircraft, some of the weapons were dismantled during the long-range mission. In the front turret and in the side stands (although there are photos, sometimes when the flew closer, the side ones were sometimes mounted, but there was probably no general rule here).
