All comes togeather nicely.

The turret looks great, as does the interior, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!

I was passing by and saw your impressive build WIP here, Walt @birdman-luftwaffe. Your narrative is well done too.

I can see that 3D printer you bought is really working out.

Well time does fly when you are experiencing life. I have been working on the kit but also dealing with other things. I had to make a trip to ER for my wife after she fell. She is okay, but I haven't seen that much blood since the last slasher movie I watched. I also spent some time with my mom and dad, my mom turned 83 and I owe a lot of my limited talents to her. I also spent time visiting my brother, who is battling cancer, and we all had a great time with a boys day out. My dad at 87, still manages to flirt with the waitresses.

I also spent some time working on my 55 Pontiac, I had to paint the dash before assembling it, and am pretty happy with the results. So all in all, I have just been busy.

I still managed to painted the interior, gave it a nice glass and now it is ready for a wash and some other treatments.

I also spent some time working on and revising the artwork for the decals. I think I have gotten it to the go to print version. It will give the modeler the option of putting on a decal with the background already filled in or letting them paint the background and put the decal over it. I also offer so choices on the maintenance crew, as there are pictures showing both.

During this time I also received a book I had been waiting for, "The Liberandos, A WWII History of the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group and its Founding Units". This is not written necessarily for the modeler with lots of plane pictures and the such, but it is written for the historian. I have been enjoying the read of a well written book that has cleared up some questions I had regarding the aircraft. It also seems that this particular edition was either previously owned by a relative or close friend of one of the member of the 376th, I have his funeral bulletin as well as copies of the groups reunion booklet and newsletters. It has made the build more meaningful to me, reading about what these men set out to do and went through when they got to North Africa.

Best wishes for your wife's recovery, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman. Yes, life can be an experience...

Also, best for your brother, hoping all goes positive for him. Great that you spent also time with your parents: these are cherished moments that you value them even more when they cannot be done any more - ask me how I know...

Your Liberator looks fantastic! The decal artwork rocks and the book looks really great!

Thanks Louis, @lgardner, I appreciate it. Thanks also for sharing your Ventura pictures, I really like that plane and have the kit, I am wanting to build it and would love any input you might have about pitfalls to avoid. Yours will make a nice tribute for the lost crew. Sorry I couldn't reply more to your text but was out with the wife at the time.

Before I close it up, I had to get the waist gunner window closeouts painted. I used AK Lacquers, using RC023 Olive Drab #9 / #22 as the base color and did around the edge and around the window with RC026 Olive Drab FS34087. I really like the way they spray and the colors look great. I will most definitely be using combinations of these paints when I plant the plane.

I cut the part where the national insignia was on the gunner window closeouts and applied them using Micro-Set wetting solution on the part before laying down. Once I had it positioned I rolled a Q-tip over it, and applied an liberal coat of Walther's Solvaset on the decal surface. The decal reacted very nicely and snuggled down as nicely as any I have used, without any drama. I gave it coat of gloss and need to now give it a wash and flat coat, but wanted to show just how nicely the decals worked. These are highly blown up pictures, when you look at the pictures, remember the window is only 0.75 inches wide (19.05 mm).

5 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Nice work done, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman