Well I have finished until the wing is glued together the riveting on the upper wing of the port side. It's not perfect, and I had to repair a few mistakes along the way but all in all it looks pretty good to my eye. The riveting took longer then the panel lines, but I think it makes a huge difference. I am also pleased with my progress, in that I am getting more done faster then usual for my normal pace of building.

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The riveting looks amazing, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman

Coming together beautifully, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!
Nice dealing with the small yet important differences found on the specific bird!

Jumping ahead, only because I was interested in trying it. I didn't like the pitot tube on Monograms B-24 kit. In the pictures of the plane you can clearly see that the pitot tube has a different shape then the kit.

When I was rebuilding a Grumman/McKinnon Goose, one of the upgrades was dual pitot tubes. I found the correct one on eBay, new still in the original box from the manufacturer. Then made a duplicate to the mount for the other wing.

Looking at the pitot tube I drew one in a simple CAD program and then printed them out.

I think they are pretty close to right size, and will definitely be an improvement. I will just snip off the tip and glue on mine.

Nice improved pitots, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!

Lis, @lis, thanks, this particular B-24 was sent through a depot where the pitot tubes were moved from the high mount like on my earlier build to the early production location on the sides of the nose. You can also see in the two cropped pictures that the pitot tube tip, was of the same style as the one I printed. I think it will look better than the bulky rather undefined shape molded into the kit.

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Splendid job there, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!
Rivet-counting-wise or not, it is just splendid.
Looking forward to your progress!

I ordered resin replacement wheels from Lone Star Models which I had used on my last build. When they arrived they had voids, and weren't round. After reaching out about this issue another set was sent immediately. This set while it did not have the voids, still wasn't round. I made the decision to purchase the Armory B-24 wheels. I purchased them on eBay from a vendor in Kiev. A tracking number was created almost immediately but it never showed being taken to the the post office. I contacted the vendor a couple of times and he assured me that the wheels were on their way. Well the tracking never changed and I looked around and purchased another set from Hannants along with some other stuff. Well today, two months after of my order magically my Armory Wheels showed up in my mailbox.

I have to say this is some of the nicest resin I have seen. The molding is crisp clear and extremely detailed including the brand logo on the side wall. Photo-etch for the wheel covers, printed fender for the nose gear and masks are included in the package. It is advertised as being made for the Monogram/Revell line of B-24's which is why I did not buy it in the first place because of the way the gear struts are molded. In order to use these with the struts in the kit, the struts will have to be modified. Not that what I say matters, but these are really some beautifully cast resin wheels. I am not espousing any politics, but Ukraine has turned out to be a source of some incredible companies, both small and large that produce high quality products for modeling. I have no problem trying to support them simply on the basis as I want to keep these companies in business for the future.

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