B-24D "The Blue Streak", Bond Tour Veteran, Monogram 1/48th

Started by Walt · 221 · 1 month ago · 376th Bomb Group, 41-11613, B-24, Florine JuJu, Halpro, Halverson Project, Monogram, Ploesti, Teggie Ann, The Blue Streak
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Those Armory wheels look really super, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Nicely detailed wheels, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman

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    capt. R said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    I admire the scope of work

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Hi, Walt (@luftwaffe-birdman). I always try to replace the tires on 1/48 bombers. The kit tires always seem to be split down the middle, leaving you with a seam that is impossible to clean up without destroying the tread. These replacement tires look great.

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    Walt said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Spiros, @fiveten, John, @johnb, and George, @gblair, the wheels are really very nice. and come with masks and photo-etch. I purchased the set I posted on eBay from a vendor I have purchased from before in Ukraine. I ordered in January but even though it showed that it had been mailed and the vendor confirmed that he mailed it. I figured it didn't make and I ordered another set from Hannants...they will arrive tomorrow. Funny hot it all works out. I have to say though that the Armory resin wheels are some of nicest I have ever seen. I will save the second set for my next B-24, which will probably be "Sunshine".

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    Walt said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Well I have been making progress, not as fast as I would like but progress none the less. I started working on the tail surfaces and have got the two outer vertical surfaces ready to glue to the inners. I some how find the riveting process both tedious and yet gratifying.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    The vertical surfaces look fantastic, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Vertical stabilizers do look great, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman

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    capt. R said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Nice progress.

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Nice work, Walt (@luftwaffe-birdman). The new panel lines and rivets look great.

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    Walt said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    I actually finished the scribing and riveting of the tail surfaces, glued them together and assembled. I have to say while not perfect I am pretty happy with how it all turned out. I think that the riveting adds a lot to the surface and after rolling them in and sanding them down they are definitely present, but delicate and restrained. So with the upper wings, the nose of the fuselage and the tail surfaces done, it was time for first put it all together and see what it looks like.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Great progress and superb, absolutely superb looks so far, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman! The riveting is exquisite!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Progressing nicely, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman
    With everything mounted together, the riveting looks even more impressive.

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    capt. R said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    All this rivets looks Great!

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    Walt said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    More and more rivets. I know some may be getting a bit tired of seeing rivets. At this point though it where I am at with the model, and happy to say I have made great progress despite the home projects I am working on too.

    I finished the port side fuselage riveting today after a couple long dedicated sessions. While not quite the precision of a CNC Machine I am pretty happy overall with the result and I think with markings, paint, weathering and all that the imperfections won't be too noticeable. I like the overall effect when you view it all together. I really am excited about getting to that point where I can get paint on this. That is a ways off but it is motivating.

    After I finish the Starboard fuselage half I will start on the wing bottoms. I saved them for last because I have to put the wheel wells in as well as the exhaust in the nacelles. That will take a little time also.

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