I took a good look at the fuselage and decided that I I had lost most of the raised panel lines during construction, so it might be a good time to learn how to scribe panel lines for the entire fuselage. Who knew it would be this much fun? Just kidding. I have replaced portions of recessed panel lines lost during sanding on other models, but this is my first attempt at replacing all of the panel lines. I had all the tools, as well as a lifetime supply of Dymo Tape, so off I went. My first problem was finding a good diagram showing where the panel lines should be, so I used the raised panel lines on the model as a guide, then sanded them off after. When I got done, it looked a lot like my face after my first shaving attempt with a "real" razor when I was much younger. I had lots of things to fix when I got done, but I think it will be OK. I am hoping to leave the raised panel lines on the wings, which will result in a hybrid model with both raised and recessed lines. We'll see how it looks and re-scribe the wings if necessary. Getting close to bringing the wings, tail, and nose section together with the fuselage. This will probably be followed by more fill, sand, and repeat. At least it feels like I am moving forward. We are supposed to have some severe storms tonight, so hopefully more tomorrow. Cheers.

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Great approach which will end up with some nice panel lines, George @gblair
This is one of the parts (amongst many others) which I still need to master.

Impressive George,

Your attempts at scribing look as if a manufacture had done them. What I appreciate, when a modeler practices old school craftsmanship, is the art of creating vs assembling. Your more of a artesian practicing his craft with the scribing tools and tape than what a computer assisted machined mold can do. Its more personal seeing what the human hand can do with the plastic. The end result is warmer more personal model that says " I made this" vs what a machine has done. I have a chip on my should, when the Monogram B-25 was made slide rulers, pencil and paper where used to make this model. Artisans made wood models that where used to make patterns for cutting molds. I'm sure some of them where either a generation removed from WWII or were Vets. Apparently, the folks at Monogram had people look over the model to get feed back on their impression of the kit. For the accuracy police the kit was accurate but, left an impression that the model was cold and dead looking. They tweak some of the out lines or proportions, the cowlings are said not be perfect however, the over all impression left for the viewer say's the spirit and character of the B-25.
Your efforts George, will continue the tradition of making something vs assembling and showing what some of us old farts know as the B-25.

Keep up the good work.

Slowly, but surely, moving forward. I finished the panel lines on the fuselage, but I still need to fix the numerous places were the line wandered. The horizontal stabilizer is installed and filled, now waiting for sanding. I planned to install the fuselage portion for the bombardier, but discovered the fuselage part is more narrow than the glass for its top. It appears that the tops of the fuselage part are pinched in, but there is a flange just forward of the cockpit that the pieces slots into. It looks like the flange will force the sides into the correct shape and hopefully everything will be fine.

I was in our rented storage room looking for models to take for consignment when I came across a box that had three of Revell 1/48 B-25Js...the same one I was using for this kit. Apparently the fuselage is the basic of a B-25J with the basic nose, a B-25J with the 4 fixed machine guns cut through the glass, as well as the cannon-armed B-25. I am using the version with the 4 fixed machine guns in the nose which creates a bunch of unfillable holes in the nose glass. I discovered I had one of the basic versions with a nose glass that only had one fixed machine gun and a flexible mount. I think I can use this nose for my model and not have to wait for the Accurate Miniatures nose I got to replace the nose glass that I have. Yeah!

Everyone have a great weekend. Cheers.

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Very nice progress, George @gblair.
Quite some luck that you found this glass nose piece which will definitely make it a bit easier to deal with.
Nice solution on extending the floor.

Thanks, David (@dbutlr), John (@johnb), and Spiros (@fiveten). I feel better about the build now that I am getting closer to getting the wings and tail on the plane. The eyebrow window in the cockpit glass was tinted with dark green on the CB-25J, and I have been experimenting with Tamiya Clear Green. I had planned to airbrush it on, but it looks like I can get consistent results with a brush.

Re-scribing has been an "interesting" endeavor, David (@dbutlr) , and one I wouldn't have done if I had any other choice. With the many modifications to the fuselage, I lost a lot of panel lines. I felt like I had no other choice, so I dived in. Previously, the most I had done was to replace small areas lost when sanding the fuselage. I still need LOTS of practice, but I think this one is OK. I have the most problems working around the curved portions, for instance when a panel line transitions from the top to the sides. The raised panel lines on the wing survived nicely, so I plan to leave them. I am hoping primer and paint hide the fact that there are both recessed and raised panel lines on the model.

Hi, Bernard (@lis). I use photoetch saw blades from Tamiya for tight curves, such as wing leading edges. I have also used them in replacing lines lost to minor sanding. I have found that in this case, for a 1/48 scale model where most of the fuselage panel line were gone, that it might be worth trying something else. Since the panel lines are raised on this kit, it was also worth trying to replace them. I need a lot more practice, and I don't plan to replace the raised panel lines on the wings. We'll see how it goes.