Dolittle Ride B-25

Started by capt. R · 214 · 2 years ago
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    Stephen W Towle said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    According to some the last flyable P-63 was lost. After watching the video several times no body had a chance to survive.
    There are fewer and fewer airframes to collect and rebuild or builders plates to attach to new build fire walls to keep these treasures in the air.

    Some strong work on the B-25 Lis (@lis) . Your bring out the best in this kit.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Great work on the Mitchell, Bernard @lis
    The los of those people, just enjoying their hobby, is a very sad.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    I don’t like masking

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    With this amount of masking I fully understand, Bernard @lis

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    You might not like masking, but your masking jobs are perfect, my friend @lis!

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    capt. R said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Today, while cutting out small parts, the ladder to the rear hatch under the fuselage broke. Damn... I wonder what to do now? The shape of the hatch is slightly different than the front hatch (it is a hair longer), because at first I thought to replace it with the front hatch ladder, which I closed due to the weight of the nose of the plane. In the meantime, the mounting pins for closing the rear hatch have already been cut out, so the closing of the second hatch will be difficult because it will not hold as well. What do you think about it?

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Maybe glue the broken hatch and fill/sand the small seams, my friend @lis

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    A real pity, Bernard @lis
    At least you might try to glue the broken part like mentioned by Spiros @fiveten

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    capt. R said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Finally I cut of steps. Glueing and sandind didn’t bring possitive effects. Ladder in plane could be in up or down position. So will be in up position. What do You think about it?

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Up is perfect, my friend @lis!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Up is a good choice, Bernard @lis

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    capt. R said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Today I try to handbrush exhaust pipes. Unfortunetly some paint leak under masking tape. Damn! Place very hard to repaint. What do You think about it?
    Edit. I try to repaint this places. I used diluted Neutral Grey nad made few airbrush snaps on it. I think it works. I very gently correct painting between right fuselage and wing (bitu NG and OD color). Tomorrow ( oh sorry, today) I will make photo of overall painting.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Repainting looks great, as do the exhausts, my friend @lis!
    All good!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Very nice result, Bernard @lis
    What paint did you use for the exhausts.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @johnb @fiveten Thank You!
    This paint is H76 Burned Iron from Mr Hobby.
    @stephen-w-towle
    @gblair
    @fxrob
    @airbum
    @tcinla
    Edit. In the morning I want to try sth new. Smoke on exhauts by hand airbrush painting. I hope You like it. And overall look for finished painting. I used OD C13. But on Pearl Harbor movie planes were more dark. What do You think about it?
    PS. Open flaps make model more realistic! But You need to fit them after overall painting. I used good clear glue from Tamiya. I think masking de-icing boots before painting was good idea.

    Enybody knows why one of the exhaust is longer?

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