Very nicely painted, Michael @michaelt

Decided I didn’t like the RH side camo - not consistent with the rest - so repainted it.

Tom Cleaver (@tcinla)
Thanks Tom. I'll be working on these remaining tanks once I finish my family tribute build. It's a 100th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Group B-25J that was lost on April 8th, 1945. My Dad's cousin was on board as one of the 7 pilots in this B-25 who were practicing skip bombing and low level AAA evasion tactics. There were also three enlisted men on board as the gunners.

The last time they were seen alive, the B-25 had just peeled over into a Split S, and disappeared into a cloud bank. Moments later, the remaining aircraft on this training mission went down to see what happened to the B-25 that was being flown by the Unit Commander, who's last name was also Smith. He was a Captain, while my Dad's cousin (Tommy Smith), was a 1st LT. When the B-25's found the impact point in the Sulu Sea, all that was seen, was an oil slick and some small floating debris, like May West life vests and other small items. No bodies were observed, and the entire crew is still listed as MIA to this very day. The Sulu Sea is very deep in this region where the crash occurred, with the depths being a minimum of 10,000 feet.

I'm building a 1/48 scale Monogram B-25J solid gun nose kit for this project.

Michael Turner (@michaelt)
I'm going to agree with John here... You have done a great job with this repainting.
I will be back to work soon on finishing up the remaining pair of Sherman's and the Panzer Mk IV, once I get the family tribute B-25J done.

I'm pressed for time and have to get it completed and posted in the headline section on April 8th. This is the 80th anniversary of the loss of my Dad's cousin, who was a B-25 pilot and flying out of Palawan Philippines. His base was Puerto Princessa.

So I will be back soon... please stay tuned, and I look forward to seeing your next steps. You're doing a fine job here... Please keep it going.

Getting close to done.

The road wheels are on so just the fron tyres and the (dreaded) tracks to go here.

Not being very knowledgable on armour, I did a bit of research. I couldn’t find too much on units that operated the Drilling so have gone with a generic camouflage and the numbers 325.

I also added the 116 PzDiv badge on the front and rear. 116 operated in the 1944 Ardenes campaign and subsequent retreat into Germany.

The rear doors are not attached yet because I am thinking of leaving them hanging open.

I have to decide if I want to add the crew and am thinking of adding some foliage (another first for me).

Excellent so far, my friend @michaelt!

The tri-camo looks really good, Michael @michaelt
As does the entire build.