Just started Revell's B-25J in 1/48 scale that I received as a Christmas present.

The build will be out of the box with some quickboost barrels to replace the awful kit barrels.

I will be using Montex masks and will most likely be building the Soviet lend-lease version that Montex provides markings/masks for.

I started last night with some test fitting and adding a little detail in the bomb bay. . . I am not going to be "super detailing" anything but since I plan on leaving the bomb bay open I wanted to add a little detail to this section.

I am also thinking about trying to use a pounce wheel for doing some riveting on the fuselage. . . any suggestions as to what size wheel I should use? helpful tips or tutorials you have used?

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A great entry, my friend @dbutlr! The finished model will look gorgeous in Soviet markings.
Looking forward to it!

Worked in the cockpit over the weekend. After spending some time researching I went with the dark green color for the cockpit and zinc chromate for the rest of the aircraft. I added some very basic shoulder belts from Tamiya tape and an armor plate for the pilot made from the plastic of a sour cream lid. . . the material was soft and easy to work with but does not respond well to glue or paint!

Next up will be the zinc chromate color in the rest of the plane

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To me those seatbelts look nice, David @dbutlr
They add some realism to the seats. IP looks great as well.

Very nice progress David, @dbutlr, on your interior. There is a lot of detail that Monogram put in those kits that really isn't visible once assemble, but to me just adds to the fun of the build. Take a look at the pictures posted on this page, there are some incredible interior shots here that I wish I had had when I was building my birds. https://www.lasegundaguerra.com/viewtopic.php?t=9122

Yours is comeing along nicely and I think is going to look great.

Looking amazing so far, my friend @dbutlr!

short update:
1) I painted the 3 500lbs bombs and installed them in the bomb bay- not sure that the yellow lines on them are accurately situated but they look nice enough to me

2) I added nose weight and am hopefully that it will be enough to keep it from tail sitting!

3) both fuselage halves have been carefully sealed up with Tamiya extra thin cement and superglue

4) the fit of the glass in the nose was terrible so after careful test fitting and brainstorming I added spacers of styrene strips to widen the front of the airplane to accommodate the glass which was too wide to begin with. This was carefully cut down with a #11 Xacto blade and sanded smooth. With some additional shimming in the navigators compartment the glass canopy fits about 95% better!

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Great work done, David @dbutlr
Looks really great already.