brahman104 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Thanks for the very informative description there Patrick! That makes it sound pretty straight forward. How did you go locating the windows on the sides? They look spot on from the photos Cheers, Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the very informative description there Patrick! That makes it sound pretty straight forward. How did you go locating the windows on the sides? They look spot on from the photos Cheers, Craig I enlarged this set of drawings :">http:// Edited April 17, 2018 by patricksparks brahman104, KiwiZac, Model_Monkey and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Thanks to a fellow LSP'er, I was made aware that the vertical stabalizers need to be moved up 3/16" , I plan to cut the mounting portion of the stabs with the fillets out carefully , move them down 3/16" and fill above, I will have to move the raised panel on the outside of the stabs as well and move the one slot in the rudders. ">http:// Edited April 17, 2018 by patricksparks Kagemusha, Trak-Tor, brahman104 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 This is great stuff Patrick. The stabiliser move looks challenging, but seeing what you've done with the fuselage, I'm pretty sure you'll be fine with it! Thank you for documenting all the changes you're making along the way. Craig patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 A little more progress, figured I should start work on the interior so that I will be able to close up the fuselage at some point down the road. I'm trying not to "over" detail as most of the rear fuselage interior won't be visible due to the small windows of the early models. One note, I have to wonder how the kit manufacturers always leave out the armored door/bulkhead that is directly behind the upper turret on the early model B-25s ??? I have photos that clearly show it. The black object on the port fuselage half is the life raft receptical. I also opened the top of the kit's rear bomb bay bulkhead where the crawl space to the foward cabin is located on top of the bomb bay. [/url]">http://https://postimg.org/image/s5sh3elyl/'> Kagemusha, Trak-Tor, Greg W and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Was it the same turret or will you be making changes to that ? And the lower turret ? Extended or retracted ? Exciting !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) Was it the same turret or will you be making changes to that ? And the lower turret ? Extended or retracted ? Exciting !! I found that the kit turret is actually the right shape looking at photos of the real thing. The only modification I'm going to make is to polish out the multiple seam lines that were on the later turrets, the early C/D models only had the one glue joint going across the center left to right and some internal reinforcement strips glued on each side of the barrel ports internally. I will also have to put the opening in the front of the turret where the gun sight slightly protruded, early C/Ds had a different type of sight that didn't move with elevation, it had an internal mirror that moved up and down where as the gunners head didn't have to tilt back and forth as the guns were elevated and lowered. The lower turret I will have to make, I will probably leave it retracted as I preffer the look of the slightly exposed portion for some odd reason ??? [/url]">http:// Edited March 2, 2018 by patricksparks Gigant, Uncarina, BiggTim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean luc Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 fabulous work, for me one of the most beautiful variant of B 25 patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Great start! I'll be following along - and may even dig mine out again - your build is inspiring me... Iain patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Fantastic research work, I love projects where you're actually creating something new and unique, always a joy to stop by, thank you for that. Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 What a great project, I must confess that to me the early B25's look so much better than the later ones. Cheers Dennis patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Wow, that's an ambitious bit of work Patrick! Great start too and it appears as though you've got a great handle on the necessary modifications you'll need to do. Very cool! Cheers, Wolf patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) Tail planes rework success, I was able to cut out the recepticals in the vertical stabs that the horizontal stab plugs into. To my suprise I realized the the sockets are symetrical, so I was able to cut them out with the 3/16" off -set and simply swap them out left to right. Now I just have to reproduce the blank out cover and rudder hinge point on the outside of the stabilizer.">http:// Edited April 17, 2018 by patricksparks sandokan, Kagemusha, Spads57 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) GLUED.. ">http:// Edited April 17, 2018 by patricksparks Iain, Gazzas, Trak-Tor and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Great work on the vertical stabs patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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