TimW

I don't think so. But plastic card is my friend... Tim W

And this Pic would seem to indicate no ball turret position. Progress! http://www.b24bestweb.com/tokioexpress1.htm

The Resin2Detail engines are nice, but may have to do some creative sanding to get them to fit. We'll see... Tim W

Got my Osprey on B-24s in the PTO. Nothing really helpful, apart from tantalizing glimpses of what the "improvised" ball turrets looked like. Hmph. I figure I have two options--just put the turret on (it looks good anyway) or blank it out and cover the hole in the flooring and call it turretless. It's not like you can see it that well. But still. Apart from the two pics I posted earlier, no real idea of what that set up looked like. So onward... Tim W.

Excellent work! Tim W

Was thinking of doing Tokio express--I have a nice decal sheet. https://www.super-hobby.com/products/B-24D-Liberator-90th-Bomb-Group-The-Jolly-Rogers.html#gallery_start Interesting the artwork shows no ball turrets on those aircraft--that would be easier to scratch build! Tim W

It is very different. The only pix I've found are at this link: https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/alternate-b-24-belly-turret.34925/page-2 And they don't really help me get an exact idea of how this thing looked/worked. Cheers, Tim W

OK--got most of the base done. I used that purple foam stuff they sell at Home Depot to build up the terrain, cut the trench with the inexpensive heat wand thing I got from Amazon. Balsa wood also involved. Used plaster impregnated cloth to cover everything, then some additional plaster to fill in gaps, some AK interactive mud stuff I've used on armor kits. Assorted other terrain stuff consisting of ballast, lichen, gravel etc from Custom Dioramics and elsewhere. The sand bags are from Green Stuff World (found on internet). You simply glue them on, wet them with a white glue/water mix and let them dry. I will probably paint them/weather them a bit more though to dull down the color which is pretty close to accurate anyway. Wire comes from Green Stuff World again, very easy to work with. Tank obstacles are from MiniArt. The whole thing will need to be flat coated at the end as it's a bit shiny. Will also be adding some Camo netting in various places. More to come.

I don't think they had to retract it--the "dish" seems to have been almost flush with the bottom of the fuselage and there was 1 or 2 .50 cals mounted there. Not sure how useful it was as a gun position. I'll let you know what I find out, if anything. Cheers, Tim W.

As if I don't have enough work to do, I'm also doing an Omaha Beach dio for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. I have the base fairly well developed at this point--pics to come! This will show elements of the 29th ID reaching a German MG position and getting ready to take it out, as the gunners are distracted and reloading. I have a bunch of different Dragon/DML figures and Tamiya ones I'll be using. Stay tuned! Tim W.

I have made some progress with the interior using Eduard PE and am scratch building a radar set. Need up upload some pics! Tim W.

Agree about the CW turret! It is excellent. Still not sure how to handle the improvised ball turret that 5th AF Birds had. May just wimp out and go with the ball turret for my sanity's sake. We'll see. Tim W.

Hoping to make some progress this weekend!

Found these to go with my Stringbag. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/icm-32118-wwii-pilots-british-naval-aviation--1504674

Good like with the Handley-Page! It looks great! Cheers, Tim W.