gunpowder Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Well She is finished. Big Bad Bonnie was the first B-25 i ever saw flying. Back in the early 80s at Stapleford in Essex. When Kitsworld produced the decals i new i had to build one. This one came up on ebay for a very good price so i snapped it up. The build went OK but it was one of those models where i had bad luck along the way. First of all i accidently poked the seats out after the model was already finished. This meant i had to get them back in through the turret opening , then the dog got hold of the nose glazing and cracked it. Luckily my friend had a spare one , then one of the scratchbuilt exhausts fell into the rear of the engine , which meant i had to pull the engine off to get it back out. The model Has been modified to represent the TB-25 , so i had to remove some exhaust stubs form the cowlings and make a new exhaust. The hardest part was scratchbuilding the new taller squarer carb intakes. It is fitted with SAC metal legs. I had seen and heard bad things about these but mine were perfect. The noseweight is the profimodeller one but i needed to add more to it so be aware! Wheels are the superb Brassin one. Prop blades are loon models and of coarse the decals from Kitsworld. Im very please its done , but im starting to wish i had gone for a 1/48 one. Its a bit large and i dont really know where to put it! Zero77, mywifehatesmodels, SinuheH and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Oh yeah, looks very worth the price of completion - that Bonnie's sure big and bad a--! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Lovely work and a really great result!!! Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz826 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Looks very nice! I have to get back to work on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Beautiful and a build so well done. :thumbsup: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Looking very impressive Andrew, i especially like the first picture shown, gives a realistic impression of the B25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 That looks great Andy! May I publish it on the website? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Indeed you may Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Heres a photo of Bonnie taken from the internet. Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 It looks great, also a special build even them bad luck things during the build, but you fixed it with it all and hard work involved, and now it is finnished. also im pretty shure you will find a nice place at home to show it where you can see it and gives you a joy. Ps yes ive followed your build log on this one. /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Thanks! Nigel of Kitsworld has kindly put it on his webite. http://www.kitsworld.co.uk/index.php?EXTPICFILE=2&CATEGORY=3&SUB=2&THISPAGE=1&RADIOSORT=4&STRH=2499&ORDN=2350&STKNR=291&RNZ=534029 Mal_Belford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Beautiful build! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks for the comments This model is now on ebay. I have had a plan. I am giving 50% of the money to Children with Cancer UK the other half will pay for another model to allow me to do it all over again, Its a good way to raise money for charity doing something i love. Iain and Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 What a lovely idea! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 And here it is Andy! http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=2282 Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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