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B-25J Betty's Dream(ing) of a French Kiss


BloorwestSiR

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Yup, it's in there all right. Almost have this side done.

 

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If your going to put all the radios in, I decided to get the Eduard B-17 radio compartment set as it has all the same equipment as far as the different components carried, plus you get a couple oxygen indicators/regulators you can add onto your cabin walls plus some other bits and pieces that can be used. I also looked into Resin 2 Detail who makes 1:32 radios(less expensive too) but I don't think the set has all of the radios that were carried on B-25s, the castings look really nice though and the set is probably enough components to make due once you close up the fuselage you probably won't notice.

Pat

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If your going to put all the radios in, I decided to get the Eduard B-17 radio compartment set as it has all the same equipment as far as the different components carried, plus you get a couple oxygen indicators/regulators you can add onto your cabin walls plus some other bits and pieces that can be used. I also looked into Resin 2 Detail who makes 1:32 radios(less expensive too) but I don't think the set has all of the radios that were carried on B-25s, the castings look really nice though and the set is probably enough components to make due once you close up the fuselage you probably won't notice.

Pat

I thought about the Eduard B-17 set as well as the Resin2detail ones. The Resin2detail ones worked out to be almost double due to really high shipping. I ended up getting a set from Australia on eBay that were much more reasonable. The guy has a front radio compartment as well as a radio set so I ordered one of each.

 

And thanks again for your inspiration and advice on the ribbing.

 

Carl

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It looks like somewhere over the Solomons...

Ernie's the reason I mentioned it it looks like the Solomon's in Baa Baa Black Sheep to be exact on the left of the photo you see two points one has a break water and the second row rocks jetting out at the farther point doesn't but you see a white building which I think is the Hueneme lighthouse. Which would be the harbor for US Navy Seabees

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Thanks Jari!

 

Those pics confirm what I suspected which is that the gun mount is not in the right place. It's centered and should be closer to the rear edge where the opening is.

 

Carl

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What do you guys think?

 

 

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I'm reminded of the quote from "Contact" where the guy says "Why build one at full price when you can have two for double?" or something like that.

 

Anyways, I started on the starboard side. I figured the best place was the round escape hatch just aft of the waist window.

 

I started by cutting out a circle 17mm in diameter. This was edged with a strip of 0.015 x 0.030 which I curled a bit before gluing it to the edge.

 

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With the edge completely in place.

 

 

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I then added the internal bracing to match the rivet pattern on the outside.

 

 

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I then measured the distance from the waist window and glued it in place.

 

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