gunnyax Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Wow I can wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 1 hour ago, wunwinglow said: You're weird. Makes two of us.... Three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 32 minutes ago, DeanKB said: Three. It looks ugly as sin to me... ...but I'd probably buy one. wunwinglow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 We need an ERCO nose turrent ASAP. PB4Y-1 baby!! Although it would look magnificent in NFM. Cheers Collin Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 36 minutes ago, Collin said: PB4Y-1 baby!! Oh my YES! But if Im honest (and a bit greedy since the bloody kit hasnt even come out yet) Id rather have a conversion for this: BloorwestSiR, Jan_G, scvrobeson and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Looks pretty good from here. One thing has occurred to me: an ambitious kit like this will provide a lot of cottage industry aftermarket parts. There are a great many subtle, and some not so subtle variations to this plane; there should be quite a market developing in the next few years. Keep in mind this plane was the ideal canvas for nose art, with that big slab side. Vandy 1 VX 4, Out2gtcha and Jan_G 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowen Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 8 hours ago, Jan_G said: Jan - Just out of curiosity.... since manufacturers tend not to paint these convention display models...are those vinyl tires on the model?? -Ro Jan_G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I think all of their aircraft kits have vinyl tires. Jan_G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Looks great apart from that nose turret split...no different to the ancient Monogram 1/48 kit...you think with todays moulding tech they'd be able to come up with a better solution. It's not like there even a piece of frame that goes across there on the real turret to atleast attempt to mask the join. That issue aside i like what i see so far!....can't wait....already know which B-24 im gonna build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 The nose turret seam is bad, but worst for me is the alignment pin and socket, which is pretty visible. Even if it was sanded off, there’s usually a groove left because the hole for the pin is partially in the edge of the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Care to highlight the pin you are referring too please? I dont see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, Gerhard said: Care to highlight the pin you are referring too please? I dont see it. In the picture above, it’s that forward pointing cone shaped feature about 3/4 up the side of the join, just above the riveted glass framing. That’s the hole for the alignment pin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Oh, I see it now. But wont that be covered by paint when you paint the framework? Looks like it. (Partially concealed anyways). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Yea, they should have molded it with a right, center and left side instead of front and rear section. Especially the nose that sticks out there like (wait for it....) the nose on your face. Hello aftermarket! There's a great closeup of the Collins Foundation's B-24 nose turret if you google it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hansen Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) I'm not a tremendous fan of the Liberator, but as many have said it makes a wonderful canvas for nose art, and the plane could be tailored to suit so many different missions. I can see this kit selling well. I too am one of those who'd like to see a PB4Y-1, or a late war version with the broad "Bay Window" navigators position. I'm no shapes expert but it generally looks like -24, though i'd like to see a profile shot of the nose. Hasegawa nailed this area; Monogram and Academy, not so much.... Good thing i bought "Consolidated Mess' when i did. -d- Edited September 29, 2018 by David Hansen Out2gtcha, Vandy 1 VX 4 and Jan_G 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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