tomprobert Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Iain (32SIG) said: Also going to glue the two halves of that infamous turret together and polish - ready to copy a pattern for vacuum forming. Laters... Iain Hello Iain, I’d be dead keen to purchase a set of vacform turrets from you - do you plan to do the rear turret as well? All the best, Tom alanash1963 and LSP_Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 1 hour ago, npb748r said: just had the postie deliver mine, it's big and beautiful - my biggest issue is that I keep changing my mind about colour scheme, think it will be RAF coastal command but I need to put more effort into this. Always had a thing for sub hunters. Wonder if anyone would release a conversion with the required radars, rockets, depth charges, etc? That would be a pretty cool Liberator, although my preference would be for the earlier version with the glass nose, chin radome & rockets on the forward fuselage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109ace Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) A kind member who loves you all and wants you to be happy has kindly offered his turret parts to me and has them in the mail. ( I hope ) I will be releasing a resin and vacuformed replacement set for this model. and as I did in 1/48th for the Monogram Liberators, I will offer two different sets. one Emerson/ Consolidated pairing, and a twin Consolidated pair for those wishing to do birds so equipped. Realizing time is money. Winter is setting in, and folks have lots of building time, I will have these sets available in my Ebay store within a day of getting them from our friend. So maybe next week? Watch this space for details. Edited December 24, 2018 by 109ace LSP_K2, tomprobert, Nigels modelling bench and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 12 minutes ago, 109ace said: A kind member who loves you all and wants you to be happy has kindly offered his turret parts to me and has them in the mail. ( I hope ) I will be releasing a resin and vacuformed replacement set for this model. and as I did in 1/48th for the Monogram Liberators, I will offer two different sets. one Emerson/ Consolidated pairing, and a twin Consolidated pair for those wishing to do birds so equipped. Realizing time is money. Winter is setting in, and folks have lots of building time, I will have these sets available in my Ebay store within a day of getting them from our friend. One day to complete masters and start production of sets? You’ve got to be kidding us.... are you the same guy that flogged those resin P-51 tails with fillets for the Revell P-51? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 well done Kevin, i'll take a set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109ace Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, alaninaustria said: One day to complete masters and start production of sets? You’ve got to be kidding us.... are you the same guy that flogged those resin P-51 tails with fillets for the Revell P-51? Not kidding. I don't have a real job. I got the time. I also have conquered the learning curve with my two turret sets for the Monogram 1/48 Liberator kit. These two sets are my hottest seller since release a couple months ago. Lessons learned with these will serve me well with the Hobby Boss turrets. https://www.ebay.com/itm/302911252907 https://www.ebay.com/itm/302888809947 Edited December 24, 2018 by 109ace LSP_Matt, zerosystem, Martinnfb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I'm sure many here will be curious to see what you come up with. I'm sure there will be a bunch of A/M goodies produced over the next year. Such a great kit for Alclad fans. 109ace and LSP_Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 8 hours ago, Iain (32SIG) said: OK - have a 22% Davis airfoil, as applicable to the B-24, that I'm reasonably happy with - and that appears to match photos of the real aeroplane. Have done a quick overlay in Photoshop and have a plan - will start a build thread later today and illustrate what I'm thinking. Also going to glue the two halves of that infamous turret together and polish - ready to copy a pattern for vacuum forming. Will also do a full review of the kit, with observations so far, for this site over the Christmas period. Laters... Iain You finished yet!!!!! Turret order here aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markjames1968 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Using T Cut for 2 mins followed by a bit of toothpaste it takes about 4 minutes to get the front turret crystal clear, even the join isnt that visible Out2gtcha and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 DCs for an RAF one? Watch this space.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Oooh - that would be good - leaning towards a Coastal Command one now! I've failed miserably today to get photos to start a build thread - but will get something up over next few days. Have a Very Happy (and 'Liberating') Christmas everyone!! Iain LSP_Matt and John1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkis Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Iain - good luck with the build - please announce it here so we can hop on over to check it out! Merry Christmas all! Clark alanash1963 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgunns Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 17 hours ago, Dave Roof said: Local Hobbytown had three on the shelf a few days ago. Stopped in yesterday to kill some time and all three were gone. Fortunately for me, I fall in the "TLAR (that looks about right)" category when it comes to the B-24. Would love to do a PB4Y-1 of either VMD-154 or VMD-254. It won't be perfect or 100% accurate, but it will look cool as s#!t when it's done! Go for it Dave: IT would be cool, it's the concept and execution. All we need is an ERCO Ball Turret. alanash1963 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titan Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 3 hours ago, mgunns said: Go for it Dave: IT would be cool, it's the concept and execution. All we need is an ERCO Ball Turret. Working on it. alanash1963, rafju and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Roof Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 3 hours ago, titan said: Working on it. Nice work, I'll definitely be on the look out for the completed turret and overall conversion. Hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas! alanash1963 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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