sims Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi everybody I will not present the box of others we have already done but at first it's big and not bad at all. as you can see in the title it's a LIBERATOR yes but not that ... Wanting to get off the beaten track and avoid the decorations OliveDrab or Alu my choice fell on the B24 used by the Navy. for the historical part: In the summer of 1942, the navy needed a long-range aircraft to patrol the vast expanses of the Pacific. Other naval patrol aircraft, such as PBY-5 Catalina, PBM and PB2Y were too slow and poorly armed; a distinct disadvantage if they patrolled near the islands held by the enemy. In July 1942, the Air Force agreed to the Navy receiving a quantity of B-24D Liberators, which changed the designation to PB4Y-1 (PB Patrol Bomber, Modified 4th, Y-Consolidated Aircraft Company). The squadrons created will be designated VB for naval bombing until October 1944, at which time the designation will be changed to VPB for Bombardier Navy. The first PB4Y-1s differed little from the B-24s of the Air Force, but later versions showed a more obvious improvement in the form of the ERCO (Engineering and Research Corp.) bulb turret. it is this version that I will try to realize ... A total of 977 Liberators PB4Y-1 (the majority being D and J models) were received by the Navy before the end of the war. In the Pacific theater of operations, the Navy's PB4Y-1 squadrons were based in Western Pacific and Central Pacific (armed reconnaissance) search and strike operations (reconnaissance operations) against Japan. here I am a lot of preparation work and subsets ... I added some box and consoles in the radio part still a little bit of work in all the internal parts and I should be able to close. Uncarina, scvrobeson, leoasman and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Cool! so obvious question: how are going to make / source the turrets? Shawn M and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Nice start, very attractive scheme. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sims Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 19 minutes ago, nmayhew said: Cool! question si évidente: comment va faire / source les tourelles? I'm going to thermoform nmayhew, Martinnfb, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sims Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 here is erco turret thermoformed and scratchbuild... Dukie99, LSP_Kevin, easixpedro and 30 others 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Great work on the turret. Out2gtcha, sims and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Great work on the turret. X2! Martinnfb and sims 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 +1, or should that be x3? either way that looks impressive! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sims Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Hi everybody here are the following a few details and I close very sincerely we do not see much once the fuselage closed Martinnfb, Brett M, johncrow and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sims Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 hi everyone latest work on my PB4Y-1 Trak-Tor, dutik, Lothar and 29 others 31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Wow, VERY impressive! The ball turret and decals on, really sells it. Well done! Lothar, Troy Molitor, Martinnfb and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 That's a remarkable build, excellent paintwork and finish - what an eyecatcher that will be Lothar Martinnfb and sims 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoasman Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Wow wow wow! Looking amazing! I love the paint fading! Great progress! Any info you’d like to share on the weathering techniques you used? Leo sims and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Brilliant so far on a terrific subject!! weathering and colors look spot on. Cheers Collin Martinnfb and sims 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 yikes, thats really nice. Good choice of paint job. sims and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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