BloorwestSiR Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Here's my entry into the Iron Rain GB: I started this late last year but I believe I'm well under the 25% rule with just the engines being completed. If not, mods please feel free to move it to the WIP section. Here's most of the AM that I'll be throwing at this kit. In addition, there's the AMS prop blades and governors. Once I get this up to date, things may slow down a bit as I finish my F-4 first. Carl Edited April 20, 2018 by BloorwestSiR ShotMagnet, Dragon, sandokan and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 This is my favorite version of the B-25. Lots of goodies too! Look forward to your build! Mike BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I have the awesome canon nose ! Ill pay close attention to this Carl. What brass barrel setts do you have ? D o you need that m a ny ? Thats the last bit of AM i think i need.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 This is my favorite version of the B-25. Lots of goodies too! Look forward to your build! Mike Thanks Mike! I was torn between Betty's Dream and Hot Gen as flown by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. So my solution is to do both, starting with Betty. Dragon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 I have the awesome canon nose ! Ill pay close attention to this Carl. What brass barrel setts do you have ? D o you need that m a ny ? Thats the last bit of AM i think i need.....Harv Thanks Harv! I have the Master 0.50 cal barrels. There's six pairs for the build: - 4 pairs in the nose - 1 pair in the upper turret - 1 pair in the sides - 1 pair in the tail Which adds up to seven pairs!??! Bestest math. Good thing there's another one in the box after checking. It may be cheaper to get the B-17G set if that has enough in the set. What markings are youth inking of for your build? Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) I started my build with the engines. Here's most of the engine parts off the sprues for seam clean up and prep. I started painting the various parts in their respective colours. At this point I remembered that HK moulded an extra set of pushrods onto the engines. I removed the extra ones and kept the rings they were moulded into so the cylinder bank spacing would stay correct. You can see one them in the middle of the pic. One of the things I wanted to try was wiring a radial engine. So I carefully drilled out the ring on the AMS governors and attached some fine silver wire. Then I finished the main engine assembly. With the ignition wires painted black. That's were I am at this point. Edited January 2, 2018 by BloorwestSiR ShotMagnet, KiwiZac, kkarlsen and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Engines look the part Carl. Im gonna do Barbie III.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Cool Harv! If you need the decals for her, let me know. I think they're on the Hot Gen sheet and I can send them to you. Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I have a set. Also i have masks for the stars and bars. I understand that the kit decal stars are not the right size....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I love the strafer. I wanted to do one as a PBJ-1J, but I found there's only one decal set out there, and it's for a CAF warbird not an actual operational USMC plane. Vandy 1 VX 4 and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Nice start on the B-25 Looking forward to see more Mark BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I love the strafer. I wanted to do one as a PBJ-1J, but I found there's only one decal set out there, and it's for a CAF warbird not an actual operational USMC plane. Almost all the PBJ's have generic markings so you can have a good chance to do any one of them. BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 That wiring looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Coooooool! This was a great kit. Other than some minor detail corrections it goes together really nice.I went the same way with the aftermarket too.If your so inclined, take a look at the the cowling openings, as from documentation I found, they were substantially too small OOB. I used a large wooden dowel of the correct diameter wrapped in 600 grit sandpaper (tapered on a lathe at the end right before the sand paper to make sure the openings got enlarged symmetrically all the way around and centered) to open them up to a more realistic size. Looking forward to more progress! Dragon, sandokan, BloorwestSiR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 I have a set. Also i have masks for the stars and bars. I understand that the kit decal stars are not the right size....Harv That's good to know Harv but like yourself I've got masks for the stars and bars as well as they're my preferred way to do insignias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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