1st Build. Revell 1/48 B 25J Mitchell.

Welcome to the forums and ty for sharing your first build.

I must say that is very courageous of you to incorporate photo etch on your first build. i was hesitant to try it until after about a years worth of models . The pics you sent didn't show up on my computer however.

Your brave. Took me years to try PE. Though i must admit when i started there was no choice. Those little levers are tricky, even in the larger scale. Some sets give you a couple spare which come in handy.

Look forward to seeing your progress.

welcome 

Welcome to the forum.  You can't say you started on your build without showing us pictures?  BTW, don't feel you have to use ALL of that PE, some items are simply not worth the trouble - or your sanity.

Nice looking pit thus far. Your brave in the kit more than the PE IMPO. The seem work needed on this kit is enough to make you go mad. Take your time closing it up and work the seem in small bits so you can control it as much as possible. Then you won't have as much work eliminating it afterwords. I too built this kit as my first or perhaps second kit after returning to the hobby and I really had some work with that seem. But, with patience and working slowly you can avoid a ton of work. Good luck. I'll be watching this one.

BK

Looks good! This kit is next for me so I'll be watching, although I'm going straight out of the box :)

Kied, welcome to the forum and the art of modeling. Indeed the use of photo etch is very ambitious on your fist build, especially since you B-25 has good detail out of the Box. If you become overwhelmed with it, just bail out and finish it as is (you will not see most of it once you close everything up). The B-25 is one of my favorites also. I have four Revell kits and four Accurate Miniature kits in my stash!

Thanks everyone and hello once again.  I have had some time of recent to work on the model a little more.  I have finished the cockpit, and, for a first timer I think it turned out decent.  Any critques for improvement are well welcomed.  I have included a few pics of the finished cockpit.

As my first build and being anxious to complete it, I don't know if I want to skip details on the interior of the plane where it will not show, or, use this as an oppurtunity to develop skill.

Also, are the lights on the wings head lights?  Did/do these planes have the indicator lights the white and red ones? I included a pic of the light on the wing I'm talking about.

As always thanks for taking your time to read and offer your insights.

You're doing some great work. Especially for somebody on their first build. 

The lights in the leading edge of the wings are landing lights. Bright lamps to light up ahead for landing during darkness. The wingtip lights are navigation lights: red on the left, green on the right. Plus others on the fuselage, red and white. 

Your latest pics did show up on my puter and I must say that you have done a beautiful job on the office. Not for a first timer but for one who has been modeling for years. 

A tip from your Uncle Jay;  for a simple but effective way to paint the side marker lights (that are molded into the kit ), first paint them with chrome silver, then use clear red or  clear green paint over the sliver . If the wing tip lights are separate clear parts ,drill a tiny hole in the back of the light and paint the hole clear red or green. Many of the WWII planes had red or green bulbs under clear lenses in the wing tips. 

For the wing leading edge landing lights, back the clear part ,or wing socket ,with aluminum foil or chrome silver paint before glueing them on.

Jay Jay

For the wing leading edge landing lights, back the clear part ,or wing socket ,with aluminum foil or chrome silver paint before glueing them on.

Completely agree. I use a roll of aluminum duct foil tape. I have had it for years and it will last the rest of my life. It works super as a reflector in landing lights on these kits and has a multitude of uses elsewhere on models.

Your kit is looking really good so far. 

BK

This is looking really nice!

Toshi

Hmmmm,

This may be your first model - but I would guess that you have some type of artistic background . . .  or you are very good at learning from reading posts.

Great, super clean job painting, nice wash on the interior surface, dry brushing (i think), very fine attention to detail.  These are not usually seen on a first time build.

Super nice job - you're making this modelling thing look easy !

Chris

This walk around has some good photos of the landing light, wingtip navigation light, and underwing ID lights.

https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/b-25/b-25j_walk2.shtml

Nice start. I think most everone has built this model at one time. Best of luck. Gary S.