Looks familier did you have any trouble attaching the engines to the wings? I have a large seam/gap/ridge that I am having trouble getting rid of. I did find that the best way to attach the cowls was 2 part epoxy. I hope it helps: S_D

I got a chance to work on the build this evening as Ezra, my grandson went home.  The house is too quiet!  lol!  Ezra helped me with the fueselage.  It went together very well.  The only issue I saw was the tail.  It had a nice beautiful gap, fixing it with some Tamiya White putty did the job.  lol!  

I will go ahead and continue with the build.  The next step will be sanding the putty on the tail and making adjustments as needed.  Here is what has been completed.  Thank you all for the support.  I greatly appreciate it!  

satiable

Looking very good so far.. can't wait to see the rest of this build.

Shawn

 

Your friend, Toshi

Your friend, Toshi

scottrc

Good that no gaps appeared in the fueslage.  I always had a slight mis-alignment at the bombbay.

Hope that the gaps between the engine narcells and the wing won't be a problem.

Scott

 

Looking very good so far.. can't wait to see the rest of this build.

Shawn

Good that no gaps appeared in the fueslage.  I always had a slight mis-alignment at the bombbay.

Hope that the gaps between the engine narcells and the wing won't be a problem.

Scott

There is no gaps in the fueselage.  There is only the need to take care of the seams.

The other half of the fueselage.

Here are some progressions of the build.  Notice the weathering in the fueselage, my 2 year old grandson and I worked on that.  I think he did a pretty good job as my helper.

Gamera

Hope things go well for Mrs. Toshi!

 

The B-25 is looking good.

 

Your friend, Toshi

Hope things go well for Mrs. Toshi!

The B-25 is looking good.

DesertRat

 

 

Toshi

To DesertRat

            I appolagize for such a late response, I was shuttling Mrs. Toshi to University Hospital back and forth in downtown Cleveland.  Right at Case Western Reserve.  

Since I‘m going to hang the B-25 on the wall, I’ll be forgoing the heavy weight

Than you!

Your friend, Toshi

 

 

 

 

No worries, Tosh.Hope the Mrs is doing better. 

 

Your friend, Toshi

Toshi

To DesertRat

            I appolagize for such a late response, I was shuttling Mrs. Toshi to University Hospital back and forth in downtown Cleveland.  Right at Case Western Reserve.  

Since I‘m going to hang the B-25 on the wall, I’ll be forgoing the heavy weight

Than you!

Your friend, Toshi

 

No worries, Tosh.Hope the Mrs is doing better. 

First I’ll weather the interior with Tamiya Master Weatherine Sets, then some painting and finally assembling the fueselage halves.  This turned out really good.  Nice clean strong bonds with a great looking set of the interior.  

Your friend, Toshi

Here is the AB fueselage.  Painting and detailing the fueselage interior should be a nice change as the small parts are noticeable.

On this kit I decided to try and build up the interior fueselage first prior to AB.  Doing this, to fuse the small pieces to the interior without messy paint/glue issues.  Unlike other techniques as an example: To paint/AB each piece prior to assembly.  I got a strong connection/bond fuse) of each piece.

Chemteacher

...been away for a while. With school back in session, I’ve had no bench time. I’ll try to keep up with this build. I have this one in my stash. Mr. Toshi, continued prayers for you guys. Take care.

 

Your friend, Toshi

mic53mlb

I built the Revell kit back in the early 80's watching Spencer Tracy in 30 Seconds Over Tokyo ! That was a fun build for a 10 year old kid ( I used to build kits in a day or two back then), raised panel lines and what have you, I wonder if they improved the kit at all over the years ? Anyway, this looks like a fun build, enjoy !!

 

Your friend, Toshi

Hobbie

About the moulded weight, if you manage to get your hands on the old Accurate kit (NOT the reboxing), they are included! I managed to track down their sharkmouth 25B and lucked out on an american online shop without getting ripped off by customs.

 

The glass house makes it tricky, the best place to put them - you don't have much choice! - is the bombardier tunnel (heavy fishing weights) and MAYBE add smaller weights under the greenhouse's floor (but I didn't try this one).

 

I saw some modellers putting additional weight in the front part of the engines, totally hidden by the kit's parts but in front enough to move the gravity center forward. Once again, I didn't try.

 

Your friend, Toshi

To DesertRat

            I appolagize for such a late response, I was shuttling Mrs. Toshi to University Hospital back and forth in downtown Cleveland.  Right at Case Western Reserve.  

Since I‘m going to hang the B-25 on the wall, I’ll be forgoing the heavy weight.

Than you!

Your friend, Toshi

About the moulded weight, if you manage to get your hands on the old Accurate kit (NOT the reboxing), they are included! I managed to track down their sharkmouth 25B and lucked out on an american online shop without getting ripped off by customs.

The glass house makes it tricky, the best place to put them - you don't have much choice! - is the bombardier tunnel (heavy fishing weights) and MAYBE add smaller weights under the greenhouse's floor (but I didn't try this one).

I saw some modellers putting additional weight in the front part of the engines, totally hidden by the kit's parts but in front enough to move the gravity center forward. Once again, I didn't try.

Toshi

 

 

DesertRat

That’s a great looking project, Tosh. Build reviews are pretty good for the mould too. I’m gonna be pretty interested in this one too. I’ve got it in my stash and thought the Finito Benito scheme would be different. I just want to see if I can get my hands on the custom weight I’ve heard about off the web. 

Best of luck in the build. I’m pretty excited to see it in progress. 

 

 

 

 

Yes, it is!  I too read the reviews and as you so correctly deduced, the reveiws speaks well for an older kit.  I’ve read up on the custom weight but I think I’ll forgo that route and just weight the front in the traditional manner.  Good luck with your build as well.

 

Your friend, Toshi

 

Thanks! That will be for another time for me, but I’m going to be sure I see how well your build goes. Just kinda on a whim, I did look up some AM decals from other Corsica B-25s, and I am tempted. So who knows? Maybe it might be in the near future...

Seems sort of hard to find the pre-moulded weights. Just in case, I would love to find out how much you add and where once you get to that part.

Keep on trucking, Tosh!

Mopar Madness

I already know this one is going to look fantastic! 

 

Your friend, Toshi

I already know this one is going to look fantastic! 

mawright20

Toshi, Best Wishes to the Family. The B-25 is my favorite airplane. Ive already built two of these kits. Right now I have the Binito/Hirohito version 1/2 completed the basement table. I'll either finish this one when I get home again or depending on condition start another.My daughters and I built the boxtop version the last time out. Mike

 

Your friend, Toshi