75th Anniversary of 1943 (World at War)

Back to building, or painting again.  Doing touch ups and test fitting the deck.  

Looks like everything is coming along very fine, Scott.  Nice looking ship!

Just popping in with a progress report on my 1/700 Lexington.

Got much of the PE installed, am all masked up and ready to lay on the top coat of 5N dark blue.

Nice to have you with this GB, too, tj.  I've added the 110 to the build roster.  Thanks for your participation.  Looking forward to watching your progress.

Thank you Scott for watching and you comments.

Great looking B-24 Crown.  Congrats on a fine model.

Scott

Front page is now updated with the photo, Nick.

Thanks again for your participation.  

Thank you  CM I like the last one also and I’ll start on the other track for gb 44

Exquisite Liberator, Nick, in construction and finish.

Do you have a preference for the front-page photo?  I'd assume the last one, that shows the nose art.

Thanks for being part of the GB.  Be glad to see you in '44!

Thank you CM for letting take part in this GB. I tried to take the best photos I could. This model is just too big. I cant remember when I bought this kit but I started it in 1/28/18 and finished it 4/22/19, 1yr,4 months,22days my new record for longest build.

Academy 1/72 B-24D. Painted with tamiya acrylics, weathered with master touch oil paint and chalk.

The decals are from kits world representing The witch 343BS 98BG Libyan Desert 1943.

On return from the Ploesti raid, it was jumped by 6 Bf-109's she crashed landed in Dubrovnik Croatia where 8 crew were POW the other 4 escaped.

next 1944 GB.......

Excellent work, Nick.  You've achieved a very convincing and appealing effect. 

still working on display! but here is my latest pic... with guns and aerials in place.

Looking forward to the final photos, Nick!

CM and Ben many thanks it’s pretty much done. I need to make a larger background for final pics , the plane is larger then I’m used to. I have the small parts placement..

I really like the fade on the B24. The colors and glass nose all look top notch to me. 

Great job!

Ben

Great results, Nick.  Very neat work.  Looking good!

productive a.m. installed canopy and glass nose...

its similar it takes a while to dry, but I did use tamiya thin cement on a small corner of the quarter window to the fuselage we’ll see in a.m.

Good to hear that nothing was completely and irretrievably ruined.  It's been so long since I build a Liberator, I don't remember how I dealt with the canopy.  Might have used plain old white glue--but isn't that essentially what Testors clear part glue is?  

Good luck with it!

thank you CM. Yes it very fiddy I brought back memories. I tried to glue them on saturday with testors cement for clear parts and dodged a major bullet. The got in between the quater window and the top of the canopy walked away from it puffed on a cigar 20 min tried again a the glue came off like liquid mask !!!! YES !! thats the pic I took after clean up. I will try again with tamiya thin cement on quarter window to fuselage 1st.

Nice glass work, Nick.  I remember that three-piece canopy being pretty fiddly to install.

CM many thanks finished with the glass .

Outstanding work, Nick.  The bleached effect looks very good! 

Scottrc many thanks I used black and brown chalk for the pannels.

CM again I used black and brown chalk for exhaust stains tried not to over board.

my lastest pics sprayed the model with tamiya clear flat and gave it a bleached effect. I added the engines, props, super chargers, landing gear and opened front bomb bay 

Nice work, Nick.  The exhaust stains particularly look good.

That B-24 is coming along really well Crown. Good blend of the panel lines and streaking. 

Here is my updated pic with pannel wash and chalks for exhaust stains need to start on the belly now. I still masking that nose. I dont know whats worse masking or BMF.

crown r n7

CM thank you the sheet is from kits-world war birds it also came with grumpy. I do have the micro scale sheet #72-24 famous B-24 bombers( the witch) form the 90's looks very strange cheep.

Thank you CM and Dwayne .

I sprayed tamiya desert yellow let it dry for day then sprayed a Very thinned tamiya flat flesh coat. The gloss clear deepened the “desert pink “ let’s see after the washes what clear flat does . Still working on the masking of the nose ,rear turret and canopy.