Bombers & Support Units Group Build

Thanks Huxy, I do entend to make other badges for mulination units.

Aggieman, yes just about any bombers are eligible.

Well, I made progress so far on my B-25.  This is the classic Monogram B-25, in 1/72.  Its a crude kit by today's standards, but still fun to build.  The figures arent the best, so they got basic painting.  I did manage to scratchbuild some bulkheads in the ockpit and nose to block off the open fuselage [showing the nose weights].  Speaking of weights, I THOUGHT I was good when I put 4 pine wood derby weights under the cockpit....wrong.  I had to add two to each engine nacelle [front of it] and another 3 to the nose before it would sit right.  And speaking of stance, when on its wheels, should a B-25 have a nose up cant, or should the fuselage be parallel to the ground?  The kit gear gives it a very visible upward cant.  Oh, and masking the canopy was a nightmare.  The molded in frame....is on the inside. The outside is perfectly smooth.

Here's a few pics so far. 

Nice job so far on your B-25 viper, I know what you mean about it being a nightmare for making, I did a B-29 at the beginning of the year, that was a nightmare.  I would think it should sit up right, on a table.

I've made some progress on my 52's, I glued the two halfs together tonight, and after lighty sandy the edges, so to better the changes of them lineing up right.

Well, though it was an uphill battle all the way, my B-25 is finally done.  This is the Revell B-25, box scale [around 1/96th] and the mold is from 1953. I built it mostly OOB, with only minor scratch building to add a rear bulkhead to the cockpit and nose gunner [to hide the lead weights.] The color is a mixture that I had made up for my P-39Q, however it came out very different on this model due to its grey primer base, versus the OD base of the -39.  Enjoy!

Now once I can get a couple of odd jobs off the workbench, I plan on building a P-38 Lightning, which I would like to add to this GB. 

Does this kind of fighter escort count?

Just a couple of preliminary questions:  Does the scope of this GB include carrier-based bombers, e.g., single- or twin-engine jet or prop attack A/C?  Second, how about Navy buddy tankers?

Dick