Bilgerat, the AM and Revell B's are out of production. They do show up on ebay, but it will cost you time, patience, and bucks - X 16.

I wanted to post here because I needed info on the planes, not the boat. And I don't pull any body's leg. Last year I sold a 1/6 scale B-25j ( G.I. Joe scale) Now I am using the money to Build the Hornet in 1/48. That works out to be 17' long. But enough about the boat, is the old Revell B-25B still available? I chose the Revell kit because of the price. Any other suggestions?

Bilgerat

Well I picked up the first of sixteen Revell  B-25-j models today to see what all is involved in converting them to B's. I think I am going to have to make my own molds for the cowls and waist gun filler panels. Watch this thread to see how a 1/48 scale aircraft carrier comes together!

Hope you're pulling our collective legs... But, in case you are serious..

You're better off buying 16 Accurate Minuatures B-25Bs...  There's a lot more to change on the J to back-date it to a B than waist windows and cowls... Starting with the fuselage being shallower starting from aft of the bombay all the way to the tail. It just gets tougher from there...  Outside of the wings, props, and gear, there isn't much in J kit you could use to accurately portray a B...  Although, you could get it to look like a J that's supposed to look like a B, like the B-25J/PBJ-1J "Special Delivery" that was vis-modded to look like the "Doolittle Raiders" B-25B..

"Special Delivery" prior to her "costume-change"

After as the  vis-mod. Actually, it looks closer to the A-model if you ask me, due to the lack of the turret)

B-25B:

Watch this thread to see how a 1/48 scale aircraft carrier comes together!

Heh.. Doncha think that that'd be better-suited in the "Ships Forum"?  Hpw long would a 1/48th scale "USS Hornet" be anyway? I'm thinking that a mobile home would be a starting point for the hull, no?

Well I picked up the first of sixteen Revell  B-25-j models today to see what all is involved in converting them to B's. I think I am going to have to make my own molds for the cowls and waist gun filler panels. Watch this thread to see how a 1/48 scale aircraft carrier comes together!

unless the guns were hald held in any way, i highly doubt that they would be suspended by cables. i know the 8-gun solid nose versions had solid racks to hold the guns with ammo below and between the guns kinda like a p-38. if it was a sort of "field modification" they may have been held up on a taught cable running either from the roof to floor, or from side to side(if its the four gun horizontal version you mean) but i cant find proof either.

Hello all! I am wanting to build several B-25's as they appeared during the Doolittle raid using the Revell kit. What conversion kits will I need?

Hey Everyone!

 I am working on the Accurate Miniatures B-25C/D kit right now and could use some help. I am making a version with the four 50-cal MG's in the nose, but the glass is not painted over as I am doing the "Lucky Bat" ship (Aeromaster Decals - Marauding Mitchells III). 

 I do have some extras from Verlinden for the B-25 Accurate Miniatures series that might help, but I need some more info on what the nose is supposed to look like behind the glass. I don't want to use the kit machine guns for an unpainted nose for obvious reasons. 

 Were the fixed 50's in the nose suspended with cables or do I have to scratch build an assembly to hold the guns and the auto loader eqt?

 Also, does anyone know what other interior details might have been discarded for this mod of the B-25? Camera boxes, chemical toilet, etc. 

 I am having a heck of a time finding pictures or detailed info that would help me out. 

 Thanks for your help!

  - SR 

Thanks... I got the front half done, and half of the rear fuselage... But I just can't get fired up on it right now...  In fact, Ihear cellos every time I look at it...

Da..dumm.... Da.. Dummm..

I'm rooting for ya Hans..!

and watching my movie to ...

VanceCrozier

A reminder that I need to make some more progress!

Me too... But all those freakin' ribs I gotta put in the fuselage breaks is killin' me, dayum..

VanceCrozier

Hans von Hammer:

 

 

Thanks.. I think so too... I've been watching the movie over and over, obstensively to be taking notes on the Home Run, but damned if I don't just keep watching the movie instead...

 

I hate when that happens!!!

A reminder that I need to make some more progress!

Thanks, Vance...

~bump!~

Hans von Hammer

 

 

Thanks.. I think so too... I've been watching the movie over and over, obstensively to be taking notes on the Home Run, but damned if I don't just keep watching the movie instead...

I hate when that happens!!!

OK now THIS one I will be able to finish hehehehe.

p38jl

VanceCrozier:

icer22x:

Is it me, or does that nose art for Home Run look a little... weird. Shouldn't his missile bat be contacting the Nazi ball and not held in the upward "I'm ready to swing" position - since the ball has already been hit? lol

 

Nahh, that's his follow-thru after crushing the swastika ball - it's all good!

 

also... look at the ball.its out of perspective to the figure.. the ball is flying towards you.. AFTER he hit is.. crushed the swastika and tearing the cover some..

 

Hans, this is gonna be good...

Thanks.. I think so too... I've been watching the movie over and over, obstensively to be taking notes on the Home Run, but damned if I don't just keep watching the movie instead...

VanceCrozier

 

 

Hutch - I've said it before, I'll say it again - that is a gorgeous finish on Sunday Punch!

Thanks, Man....it is proudly flying (hanging) in the man cave...nice to look up every once in a while and admire those sweet lines!!!

Hutch

VanceCrozier

icer22x:

Is it me, or does that nose art for Home Run look a little... weird. Shouldn't his missile bat be contacting the Nazi ball and not held in the upward "I'm ready to swing" position - since the ball has already been hit? lol

 

Nahh, that's his follow-thru after crushing the swastika ball - it's all good!

Hans, this is gonna be good...

icer22x

Is it me, or does that nose art for Home Run look a little... weird. Shouldn't his missile bat be contacting the Nazi ball and not held in the upward "I'm ready to swing" position - since the ball has already been hit? lol

Nahh, that's his follow-thru after crushing the swastika ball - it's all good!

Is it me, or does that nose art for Home Run look a little... weird. Shouldn't his missile bat be contacting the Nazi ball and not held in the upward "I'm ready to swing" position - since the ball has already been hit? lol

Hans von Hammer

Need a PhotoShop God to help me with this one though.. My little "Picture It! Express" program (Windows 98 program, lol) can't handle turning it into a decal-sized bitmap..

I need it "Un-weathered", since my techniques for weathering start with a factory-fresh paint job...

Anyone reading this thread got anything like that in the ol' "Computer Skills Locker"?

Hans, PM inbound.

Hutch - I've said it before, I'll say it again - that is a gorgeous finish on Sunday Punch!

I forgot to mention that that's another B-25 fuselage from yet another kit.. I got too much interior work into the first one to tear it in half, lol.. Just couldn't do it... But Hobby Lobby has 'em priced at 18.00 per kit, plus a 55%% discount, I got lots of B-25s... And P-61s, lol..

I figure on adding a USMC PBJ-1H to this build too..  Gotta love that three-color camoflage of blue and white with the red-bordered insignia...

Hans von Hammer

I then started adding more strip for internal ribbing, which is going to be pretty pronounced after the model is placed on the diorama.. I used Evergreen strip here, and will be gluing it all the way around the entire diameter of the fuselage, in both halves.  It's a little tedious, but the end result will be prety cool, I think..  More interior detail is going to be needed since one will be able to see into the entire waist...

I agree...that internal ribbing will be a focal point that will naturally grab one's attention.  I look forward to the finished product.  

Hutch

It's ok if I make my own, I just can't seem to scale down existing artwork..

Meanwhile, work continues on the Home Run ... I taped the fuelage halves together and then marked the cut.. Then I took the razor-saw and started cutting in half.  This destroys the model and immediately makes you wish you hadn't done it..

I then started adding more strip for internal ribbing, which is going to be pretty pronounced after the model is placed on the diorama.. I used Evergreen strip here, and will be gluing it all the way around the entire diameter of the fuselage, in both halves.  It's a little tedious, but the end result will be prety cool, I think..  More interior detail is going to be needed since one will be able to see into the entire waist...

Hans von Hammer

Need a PhotoShop God to help me with this one though.. My little "Picture It! Express" program (Windows 98 program, lol) can't handle turning it into a decal-sized bitmap..

I need it "Un-weathered", since my techniques for weathering start with a factory-fresh paint job...

Anyone reading this thread got anything like that in the ol' "Computer Skills Locker"?

I am with you in printing decals from the ole computer.  I had some success, but had issues with getting the correct scale and with printing white.  I gave up after a while.

Hutch

Actually, there's no roster as this is an "informal" Group Build with no start or finish date... It's a "jump in and hang on" type, and you can enter it anytime with any number of scale of Mitchells (although the Monogram ship is the most popular so far)...

I tried (unsuccessfullly, I might add) to aquire a 1/48 Revell B-25B from Ebay the other day... It went for over 40.00, so I was out early, lol..  But I wanted it for those engines it has.. I'd planned on casting a large number of copies...

I still have the Accurate Minatures B-25 to go though...  Plus two more Revellogram Js... I have an "H" too (Currently in the guise of a Marine PBJ-1H) , but it's lacking the top nose-half.. It's almost complete but for that nose...

Pics are easy to do... First get an on-line photo-hosting site account like PhotoBucket, and upload your pictures there.  Then, once they're there, you can use the URL thing (which I never figured out) next to the thumbnails or, what I do, is open the picture on PB, then right-click on the photo. That brings up a box and has "Properties" listed.  Left-click on that, then highlight and copy the URL Address, the paste THAT into the box that opens when you click on the little film-strip icon in the reply window, next to the smilies, where it tells you to "Insert Media"... then click on "insert". That's it, yer done... Your picture should appear in the reply window.  

It's best to have two windows open when you do this, so you don't have to switch back and forth.. Like so:

put me down for revell's b-25j gun nose. its in nearly final stages, after i get the very front nose plate on, will paint and try to figure out how to put pics on here.

Need a PhotoShop God to help me with this one though.. My little "Picture It! Express" program (Windows 98 program, lol) can't handle turning it into a decal-sized bitmap..

I need it "Un-weathered", since my techniques for weathering start with a factory-fresh paint job...

Anyone reading this thread got anything like that in the ol' "Computer Skills Locker"?

Hans von Hammer

Looks pretty good, Hutch.. You really knocked it out fast too..

After some searching, and after giving up on getting a decent screenshot from the movie, I found the nose-art for Home Run...

 

WHY I don't do it with Google in the FIRST place, I don't know..