SEARCH FINESCALE.COM

Enter keywords or a search phrase below:

1/72 Hasegawa B-24D Done

23664 views
66 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:45 PM

Hercmech

Ok the obligitory questions...what paint did you use? and what color was it?

 

And don't get a better camera...then I will be even more envious of your skills. Big Smile

MM Enamels.....neutral grey (slightly faded w/white) highlighted with lighter shade, belly....obviously!

 For the tan......"Sand" looked right...at the LHS.....way too light though, so I added a dab of medium brown and a dab of "wood". I preshaded w/ brown, sprayed my mix, then added a dab of white to the paint cup to vary things a bit.

Don't be scared, with a new camera, you'll actually be able to see all the flaws!!!Wink

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:31 PM

Ah more coolness Femis, looking forward to seeing how she comes out!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    March 2010
  • From: Democratic Peoples Republic of Illinois
Posted by Hercmech on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:28 PM

Ok the obligitory questions...what paint did you use? and what color was it?

 

And don't get a better camera...then I will be even more envious of your skills. Big Smile


13151015

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:21 PM

Got her painted up!

I need a new camera, this cameraphone just aint cuttin it!

  • Member since
    October 2008
  • From: italy
Posted by bsyamato on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:42 AM

great updates ! these turrets details rocks YesYes

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:36 AM

Thanks again guys!

 

VanceCrozier

 I should have sub-contracted my Ho229 to you. (I still could I suppose Embarrassed)

That is correct!

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:33 AM

fermis

 

....all the bulkheads and floor pieces have half-moon pigs that fit into holes in the fuse.....

Look out boys, we're dealing with 1/2 moon pigs here! Big Smile fermis, uhhh, just, welll. WOW! That is an amazing amount of detail in a 1/72 kit, nicely done. And you started this what, a week ago?? I should have sub-contracted my Ho229 to you. (I still could I suppose Embarrassed)

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:13 AM

MrRabbit

wow...  the detail youve put in this is amazing. For a second I thought it had to be 1/48

 

ITS NOT!?!  Indifferent

  • Member since
    March 2007
  • From: Carmel, CA
Posted by bondoman on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:26 AM

7474

As a new Beech 1900 First Officer, and will have some cash in the bank, Im getting my type rating in the B-24 with Witchcraft next winter and will hopefuly be able to fly the airshow circuit.

That's great! Dad and I went up in Witchcraft in 2006 at Moffett Federal airfield. I volunteered to turn the props for the first flight of the day, and in return got to ride in the RO seat.

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Northern Virginia
Posted by ygmodeler4 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:38 PM

Awe-inspiring as always Fermis

-Josiah

  • Member since
    December 2002
Posted by 7474 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:37 PM

As a new Beech 1900 First Officer, and will have some cash in the bank, Im getting my type rating in the B-24 with Witchcraft next winter and will hopefuly be able to fly the airshow circuit.

  • Member since
    June 2011
  • From: Iola, KS
Posted by MrRabbit on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:31 PM

wow...  the detail youve put in this is amazing. For a second I thought it had to be 1/48

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:49 PM

Looking very good, lovely work on those engines. You have got that front section attached better than i did. Mine stick out on both sides, as though the front is slightly wider than the rest.

A bit odd about the instructions not mentioning the guns. The 3 D kits I have, two are lead ships and the third is an armed version. I know the lead ship instructions don't mention gun, for obvious reasons. I will have to check my armed D, but I wonder if the instructions you have are for the lead ship's, with just the markings for the armed version. My kits are boxed away at the moment. But I have the instructions for the J I built at hand. The mounts for the waist guns are indeed Q8. For the top turret, its parts R 24 and 18. For the rear turret is N3. Should be the same for yours.

I removed a lot of those half moon pegs, they were a bit of a pain in the butt.

 

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:32 PM

It was pretty decent. A slight gap at the top of the canopy, to one side, and another slight gap on the lower curve of same side. The main difficulty was the side parts. The pit floor was a touch wide, which spread out the side parts. I had to wrap tape around the front and back to keep the sides in while the glue set for the top portion. Got it pretty close, but it still needed a bit of sanding.

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:46 PM

Very cool...how good (or bad) was the clear nose section join to the fues?

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:43 PM

Wow, thanks everybody!Toast

Manstein's revenge

What's going on in here?

Didn't wanna bore everybody with a "Hey look....I put two pieces together" posts!

I didn't do anything special in the rest of the fuse (all closed up), of note though....the instruction make no mention of the waist guns or mounts (IIRC, the mounts are #Q8 or 9), they also don't show any guns going into the turrets (NICE...thanks Hasegawa!), there's a few to choose from, and figuring out which go where isn't hard. Also, for anyone planning on building this kit....all the bulkheads and floor pieces have half-moon pigs that fit into holes in the fuse. I assembled them, in place, inside one of the fuse halves. I think you'd be asking for trouble, if you assembled them, then tried to fit them in.

Anyway.....I reworked the turrets. For the top turret, I nixxed the bar that's supposed to go between the guns, along with the clunky part that holds it in place (so it could be movable......"F" that "S"....moving parts are for toys!) I glued the circular portion of the gun into the slots of the turret, re-worked the inner portion of the turret and added ammo belt. Did pretty much the same for the tail turret.

 Wired up the engines

Ready to prep for finish!

The wing/fuse joint is amazing!!!! I will leave the wings off, to make it easier for painting.

Getting ready! Firstly, the nose needed some interior color on the outside...

All appears farely decent there...but clear parts will jack with you! I next sprayed a coat of standard int. green over the entire clear parts area to check for bad areas along the joints......not aweful, but not good either!

With the sad areas cleaned up, I covered the green with a neutral grey, to give a more even "canvas" for finishing.

 

Toast

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 9, 2012 7:02 AM

What's going on in here?

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Charleston, SC
Posted by sanderson_91 on Sunday, January 8, 2012 9:39 AM

Fermis,

Your B-24 looks awesome!  I love all of the detail that you've added to the cockpit.  Those seats are really nice. 

Steve

 

 

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 7, 2012 3:49 PM

Despite myths to the contrary, B-24's had a lower loss to mission ratio than did the B-17...

  • Member since
    October 2006
  • From: Lakewood, CO
Posted by kenjitak on Saturday, January 7, 2012 2:52 PM

So how come the B-24 is most noted for disastrous, obviously not coming back photos and the B-17 always has spectacularly damaged but made it back anyways shots? Did Boeing just have better PR guys or what? One article talked about the B-24 having flatter glass panels and more portals for combat photographers to get better shots from, hence more battle loss photos from B-24's of B-24's.

http://www.taphilo.com/Photo/Pictures/b17/B17-B24-comparison.shtml

Ken

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Mesa, AZ
Posted by jschlechty on Saturday, January 7, 2012 1:13 PM

Wow!  I was assuming that was 1/48 until somebody mentioned it being 1/72 - then I went back and noticed that the seats I had been drooling over were sitting on top of a PENNY!  Absolutely fantastic detail work - never mind the scale!!

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:20 AM

WOW, makes me feel guilty about being such a fan of PE. I have done one of their J kits, and even with the full Eduard inside, it don't look as good as this. Luckily, on the J kits, you can see next to nothing on the inside anyway. You might just give me some ideas to supplament the PE when i get round to one of the D's.

I didn't know that about the IP's, i just added the green PE ones as they were. Thats one point to note.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Michigan
Posted by ps1scw on Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:18 AM

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:04 AM
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 6, 2012 10:01 AM

Image Detail

Image Detail

  • Member since
    March 2010
  • From: Democratic Peoples Republic of Illinois
Posted by Hercmech on Friday, January 6, 2012 9:54 AM

Manstein's revenge

http://users.rlc.net/catfish/liberatorcrew/06_B-24/USAF%20Museum/Flak%20hit-wing.jpg

that is all bad...is that the one that one gunner is the only one that got out becasue he was thrown out the window?


13151015

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 6, 2012 8:55 AM

Image Detail

  • Member since
    October 2008
  • From: italy
Posted by bsyamato on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 6:07 PM

one of best 1/72 offices i never see YesYesYes

  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 2:29 PM

Your work is simply phenomenal.  Don't think I could even see anything so small, much less actually build anything that tiny.

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Cameron, Texas
Posted by Texgunner on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 1:38 PM

Very nice work!  It looks great so far.

Gary


"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

SEARCH FORUMS
FREE NEWSLETTER
By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy.