B-24D: FINALLY FINISHED!

Thanks guys! I'm in the process of making a display base for it (when I'm not working on my next plane), so there'll definitely be some more photos up soon!

Great job, I'm glad you finally finished it.

Very nice work on that dirty bird!  I think any serious stash has to have one of these in it, not seen built often and looking forward to more pics, thanks for sharing.

Nicely done rocker

Great work, love this plane...gotta get one in the stash. Thanks for the inspiration!!

Very nice work.  I have two of these turkeys in the stash.  Maybe someday I'll build one.  Thanks for sharing...

Joe

The desert sure is hard on an aircraft. Good job! Congrats on the work finding also. Over a year myself. Bob

Nice finish, Brian!  I agree with Buckeye, the weathering, especially the staining, looks good.

Nice "Futurama" reference, too

Nice!  Love how the weathering came out.

In the immortal words of Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth: "Good news, everyone!" I'm finally, FINALLY done with my B-24! It only took me eleven months (in my defense they've been the busiest eleven months I've ever seen haha)to complete this beast but it's finally done! My thanks goes out to all you guys who offered me words of advice, encouragement, research, photos, and even zip ties! I don't think this build would have ended up the way it did without the help and support I got from you guys. So, here's the rest of the build, in photos! The decals went on with no problems at all. The national insignias on either side of the aircraft needed to be trimmed a bit to fit around the windows forward of the waist gun hatches, but other than that there was very little work that had to be done to get them to fit. after all of the decals were in place, I sprayed another clear coat over the airframe. I let it dry overnight, then I started the weathering process. The result: simply awesome, if I do say so myself! I chose to model "Kate Smith" of the 98th BG. I'm eventually going to build a display base for this one, but for now I'm going to allow myself a day of rest before I dive into any more projects! Thanks again for the help with this build, guys! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far! I will take some more photos of this beast tomorrow and post them. -Brian

It's all ready for a clear coat!

Thanks guys! I've been busy with a move recently but I've relocated all of my model stuff to my new place, so I'm hoping to get some more bench time in next week!

Nice to see this back and getting close to finish, she's looking good.

Glad to hear you've gotten some time to get back to this one, Rocker!  First coat looks good.

Have I really gone two months without an update? Where are my manners? I am getting closer and closer to finishing this beast of a Liberator! The assembly is complete, I've primed it and last night I gave the plane it's first coat of Testors "US Army/Marines Sand".

Haha yep Baron, I'm FINALLY getting some time in...the weather's been nice in these parts...however we're supposed to get slammed with another ten inches of snow tomorrow....looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in the truck again! Raualduke, I concur! I'm even thinking of using cable ties for a 1/6th scale Punisher model kit I've got stashed away....that guy could always use more ammo belts!

Cable tie for ammo belt is genius

Getting some bench time in, finally?    Good progress!

hey everybody! I masked and  installed the tunnel gun window tonight. Here's a photo! 

Hey, Rocker, you're very welcome, and you've made great progress, it's really coming together well.  I look forward to your next updates.

Here's something I've got the Baron to thank for. I used a cable tie for an ammo belt for one of the nose guns. Thanks for the ties and the tip, Baron! It came out awesome!

Thank you Bish! I finally got a little time to myself this weekend and spent about an hour on my Liberator. Just a few more fiddly bits to mess with then I can glue the wings/tail/clear parts on!

Coming on nicely there rocker.

Cemented the bomb bay doors onto the plane.

I was finally able to glue the two fuselage halves of my Liberator together a few nights ago....let's just say it was a pretty daunting activity, but the halves are together! I was left with a few gaps/seams to fill, but nothing I can't handle.

I hope everybody had a great holiday season! After visiting with family and friends these past few weeks, I was finally able to get back to work on my Liberator....and speaking of getting back to work I was able to obtain a new job, finally! And thankfully it's a day job, which will leave plenty of time in the evenings for model building.

Here's a photo of the engines and props. I've since put all the shafts into the gearboxes- and I found that the pieces that hold the prop shafts in end up restricting the movement of the props somewhat. It's no biggie if you enjoy cementing your props in place... but if you like them to be able to spin you might want to sand down the shafts (or widen the holes) a bit to ensure they rotate. I have one or two more things I want to add to the bombardier's station and then I will FINALLY be able to glue the two fuselage halves together. (I feel like I've been saying that for months now!)

Wow, I never would have thought of that either, Baron! And I do have a Black Widow kit lurking in my stash. Thanks for passing along the idea!

Nice progress!

I like Bish's observation, too, about dioramas and nose-heavy subjects.  I remember reading a tip when I was a kid, in Shep Paine's "Tips" in either the P-61 or the B-25 kit, to use a small bolt sandwiched between the nose wheel halves, to secure the model to his diorama base.  And I thought, "I never would have thought of that!"

By the way, if you want some cable ties, even for your stash, shoot me a PM with your mailing address.  I have a ton of cut ends, 4", 6" or so, and I'll be happy to drop some in an envelope to you.  I work in a small theater doing stage lighting, and we use cable ties to secure the power cords on our lights.  When a show is done and we move things, we cut the ties.  I scrounge them.  We go through them like eating potato chips.

Nice work rocker. I gave up on nose weights ages ago. One advantage of doing diorama's, I can secure the plane to the base.

Can't wait to see some paint on this.