Mitchell Madness - 1/32 B-25 WIP in 3 weeks

Great build thus far. Read the who thread..too bad you didn't make your deadline, but, the result will be worth the extra time, eh?

Great build so far! But, would the "gunship" version actually carry any bombs at all? I'm sure they were overloaded all the time. Not a criticism, an honest question. Bob

Since your B-25 will be hanging with the bomb bay doors open, you could suspend the bombs from the bomb racks with lengths of invisible thread so they appear to have just been dropped.  Then you could see all the detail and have added visual interest.

All the best,

Ray

Bob, the B-25 gunships carried bombs.  Their crews developed the tactic of "skip bombing" where they would drop 500 pound bombs at very low level causing them to skip across the water into a ship's side.  They also carried "para-frags" when tearing up inland targets.  A fellow named Paul "Pappy" Gunn was the start of it all...

All the best

Ray

Very impressive work so far.  About the only place you could display that is from the ceiling.  What a beast.  I like the dropping bombs idea.  I have two Accurate Miniature B-25 that I waiting...perhaps someday..

Joe

Hey all,

Thanks for checking in and all the kind words.  The wife canned the idea of dropping bombs in the baby's room.  HAHA great idea but I need to give in on this one.

In any case, I am she's all primed up.  I need to do some seam touch up and a little priming touch up and I am ready to start throwing down some color.  Very exciting.

Thanks

John

Hey all,

Quick updates -

First off, exciting news - My son was born on Monday 8/4/14.  Mom and baby are all healthy and recovering well.  Thank you all for the support.

Second, I have been plugging along.  She is all primed, masked and pre-shaded.  Last night, I started to throw down the first color, the green for the eagle nose.  It was very fun and satisfying to finally lay down some color.

I also did a lot of color testing on the OD green to see how I can create different shades and tones.  I have my formula and will post as I go.

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Thanks for checking in.

John

Congrats on the new addition, and great progress so far

Congrats on the addition of the fellow modeler!  Glad mom and baby are doing fine.  Looking forward to see how this one comes out.

Mike

Congratulations! The plane is looking great, can't wait to see some OD on it.

Congrats !  Hope Mom and the little one are doing fine.

I'm watching this build with keen interest.  I,m wanting to  buildi in larger scales and seeing how this one goes.

Congratulations, all the best. The b-25 is looking good also.

Ray, thanks for the info. Bob

Hey all,

Crazy long time since I have last updated, but I got most of the color coats on it.  I need to paint the vertical stableizers and flaps.  I left the flaps off so I can control the color on them a little better and get some nice modulation.  I know I could have masked but I am not so great at masking...haha

This is my first attempt at multi-layered colors and color modulation.  Its hard to tell but the vertical surfaces are slightly darker than the horizontal areas.

Also, the pre-shading on my panel lines on the OD green areas came out way dark.  I have never experienced this before and had a real difficult time blending them in.  The grey underside looks great but the effect didn't really work on the green.  Next time, if I pre-shade an OD Green job, I will shade with OD Green instead of black.  I am hoping to do a little more post shading a weathering after decaling to see if I can get a more pleasing blend, but for my first attempt at a more dramatic (and at the same time subtle) color modulation and color layering, I am pretty pleased.

In any case, enjoy.

Preshade with red-brown

Looking good!

Mike

Did not see this past update...looks really good!

That thing is massive ! Looking good

Great build, good luck and congrats!

I have no idea how I missed this post!  First, and foremost, congratulations on your new baby boy!  I hope that by now you're able to sleep through the night.  I think you've got an excellent idea and kudos to your wife for going along with it!  I can't wait to see the finished product.  Again, I apologize for not seeing this sooner and, again, congrats!  Raymond