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After 118 hours, the Monogram B-24J is finished. This model was based upon "The Dragon and His Tail", a B-24J built in 1944. As far as I know, it is one of a very small number of fully restored B-24J bombers that are still air worthy. I always liked the J model of the B-24 due to that weird nose turret.
This view shows the two different colors of Bare Metal Foil that were used.
Many, many,many rivets were added.
The decals are from Kits World. They are excellent decals. I added brake lines to the landing gear and fuel lines to the engines.
The left side of the aircraft has no painted art at all.
The after-market tires look a bit under inflated to me, but they look better than the tires that were included with the kit.
Anyone who has built this kit knows that it is a real tail-sitter. I solved the problem by putting a lot of weight in the nose. Solid weights were placed in front of the front landing gear's enclosure and lead shot was placed under the flight deck.
Your comments and questions are always welcome.
Fantastic!
Outstanding JK! I agree about the tires, a tad underinflated but better than stock.
Steve
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Looks great to me.
You really do have a lot of patience to have delt with all those rivets so successfully.
On the lighter side, I hope you added brake lines and not "break" lines .
Mike
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Excellent work!
I think that your decal source missed it, but the real aircraft had the artwork also painted onto the bomb doors, so that when they were open, the artwork was still continuous.
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That turned out really nice. Is that a monster pitot tube on the port nose?
Thanks,
John
The plane had two giant pitot tubes. One on each side of the nose.
As stated before, this is a really nice build that shows with patience and skills someone can turn a regular kit into a museum piece. Your experience came through on this one. Oh!, I also enjoyed your tutorial on applying the BMF.
Great choice of aircraft, finish, decals... No doubt that you got skills!
Ben
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Hmmm;
I was under the impression the artwork was on both sides . Still , all in all you nailed it ! T.B.
stikpusher Excellent work! I think that your decal source missed it, but the real aircraft had the artwork also painted onto the bomb doors, so that when they were open, the artwork was still continuous.
Tanker - Builder Hmmm; I was under the impression the artwork was on both sides . Still , all in all you nailed it ! T.B.
JohnnyK The plane had two giant pitot tubes. One on each side of the nose.
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Really nice ,and the custom nose art decal is a great touch!As you can see from my avatar,I know what a Bare Metal finish can do for a model!
Momogram sure makes a nice liberator model!
That is an awesome build. Very impressive!
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Chris
philo426 Momogram sure makes a nice liberator model!
Yes I have found the best way to glue those type of rear empennage was to use a third hand fixture to secure them in place.They are fully adjustable as to height and angle !
...as demonstrated on my Revell B-25.
Beautiful!!!
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Stunning, beautiful work. i just gotta try this BMF.
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Thank's for the kind words. The BMF looks nice but I think that the rivets really make the appearance of the model pop. Without the rivets it looks kind of like a toy.
I agree with you, the big 1/48 scale Monogram bombers can be built into really nice models.
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Stunning work on my all-time fave US bomber. Is Monogram the only 1/48?
Eric
tigerman Stunning work on my all-time fave US bomber. Is Monogram the only 1/48?
Yes. They make two versions, the glass nose D with just a belly tunnel gun, and a turreted nose J with the belly ball turret. Multiple boxings under Monogram, Pro Modeler, Revell, and Revell Germany and markings over the 40+ years since they first came out.
here are the noses of a B-24D and a B-24J. In the B-24D the bombardier sat in the large greenhouse on the nose of the plane. In the B-24J the bombardier was religated to the area below the nose turret. It doesn't seem too comfortable. The nose of the B-24J was a really odd looking thing with the big turret. The B-24J also had a belly ball turret that had to be retracted during take-offs and landings.
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