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.