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I’ll keep the intro as short as i can here chaps, but it's complex so apologies in advance… I’ve built too many modern jets I need to build something propeller driven to give my Mojo a boost. Later this year or maybe early next year I’m gonna build a recently bought 1/32 b-25. I can’t wait. Biggest and craziest thing I’ll have attempted to date. I love Mitchells. However I don’t feel qualified yet for this endeavour, so consider this smaller (but still a very substanstial build) a warm up. I’m going for a 1/48 scale african continent based B-25 C/D; Something like one of these fairly generic looking schemes... I’ve never built a desert coloured plane before and I think it could be fun weathering one. The markings I will make from a mix of foxbot stencils sheet, some montex masks and some custom made on my cricut. The kit: Again a hybrid; I’ll be building this: However, having its nose ‘painted' this kit option omits the detail inside the nose to create a "glass nose” variant. I hate the box scheme above. I prefer Mitchells with their glass noses visible so I also have this below in the stash too (to a degree essentially the same kit)... I’ll be using some parts from the doolittle's nose interior for the build that are not supplied with the Academy c/d boxing. And also note this original doolittle tooling also includes custom nose weights that I will steal. I’ve also heard that the initial tooling had problems and the moulds have been tuned and tweaked in the decades since (another reason to avoid building the doolittle oriignal boxing) - however examining them in detail they look unchanged and even down to the matching twin scratches... (these two pieces are 20 years apart in production year) ...and throughout the kit the flash (and theres lots) in the exact same places, so I suspect this is fanciful that the mouldings have been tuned. Initial impressions: great detail it really looks super, but as I said flash in lots of areas, and no locating areas for joins, vague instructions, butt joints, seams and ejections pins all over the place… it feels sloppy and amateurish in general. but hmmmm... I’m jumping off a state-of-the-art Tamiya F-14 to go to this puppy so its big come down, feels very 'cottage industry' compared to Tamiya circa 2021. Hopefully this little lot will compensate a littlle plus some seats and a few other bits and pieces on their way... wish me luck boys