stevej60 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Beautiful build and finish Tony,look's great in that scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Great looking Liberator! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKguyInUSA Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Oh, that's very nice! I need to build a bomber, I only have one on my shelf, a Lancaster B.II, then 22 fighter aircraft! Great job! Cheers, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 NO WAY YOU"VE FINISHED THIS ALREADY!!! I cant believe your progress on this T.O.T. Seems like just the other day you started the WIP thread, and now its finished Beautiful work too. I need to get on with mine, a few things have distracted me Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etiennedup Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Really impressive build mate.........the 'night' finish looks just right. Now for the SAAF one! Just a question...........when do you sleep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Very nice conversion of early Liberator but I am very sorry about demolition of your "Vicky" Halifax for the BP turret as I noticed in build report... BTW - the another Lib MK II - AL523 is badly written in the Polish history of WWII with the Gibraltar crash on 4th July 1943 with all passangers killed. Among them was there Polish prime minister - Gen. Sikorski. There are speculation about circustances - was it accident or an execution....Novertheless - I think there is no photo of AL 523 at all and it is no clear ifr she was silver or camoufaged. Have you any idea on her painting scheme, by chance? BTW (2) I am preparing myself to build Liberator Mk I of CC. I hope to do this this year . Any hints here? Best regards Jerzy-Wojtek EDIT When I've wrote that I started to google if there is any new message on AL523 (I've done a search some years ago alredy) - and a big surprise - I found it was WHITE (overall) http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/dww/sikorski/Walker-Sikorski-accident-account.pdf Edited August 29, 2015 by JWM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselweasel Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Wow Tonyot a really nice Lib as others have said nice to see one in RAF colours What's next Al the best Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Thanks again everybody for your very kind words, Ettienne- I do have at least one SAAF Lib planned,......I have to add to my South African collection don`t I! As for sleep,......oh yes,...far too much! Bruce- Come on mate,.....I`ve been waiting for your Lib to come to life,.......it should be another cracker for the collection! Pat- Here is a close up of Mabel; J-W-, As far as I know this is the only picture that I know of showing Lib AL523 which unfortunately shows it following its tragic accident! The undersides are light and could be silver or Sky?: Could it have worn a scheme like this?; Thanks again to everybody, Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul178 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Nice photo I have never seen this one before. Can I ask where you got it? As for colour I would ask Matt Poole he might be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bunting Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Well done Tony another Beaut! I'm feeling very ashamed with no model activity in two months! I just finished the bathroom / tiled shower so hopefully I will be allowed back to the bench shortly... keep them coming mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Beautiful Liberator ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I absolutely love this one. I've got a 'J' model, looking for a 'D', and plans to do them as US machines so as to give my fleet a bit of variety. But this B-24 looks so much more purposeful wearing a British cammo that I'm really really tempted to change my mind. Decisions decisions....... Lovely work Tony Cheers Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Cheers Fella`s, Thanks for your kind comments,.....I`ve wanted to build an RAF Mk.II for some time now! Nice to hear from you Bill,...sounds like you`ve been a busy bee,.......hope to see some models from you soon mate. The Corsair is going to start getting stuck together next week as most of the pre painting is done now! I`m getting into the Corsair zone by reading up on the type. I absolutely love this one. I've got a 'J' model, looking for a 'D', and plans to do them as US machines so as to give my fleet a bit of variety. But this B-24 looks so much more purposeful wearing a British cammo that I'm really really tempted to change my mind. Decisions decisions....... Lovely work Tony Cheers Gaz Thanks Gaz,.....if you want to do a USAAF Lib in this scheme, there were some early LB-30`s used by the USA in the RAF bomber scheme (with a huge stars and bars on the nose), two of which took the first US mission to Moscow and some Mk.II`s were also used by the USAAF in this scheme with a Martin twin Browning mid upper turret mounted in lieu of the British BP 4 gun turret. Cheers again, Tony Nice photo I have never seen this one before. Can I ask where you got it? As for colour I would ask Matt Poole he might be able to help. Which one Paul? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 (edited) Thanks Tony, that's something I didn't know. I'll do some digging. Cheers Gaz edit: Just found this, you weren't kidding about the size of the stars and bars were you ! http://www.airliners.net/photo/Consolidated-B-24-%28LB-30%29/2111434/L/ Edited September 5, 2015 by kiwitrogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 (edited) Thanks Tony, that's something I didn't know. I'll do some digging. Cheers Gaz edit: Just found this, you weren't kidding about the size of the stars and bars were you ! http://www.airliners.net/photo/Consolidated-B-24-%28LB-30%29/2111434/L/ Hiya Gaz, Here is one of the Libs that I mean, this one is an earlier LB-30 variant; and here is a Lib Mk.II seen in Java in 1942, Cheers, Tony Edited September 5, 2015 by tonyot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Very slick build, nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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