Texan76 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) Meet Miss B Havin, my newest completion. Built completely OOB including kit decals. After getting ready to post this, I realize I forgot to paint the navigation lights. In the meantime, enjoy the pics. This is a great kit. The fit is superb. The only things I noticed was that the interior is sparse on detail, and the gear doors are rather thick for the scale. The lack of interior detail is not much of a gripe though, given the scale and the fact that hardly any of it can be seen. Edited April 1, 2016 by Texan76 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Did you need much noseweight for her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer53 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Beautiful job, she looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Superb fi1nish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan76 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Did you need much noseweight for her? Lots! I fit all I could, and one little tap and she'll easily tailsit. She's barely sitting flat. The problem is that there is no place in the nose to fit weight due to the bombardier station and tunnel. I managed to fit a little in the nose gear bay, since you could hardly see in it. Still, I needed way more. The only place to put it was in the engine nacelles. I had to put weight almost all the way to where the gear inserts. Since the weight in there is not far forward of the main gear, it took quite a bit. I used small BB sized lead fishing weight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 very nice work indeed, looks great nice work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I really like that, great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyGonzales Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 That's a great looking paintjob and finish. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think you've got the main gear legs back to front- the wheels should face out and the leg should be inboard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 good looking Air Apache! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidad Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Beautiful build. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan76 Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 That's a great looking paintjob and finish. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think you've got the main gear legs back to front- the wheels should face out and the leg should be inboard... Thanks for the heads up. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg in OK Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) Beautiful build. I am glad to here it is a good model as I have just a little bit done on the PBJ version of the kit. Your paint job is just fantastic! Greg in OK Edited April 2, 2016 by Greg in OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan76 Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Ok, here it is with gear fixed and navigation lights painted. Also missed the pitot tube and radio antenna, so added those. Believe it's all done now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Really nice B-25, I always liked the ones with the apache head on the tail. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Superb. You've made me want one now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I like Hasegawa B-25s because any modeller with a bit of skill and experience can make a stunning model from this kit. The only two things that I'd change on your model are the color of the bomb bay ( looks like the real things had them unpainted) and the engine cowling openings ( they should be enlarged a bit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Excellent B25. Looks fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan76 Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 I like Hasegawa B-25s because any modeller with a bit of skill and experience can make a stunning model from this kit. The only two things that I'd change on your model are the color of the bomb bay ( looks like the real things had them unpainted) and the engine cowling openings ( they should be enlarged a bit). Thanks for the tip. I painted per the kit instructions. I wanted any easy build so I didn't do much research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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