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  1. 1. Vote for your favouite build

    • peterairfix's B-25C Desert Warrior
      1
    • tonyot's post-war Dutch Mitchell Mk.II
      2
    • tonyot's Monogram B-25H with 75mm howitzer
      0
    • tonyot's B-25C PRU Mitchell
      1
    • tonyot's Free Fench Mitchell Mk.III
      3
    • tonyot's B-25H, Barbie III' of the 1st Air Commando Group
      1
    • tonyot's Mitchell Mk.II from 3 PRU
      0
    • TEMPESTMK5's Airfix B25C/D "Worth Fighting For"
      1
    • modelling minion's Soviet Mitchell
      9
    • Beggsy's B-25J "Sandbar Mitchell"
      1
    • theplasticsurgeon's PBJ-1D Mitchell
      2


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  • 4 weeks later...

Hiya Folks,..... this is the 1/72nd scale Airfix kit built as a post war aircraft operated by 320 Squadron of the Royal Netherlands Navy`s Fleet Air Arm based in Holland during the late 1940`s and early 1950`s in the coastal patrol role. The model was brush painted using Pactra acrylic Extra Dark Sea Grey and Polly Scale Sky. 

Here is the WIP;

And here is the model,.....pics updated to show the model after a couple of coats of Klear to make it glossier;

40895248114_45f6888a36_k.jpgDSCF3002_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

40895247384_99db010b89_k.jpgDSCF3003_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

40713305415_76c4850a35_k.jpgDSCF3005_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41564715182_53ad61cadb_k.jpgDSCF3007_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41605756301_0cc0658c6a_k.jpgDSCF3022 by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

Cheers,

           Tony.

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Hiya Folks,...here is my 1/48th scale Monogram B-25H wearing the markings of the 82nd Bomb Sqn, 12th Bomb Group which served in the Mediterranean theatre during 1943 and into 1944, during which time it served on anti shipping sorties and helped support the British invasion of Kos in the Aegean. Early in 1944 the Bomb Group left Foggia in Italy when it transferred to the 10th Air Force in India where it remained until the end of the war. Most of the decals for the model came from the decal sheet `Dragons and Tigers and Girls,..Oh My" from Albatros Modelworks,...... although most of the nose was brush painted,..... apart from the eyes, which were overpainted with a duller yellow, brighter blue and with blue eyebrows! The upper surfaces of the model were spray painted using a Tamiya rattle Can USAAF Olive Drab while the rest of the model and the varnish etc was brush painted.  Here is a WIP to stop me prattling on!;

 

Here is the hand painted face;

26780848097_cf8b483e8d_k.jpgDSCF3086_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

And here is the rest of the model;

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Cheers,

          Tony

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Hiya Folks,.... another one finished! This one is another 1/72nd Airfix kit and represents ex Dutch B-25C Mitchell N5-148 coded `A' of T (Twin) Flight No.3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (India), a unit which had A which had begun as 5 PRU and later split into squadron status. Five Dutch B-25C`s were taken on by the RAF in India during early 1942 and were first used operationally during the withdrawal through Burma to the Indian frontier. For their new role the USAAF colours of Olive Drab/ Neutral Grey was overpainted in Royal (or Bosun) Blue as used by the PR aircraft operating with 2 PRU in the Med and after some problems with the red and blue B Type wing roundels being mistaken for Japanese markings due to the Blue section merging with the camouflage, some had the blue re painted using a lighter colour as per this one, while some are said to have received a yellow ring,... as seen on 3 PRU`s Hurricane`s. With 2,000lb of extra fuel taking up the bomb bay and the turrets removed, a fan of 3 x F.8 or F.24 camera`s were fitted in the plated over lower gun position with a smaller camera also mounted in the tail behind the rear entrance door. Operating at between 26,000 to 30,000 feet, the increased fuel load gave a radius of action of 1,000 miles. Unfortunately the subject of this model, N5-148 was shot down over Rangoon in 1943.

The model had the mid upper turret plated over using the part from the lower turret which was left over from a previous kit, needing quite a lot of internal bracing and filler as it was smaller than the actual hole! Camera ports were drilled into the lower fuselage and the model was Brush painted using Polly Scale US Navy Sea Blue,... as seen in the WIP here;

And here is the model;

DSCF3169_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

40910729025_17ecbba88d_k.jpgDSCF3168_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41809467031_84dd857d76_k.jpgDSCF3143_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41767629982_f7f49bd450_k.jpgDSCF3148_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

40002383780_03faee632e_k.jpgDSCF3172_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

27941271008_c9501da36b_k.jpgDSCF3156_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

Cheers,

            Tony

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Hiya Folks,...another one done,.... this is the 1/72nd scale Hasegawa kit built as a Mitchell Mk.III, KJ687, OA-X of 342 `Lorraine' Sqn, Free French Air Force, belonging to 2 Group of 2nd TAF at Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands, Summer 1945. The model was brush painted and the decals came from a mixture of the kit (fuselage roundels!) and the spares box (everything else!).  The real aircraft had quite a lot of paint chipping around the nose on the right side and so this has hopefully been replicated here.

 

Here is the WIP;

 

And here is the model;

 

28236265848_52cb28b611_k.jpgDSCF3364_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

28236263388_279795061e_k.jpgDSCF3366_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41389438054_16fb6db5b1_k.jpgDSCF3365_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41372284494_160ebe04c9_k.jpgDSCF3317_NEW_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

27221930337_aa1dd8450c_k.jpgDSCF3321_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

Cheers,

           Tony

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Hiya Folks,....me again! Here is another one finished,.....again it is the 1/72nd Hasegawa kit built as a B-25H, Barbie III' of the 1st Air Commando Group, USAAF based in India to support the British Chindit long range penetration force  during their second `expedition' which began as an aerial insertion known as  Operation Thursday during February 1944. My Grandad and my Wife`s Grandad both fought as infantrymen in Burma and mine was a Chindit,.... so I`ve dedicated this model to them both, and eveybody else who foght as a member of the Forgotten Army and Air Force. 

The model was brush painted and the grey exhaust staining of the original was hopefully replicated using dry brushed grey enamels of various shades. Here is the WIP;

 

Here is the model;

41389441034_1b0fefa71b_k.jpgDSCF3361_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

27221926487_8c4decb76e_k.jpgDSCF3329_NEW_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

27221923727_4924af9269_k.jpgDSCF3334_NEW_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

27221929557_c4d2dbe324_k.jpgDSCF3322_NEW_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

40284366870_bd1a8cf560_k.jpgDSCF3326_NEW_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

Cheers,

          Tony

 

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Hello again,.... yes it`s e again,....but for the last time!! Here is my 2nd Airfix 1/72nd scale Mitchell from 3 PRU in India, but this time wearing the later PRU Blue finish and bearing the RAF serial MA956, which was one of the ex RAF contract aircraft which were taken over by the USAAF before being released to the RAF once more. Unlike the earlier ex Dutch Mitchell`s used by the unit these later additions had a clear perspex cupola fitted in the dorsal position and a vacuformed Martin turret cupola was used in this instance, requiring the opening in the fuselage to be reduced in size. The model was brush painted and the WIP is here; 

 

 

 

And here is the model;

41389444984_4090921282_k.jpgDSCF3355_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

28236276738_757b2fae82_k.jpgDSCF3354_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41389442554_4ddd973220_k.jpgDSCF3358_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

42063505712_8ec00ed19e_k.jpgDSCF3350_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

41389447784_72f1c35fc4_k.jpgDSCF3351_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

Cheers

          Tony

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  • 3 weeks later...

Hiya Folks,.... I have been asked by a few people to take a group photo of my recent Mitchell models,..... so here we are;

40649070500_e988bad35a_k.jpgDSCF3735_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr

 

I had to venture out to the back yard as the usual plue paper background wasn`t big enough!

 

Cheers

         Tony

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  • 3 weeks later...

Good morning 

My build for this Gb is the Airfix B25C/D "Worth Fighting For" An aircraft of the  428Bomb Squadron 310 Bomb Group based in Tunisia in 1943

 

Eduard detailling set for the Cockpit

Albatross Decals 

Humbrol paints 

 

 

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Build thread here

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235036493-worth-fighting-for-428-bs-310-bs-tunisia-1943/

 

Patrice

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

My entry for this GB is yet another of Airfix's excellent new tool 1/72 B-25 C/D's finished as an aircraft operated by the 13th Guards Long Range Aviation Regiment based at Novodugino Winter 1944.

Painted using Gunze and Tamiya acrylic paints and with the Winter wash by Mig products. Decals are by Authentic decals.

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Thanks for looking, the WIP (with lots more pictures) can be found here;

Craig.

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Just in time, I got mine done!

 

Here's my B-25J "Sandbar Mitchell", which flew as a firefighter in Alaska before suffering a dual engine failure and being stranded on a sandbar in the Tanana River (hence the name).  It's currently being restored to flight.

 

Converted from the new Airfix 1:72 C/D kit.

 

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Here's the build thread:

 

 

It's been a pleasure building with you all!

 

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