72modeler Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I found this while looking for B-24's stored at Kingman, AZ at war's end. Some very well-known and not so well-known assembly ships. Great modeling projects here, but a masking nightmare! Another bunch of likely candidates for @tonyot's case of Minicraft Libs he has squirreled away! Mike http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/477/Polka-Dot-Warriors.aspx 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, 72modeler said: I found this while looking for B-24's stored at Kingman, AZ at war's end. Some very well-known and not so well-known assembly ships. Great modeling projects here, but a masking nightmare! Another bunch of likely candidates for @tonyot's case of Minicraft Libs he has squirreled away! Mike http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/477/Polka-Dot-Warriors.aspx Auperb article Mike,...... some brilliant schemes,...... but I couldn`t do them justice mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 At least one of each is on my to do list. Thanks for posting them mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.R.Morrison Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just an FYI, regarding the name of the B-24D assembly ship of the 466th, 41-24109, natural metal with horizontal red zig-zag striping. A dear, late friend of mine who flew with this outfit says this one was known (within the Group) as 'the rum runner' -- and had no name painted on it. His own aircraft was "Parson's Chariot" - of which there were two, with similar but different artwork. He was a life-long modeler (carving several wooden B-24s at the time, painted with specific markings), and made careful contemporary sketches of the artwork of a number of B-24s at Attlebridge. Sometimes a plane had a name -- just not painted on the side. My father's PB4Y1 was called "Mrs. Frequently" - but had no name applied (just the letter 'F'). GRM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 11 hours ago, 72modeler said: a masking nightmare! An accurate assembly ship model will exhibit overspray around where the stencils and tape would go on each and every polka dot. The 1/144 kits offered by Minicraft would be a splendid canvas. (If you're a real modeller that is, not some kitchen table kit assembler.) 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 There's a book, Assembly Ships of the Mighty Eighth, that details them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Yepp, you are right about the Polka dot masking. It takes time. Take a look at my First Sergeant build in the RFI section about a year ago. regards Toby 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Planebuilder62 said: Take a look at my First Sergeant build in the RFI section I remember that build! Looks just as good as when you posted your RFI! 11 hours ago, dnl42 said: There's a book, Assembly Ships of the Mighty Eighth, that details them. I had forgotten about that book! Need to get one, methinks. I'd like to do the one that the actor Jimmy Stewart flew almost all the way to a target and got a royal reaming out for doing so! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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