rob85 Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 23 hours ago, tonyot said: That looks excellent Rob,.... I love the subject and you`ve replicated it beautifully,..... the natural metal finish is very convincing too. I could never decide whether this one was gloss black or Neutral Grey underneath,.... your rendition does look the bee`s knee`s. Cheers Tony Looking at the photos and the light angle, I went with a went with the decal sheet call out for natural grey as it looked quite matte. there is one picture I found which has the dark coloured undersides and one without, which looking at the bomb mission markings is the earlier scheme. Black could be an option though as I am not that good at understanding the different black and white films and how different colours vary with them, you would have a lot more knowledge and understanding for that! really glad you like it! Means a lot. I’m really please with how it’s come out 6 hours ago, russ c said: Awesome work there, looks superb Cheers Russ, it’s greatly appreciated! Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Love it, big metal beast, looks nicely used. Regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 On 2/3/2021 at 6:54 PM, djos said: Love it, big metal beast, looks nicely used. Regards Djordje Cheers, I think b-24’s look best when they are a bit battered and weather beaten... helps hide mistakes! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Excellent job again. Aren't you missing a pitot head somewhere though? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 2 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Excellent job again. Aren't you missing a pitot head somewhere though? Well I thought this, but on the directions it shows just one and it was on the right hand side, which is where I’ve put it and then the two lower ones on the nose. I thought about filling it but was worried about damaging the paint and transfer as I added to pointed bits last. I’ll double check my references again and make sure. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 The problem with the B-24 was the distribution of 5 plants building the airframes, and some plants, notably Willow Run, supplying components to other factories. During the production run of the J variant, the pitot head(s) were modified from the two above the nose, to the single low drag version lower port nose. Eventually all airframes from the J series onwards had the single head. It wasn't just the block number either. The book Consolidated Mess tries to cover the bases in what was a complete hotch-potch of variations. In short, your airframe had either 2 heads above the nose, or 1 lower port. No other combination was used. I'm afraid Hasegawa have got their instructions wrong, and unless you have a photo of the airframe in question, you won't know which option was used. With the small navigator's window (not bulged) I would go for the 2 upper ones. Ford standardised on the bulged windows before the pitot change came in. Yours is B-24J-165-CO 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Duplicate post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 4 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: The problem with the B-24 was the distribution of 5 plants building the airframes, and some plants, notably Willow Run, supplying components to other factories. During the production run of the J variant, the pitot head(s) were modified from the two above the nose, to the single low drag version lower port nose. Eventually all airframes from the J series onwards had the single head. It wasn't just the block number either. The book Consolidated Mess tries to cover the bases in what was a complete hotch-potch of variations. In short, your airframe had either 2 heads above the nose, or 1 lower port. No other combination was used. I'm afraid Hasegawa have got their instructions wrong, and unless you have a photo of the airframe in question, you won't know which option was used. With the small navigator's window (not bulged) I would go for the 2 upper ones. Ford standardised on the bulged windows before the pitot change came in. Yours is B-24J-165-CO I do have a pic, it’s below. so the larger pitot should be above and just behind the forward window in the top left? Which it isn’t. So it shouldn’t have any larger just the smaller one? Which side is port again?? and yes before anyone says that photo shows all over metal finish...... but this later picture doesn’t which is where the grey undersides on the scheme I chose came from Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Weird. Looks as though the small pitot is a retro fit. But no image of an upper pitot to starboard (right side). As I said B-24s were a source of amusement, so many updates and changes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Simply beautiful! That has to be one of the most realistic metal finishes I've seen in a long time. The weathering and wear is realistic too. Nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 19 minutes ago, opus999 said: Simply beautiful! That has to be one of the most realistic metal finishes I've seen in a long time. The weathering and wear is realistic too. Nice job! Thanks!! That means a lot! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Whoa, that's a beauty Rob, what a finish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 11 hours ago, Cookenbacher said: Whoa, that's a beauty Rob, what a finish! Cheers Cookie really appreciate the comment! Nice to hear from you, hope you’re doing ok? Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steh2o Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Good job, love the shine of the metal finish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Adding to the choir, amazingly realistic finish even more so since it was brush painted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 That's superb! Always loved the Liberator. Your photography's fine & love your brush painting skills. Gives it a nicely weathered patina that I woulddn't be able to get with my airbrush, & the actual aircraft were more likely to be brush painted on base anyway! Love it! The Hasegawa kit looks alright to me, Ive had an Academy kit in the stash for years but I don't think I'd have the space for it once built. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 A stunning build! Can't quite believe it was brush-painted! I have the Hasegawa kit too. Your beautiful build is quite an inspiration to build it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Nice work. Really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Superb stuff, my friend. Shows you what can be achieved using the good, old hairy stick! Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 A great looking Liberator. The metal finish is outstanding, especially considering it is brush painted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 1:05 PM, steh2o said: Good job, love the shine of the metal finish! Cheers, I like it too, I was considering a layer of aqua gloss but feel it wouldn’t have been realistic On 3/4/2021 at 11:17 PM, Robertone139 said: Adding to the choir, amazingly realistic finish even more so since it was brush painted. Thanks, really appreciate the kind comment On 3/5/2021 at 1:53 AM, Lightningboy2000 said: That's superb! Always loved the Liberator. Your photography's fine & love your brush painting skills. Gives it a nicely weathered patina that I woulddn't be able to get with my airbrush, & the actual aircraft were more likely to be brush painted on base anyway! Love it! The Hasegawa kit looks alright to me, Ive had an Academy kit in the stash for years but I don't think I'd have the space for it once built. Martin I have the minicraft/academy kit too, it’s nice but the Hase kit is better, weather it’s worth the price tag though! I got this one for my birthday and it was £40, a lucky eBay find. Thank you for the kind comments, glad you like the brush work. On 3/5/2021 at 2:48 AM, kapam said: A stunning build! Can't quite believe it was brush-painted! I have the Hasegawa kit too. Your beautiful build is quite an inspiration to build it! Build it! It’s great fun! Really appreciate what you have said about the build and being inspired, thank you On 3/5/2021 at 11:07 AM, Big Dave S said: Nice work. Really good. Cheers Dave! On 3/5/2021 at 11:42 AM, Meatbox8 said: A great looking Liberator. The metal finish is outstanding, especially considering it is brush painted. Thank you! Very kind of you! cheers all Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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