B23.9

Olivier
Good grief ! Not the youngest kit around. You did a good job with it.

Johan van Meerloo
yeah nightmarreish but finally got a nose, still due to it not being clear need to modify it somewhat to fit the diorama im planning

David Taylor
Looks like a Hampden TB1 in the background.

Johan van Meerloo
yes it is well with bombs

Johan van Meerloo
its one of my other completed projects

David Taylor
Fantastic job on such an old kit.

Johan van Meerloo
not done yet, just took a big leap with finding a nose. now need to work on getting the nose fit

Gary Kitchen
Hi Johan. You seem to have mastered this old kit. How did you find the plastic? I recently added its PBY stablemate to my stash and it all seems very brittle, all the blades have snapped off the hubs for eg. Not sure if mine is the 1965 or 1997 one though.

Johan van Meerloo
The nose is from my now donor revell privateer
The kit itself is from 1969ish was in warped condition though not brittle. Only some small parts and nosecone were missing.
Not finished yet, anyone got a good idea for colour of nose to make it look like glass???

Ben M
I always use gloss grey in such situations

Johan van Meerloo
this is satin, dont have gloss grey, can I use gloss varnish aswell to get more effect?

Ben M
Well... gloss grey doesn't actually look good, it's just what I've done 🙂

Robbie
Been watching your turmoil. I have the 'Navy' version of your kit. Same thing but the plastic is blue.
PB4Y-1 Patrol Bomber (Revell H-205:200, 1:72)

I found some old Squadron Vac-U- form canopies that I will use if I get up the nerve to build it
Boeing B-24D Canopy Set (Squadron SQT9143, 1:72)

I did see it on sale on ebay - if it is not too late for you
Ebay.com Item - B 24 D Liberator Vacuform Canopy Set for Minicraft Academy 1 72 Squadron 9143

Maybe a little late but there is always hope 😛

Johan van Meerloo
its already too late for this one 🙂 needed to buy a "privateer" kit to get the nose cone 🙂
its on now and made it fit.

Johan van Meerloo
please share when you start @robbie

Olivier
Oh... They discovered a new island ?

Very nice dio !

Johan van Meerloo
unplanned landing 🙂 but more is going to be added

Olivier
A Walrus, maybe ...

Johan van Meerloo
close, would be nice to have, but very very close

Erik De Smet
Maybe you should add some waves in the water or present the Kingsfisher in flying/landing position ?

Johan van Meerloo
kingfisher not done yet, and will improve my diorama, this is my first one!

Olivier
Your first one ? Really ?

Johan van Meerloo
first diorama, 10th model.

Olivier
As Erik said, maybe the Kingfisher should be deeper into the sea ?

Johan van Meerloo
Yeah need to do that this is just a start