Revell B-24D Liberator

boxart 

decals 

parts washed & drying 

interior detail....not bad 

lots of bombs!! 

and the rest 

pretty wimpy detail on the engines, but you don't see much of them 

decent detain in the wheel wells 

...and a full crew! 

the tractor (i didn't build it) 

tons of glass, definitly need a mask set for this one! 

the crew 

Dang! I swear there's enough scrap to make another plane! 

1st issue, something is warped somewhere. I glued up all the rest and let it dry overnight..... 

...then used these giant STRONG clamps! 

2nd issue...pretty poor alignment there, not much I can do to fix that 

the rest was fine. If I was a true "modeler" I could have scratch built a repair.... 

the other wing was fine 

pretty weak detailed engines! 

I need to mix some "chromate green" 

the small spot on the top right, is what i want to match. that's vallejo"s zinc chromate, the lower left spot is pretty close, just a bit lighter. the middle row are colors i'm working with 

the recipe i found on the net somewhere 

I'll be happy with that!.... 

looks ok to me 

had trouble with the clamps slipping off the wings.... 

...so i made up a bunch of "non skid" cloths pins! 

windows masked, props & wheels painted... 

all the glass painted... 

all the pieces painted. It's just too big for me to paint all together. 

and the crew painted! 

interior in place... 

and the bombs.. 

de-icers painted on, all gloss coated ready for ..... 

....the decals 

that's a heck of a lump they expect you to get the decal over!! 

the tail de-icers 

decals all on and.... 

all flat coated 

cotton balls to help protect the guns 

landing gear on  

getting the glass on 

well... I made the mistake of putting on the "wash" AFTER the flat coat. What was i thinking????!! but once i started i had to keep going! 

couldn't get that front to line up any better than that...sad. 

but it doesn't look so bad i guess 

she's ready to "FLY"