B-25B Doolitle Raid, Bat out of Hell, Crew 16
Overview of the old Italeri kit.
Transparencies isolated with tape for painting.
Inner part of the wheel well painted, as well as cockpit.
Dry fit of fuselage and wings.
Fuselage and wings assembled.
Fuselage and wings assembled.
Lots of lead to make this bird stand on three wheels. More lead was added on the engines.
Model sitting on three wheels.
This hump will be removed, and a tail skid will be scratchbuilt.
Model primmed
Olive Drab painted. Notice lead weights inside the engines.
Engines installed.
Light grey Belly.
Scratch built tail slide.
Upper decals placed.
Lower decals placed
Top weathering
Bottom weathering
Antennas installed.
Aircraft "Bat out of Hell" finished, now working on the base. This was the last aircraft to take off for Doolitle Raid. It will portrait the wooden deck of the Hornet aircraft carrier.
Aircraft "Bat out of Hell" finished, now working on the base. This was the last aircraft to take off for Doolitle Raid. It will portrait the wooden deck of the Hornet aircraft carrier.
Preparing the base, to imitate aircraft carrier Hornet. Engraved the wooden strips on MDF base, airbrushed light brown paint, and started dry brushing dark brown. Used Tamiya panel lines accent for the engravings, and oil stains.
Prepare to paint white orientation stripes for the bombers. These lines were painted due to the small gap between bombers wingtips and the carrier island.
Strips painted and model on top of the base
Strips painted and model on top of the base
Doolitle raiders badge applied and glued to the base.
Doolitle Raiders badge detail.
Comments
19 21 February 2022, 12:45
Richard ChealsGood to see you left the raised panel lines, Gustavo - I'm building a snapfit B-1B which also has them, couldn't decide whether to leave as is or rescribe them, but seeing how nice your B-25 has turned out helped me decide (I'll leave them as they are)!
Very tidy build.
18 March 2022, 15:27
Gustavo MonasterioI have to redo some of these panel lines with tape and Tamiya putty, where I sanded. But it was worth the job.
21 March 2022, 00:00
Album info
Build of B-25B "Bat Out of Hell", which was the last aircraft to take off from USS Hornet to attack Japan.
