Recreate Revell B-24J Given to Dad - Atlantis Rebox
My supplies and kit. Why yes - that is tube glue! I had not heard of liquid plastic cement until I got into the Marine Corps! LOL Starting this now only because I had a Facebook WWII Group Build get sprung onto me by one of my good buddies!!
This image is to make the FB Group Build peeps happy. Supposed to finish by the end of the month! ROFL!!
Took the parts out of the tub this morning laid them out to dry.
Started clean-up this evening. Cleaning up the flash a lot better than I did when I was 12 y/o! LOL
I think the most time-consuming part of this build is clean-up of the parts! Getting the flash off the parts plus, for me, knocking down some of the baseball sized rivets to golf ball size! LOL
Didn't get as much done as I wanted this weekend but once I finish cleaning up the parts and start painting it will go pretty quick!
Finally got all the parts cleaned up and most of them primed.
Boy, sure has been a VERY long time since I used enamels! LOL The smell sure did bring back a lot of memories, including one where my Mom expressed her displeasure of me using the paints in the house!
I made more of a mess & splattering of paint all over than I did actually giving the crew some proper color on their flight gear! It will do - I just need to get the frames on the clear plastic turrets, canopy & lower nose glass masked and done so I can button this sucker up tomorrow.
Between my nerves any more and the steady stream of callers inquiring about my car's extended warranty, I should have known better than to trust myself to hand paint the turret frames on this! But they are done and I will be able to close up the fuselage this by this evening. Will make sure to mask off the Cockpit Canopy & Under Nose Glass.
About an hour's worth of masking & prep for less than 5 minutes of actually painting! Fuselage has already been done. I never would have done this before 25 y/o!! LOL
Primary paints on.
Primary paints on from the rear quarter.
Prep for gloss coat.
Considering the wings & fuselage had some golfball-sized rivets the decals worked like a champ with some help from 'Mr. Mark Softener'!!
Getting the final flat coats on.
Finished glamour shot 1
Finished glamour shot 2
Finished glamour shot 3
Finished glamour shot 4
Comentários
1 7 July 2020, 06:45
TreehuggerI think Valleo acrylic paint is totally ok if you have an airbrush btw, worth considering I would argue.
7 July 2020, 08:31
Calvin GiffordI have quite a few Vallejo sets. The point of this build is to ONLY use what I would have had access to when I was a teenager! 😉
7 July 2020, 08:42
TreehuggerTip for Vallejo primer btw: I have to sift the paint. This really prevents clogging in my experience. I found bits of paint when I started sifting my paint in a fine tea sift thingy. 🙂
7 July 2020, 09:01
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Recreate the box scale B-24 that I had built for my Dad and given to him. He had been a belly gunner in B-17's & Liberators in the SouthWest Pacific in WWII. At the time, I didn't use liquid glue or acrylics. I need to rustle up some old school enamels to do this baby!
