Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Marc Schnitzler HT-J8BC-QPFQ-WV43

Gluefinger In the future. That's where the 4 Scalemates who already have it in their stash got it from, and where contest tables are flooded with Spotted Ass Monkeys and Pete the Pom Inspectors.

Wim van der Luijt This is not a review IMHO

Andy Ball Air Master 0.50 cal barrels worked a treat, spruced up my late naughties effort

padrc66 Hi, sorry, busy week! yes, i've still got it, all untouched in the box. i've also got the following am parts if you're interested: Eduard FE474 cockpit interior photo etch, Eduard 49473 front interior photo etch, Vector VDS48-079 resin engines, Vector VDS48-067 resin wheel wells, scale aircraft conversions 48093 metal landing gear. postage will be £6. thanks

Ian Martin i have this with no box if youre still interested?

Glynn Jacobs Hi David,

I have an Italeri Hawk kit for sale or trade (preferred). Asking a few dollars more because I included a set of NeOmega seats and will include your choice of Airfix Red Arrows OR, Airfix Midnight Hawks OR Alley Cat 208 Sqn or 19 Sqn (all black schemes) decals. Kit is complete with some loose parts in zip-lock bag. Kit decals cut and reassembled and complete.

I have a Wish list if you might want to trade. Please let me know if you've interested.

Happy New Year,

Glynn WARDOG Jacobs

Treehugger Congratulations, heh, looks big.

Ray Shatte Yes big would be an understatement. Wing span over a metre!

Phil Marchese Check photos of the these early D series versions of the tail markings.
Some were on black; others, not.

John DiSanto Built as plane flown by my father in the Pacific theater

Tom Brookes Cool! My grandfather did his service in these during the war.

Saturn5 Tony Very poor model!

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Cuajete Looks very nice. Congratulations!

Clifford Keesler Lucky! where did you find that one?

Augie Ebay decals are shot to shit but for £20 couldnt argue

Clifford Keesler Yea I have wanted that one for along time. You should be able to find aftermarket decals easily.

Augie I will keep my eyes out for another for ya.
Decals should be, but I want USN markings for it.

Clifford Keesler Ah, you are going to a Navy bird cool. What was the Naval deseganiton for the B-24, I know the B-25 was a PBJ-1 which is what my next B-25 will be.

Clifford Keesler P.s. Thanks.

Augie I think they were PB4Y-1

Thomas Bischoff you have the Koster conversion set into a PB4Y1? There is currently one on Ebay

Wim van der Luijt Great find, I like the heavies in 1:48 but have to figure out were to put them first

Augie Hi thomas, i dont but think there were few earky ones that had original turret

Thomas Bischoff indeed there are a few - I flipped through Naval Fighters vol 105 and found a handful in tri-colour camo and one very worn out white one. There's even one with sharkteeth and one with noseart

Clifford Keesler I have seen the one with the shark mouth. cool looking plane.

Michael Hickey The engine of the B-24D I hand painted, wings are now assembled and cockpit will get painted tomorrow. Then I'll close up the fuselage.

Tim I put large amounts of lead in nose and frobt of engine nacelles....and it still tail sat. A clear bit of sprue glued to the tail bump skid keeps it from tail sitting.

Soeren . Great work!

ChevSam My father was the pilot of the Goon in the CBI. Great job on the model. I do have dvds of his 8 mm films taken during combat, in China and India.

Robbie @ChevSam - you should post any stories your father had flying "The Goon" that he might of passed on to you. You google 'B-24 The Goon' and you get a ton of info back. The top gunner has some fame down here in Arizona.

Clifford Keesler Very nice B-24.

KOJI OKADA Do you have a problem on engine cowling?

Tim The detail on the cowlings was very subtle so I went over it with a panel line scribe. I also added deluxe materials liquid gravity into each cowling to help stop tail sitting (it did not work).

Tim Thanks @ChevSam . The history of the aircraft and crew was very interesting and influenced which tail markings to use. Great nose art too.

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Ron Garcia I think anyone interested in aircraft needs to build at least one of Monogram's (Revell now) big bombers. Think of it as a right of passage. I've built several of these starting when I was was a kid (a long time ago!). I bought an old Superscale decal set of The Dragon and His Tail many years ago and finally decided to take the plunge and build the model using the decals. Fits are rough and there is lots of sanding required - especially around the engine nacelles. I kept the bomb doors closed which helped eliminate some of the detail work. I left all the guns off until the end to avoid the inevitable snapping and losing of the gun barrels. The turrets must be glued together so they have a seam right through the clear areas. Maybe if some other company tackles this aircraft they'll find a better solution for this. Of course a bomber of this size would probably cost at least $200 USD nowadays! Speaking of clear parts, DEFINITELY invest in Eduard's mask set for this beast. It will save a TON of time, plus trying to figure out what should be masked on the turrets without their instruction guide is extremely difficult. I know from doing it the hard way with my previous builds of this kit. The model is a serious tail sitter. I added lead fishing sinkers, BBs, and even heavy nails, but it still sat on its tail. I ended up shoving some large heavy screws into the wheel well to get it to sit correctly. The aluminum finish was tough. I sanded and polished numerous coats of Alclad aluminum but some areas still ended up "pebbly". In the end, I got it to where I was satisfied with it and called it good. The decals went on surprisingly easily without any tearing. The clear areas between the red stripes on the rudder yellowed a bit after drying over the white rudders. I don't know if this was a "fun" build (I seriously hate seam filling and sanding) but it sure looks impressive sitting on the shelf. I still have (another) B-29, B-58, and B-1 to build and before I'm done with the big bombers in my stash. This one took long enough so it'll probably be awhile. If some other company produces a new B-24, with all the multimedia elements they are sure to add, I don't even want to think about how long it would take to complete it! Definitely not for me! Now go out and build one of these bombers!