Some of you may have been wondering what I have been up to these past few weeks well I was fighting this kit trying to get it ready for Soonercon on the 8TH of June. I should have really started this earlier but as it is with all the fit issues and my mistakes. As it sits right now it is close to complete with the fiddly bits and a few color touch ups. One of the big issues was the nose weight which is supposed to take 85 grams but I put close to 100 and it barely sits on the nose gear. I had inadvertently broke off the nose gear just above the curve of the strut from the tire to the oleo. I used some Hypo cement to put the broken part together and let it set for about 24 hours then coated it with CA to reinforce the part to keep it from moving laterally.
The theme of the show is Holly Wood so I chose to do "Catch 22". I purchased the Model's World decal set that contained two selections, Berlin Express and Dumbo. to get a more correctly scale prop I bought a set of resin propeller blades by Loon models from Roll Models and those were the only a.m. I put into the kit. I suggest that if you have this kit or are planning on buying it in the near future that you do some serious pre-fitting before the glue that way you can avoid those "supersizes'.
Berlin Express "Catch 22" 1/32 Hk Models B-25J
Re: Berlin Express "Catch 22" 1/32 Hk Models B-25J
I like it! The B-25 is such a good lookin' aircraft both real and in scale form. Well done/
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LyleW wrote:I like it! The B-25 is such a good lookin' aircraft both real and in scale form. Well done/
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Really good looking B-25 Paul. It's great to see you hangin' back around here buddy.
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What a build! Congratulations!
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Re: Berlin Express "Catch 22" 1/32 Hk Models B-25J
That is looking mighty sharp! I can’t wait to see it all finished. I haven’t seen Catch-22 in so long that I can only remember bits and pieces of it.
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Hmmm... Carlos should do a B-25 kit. I can visualize him going all out as he’s done with his Marauder.
By the way... did I ever told you I love that Marauder kit of yours?
By the way... did I ever told you I love that Marauder kit of yours?
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Paul, what brand kit was it that gave you fit issues? Not sure if I missed it in your first post. You did mention using AM parts and decals. A fine build indeed.
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Berlin Express "Catch 22" 1/32 Hk Models B-25J
Looks great. I like the finish so far. Bummer about the nose gear - bet there were a few choice words there! I have yet to watch Catch 22 but am a big fan of the B-25
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Re: Berlin Express "Catch 22" 1/32 Hk Models B-25J
To everybody, thank you for your gracious comments. The kit is the HK models 1/32 B-25