official b-25 painting thread

[milcoll73]

well i searched for awhile and there dosent seem to be a b-25 paitning thread so here goes. this was a conversion/repaint of the bauer b-25 to a 75mm gun nose b-25. i call her thunderbird. this was my 1st repaint/modeling attempt in many years so it was frustrating as well as rewarding as my skills atrophied as well as loss of visual acuity and steadiness of hands. oh well, it is what it is.

i amputated the nose and filled it. added 4 .50 cal muzzles and drilled out and added a 75mm muzzle. i added 2 duel .50 cal blister cheek packs, i moved the turred forward, i added the waist bulges, and finally, lopped off the clear tail and added a tail position by putting the clear "cone" up on top of the tail unit.

[matt56]

Nice work, Phillip! Quite the conversion here - I particularly like the shifted turret and side and tail perspex - I have several early B-25s that I need to convert to late-model versions...

This plane would have flown in the Pacific Theater, right? Keep up the great work

All the best,
Matt

[Nightbomber]

The thread is located here:

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ainting-Thread

[Guntruck]

Good job Phillip

[Nightbomber]

Good job Phillip

Wel done indeed. I would not dare to compete with you, Phillip.

[Gotham Resident]

Looks good to me! I would fly her proudly in my air fleet.

[milcoll73]

thanks everyone!!

[milcoll73]

Nice work, Phillip! Quite the conversion here - I particularly like the shifted turret and side and tail perspex - I have several early B-25s that I need to convert to late-model versions...

This plane would have flown in the Pacific Theater, right? Keep up the great work

All the best,
Matt

well its only loosely based on pacific unit markings. i really wouldnt be surprised to find out that some gun nose b-25s operated in the mediterranian but, as far as i know, they were exclusive in the pacific.

thanks matt

[grumpybear]

Nice work