What a project Joel! The colour shades chosen are great. Love it. You Sir have finally broken my will to resist the B-25. I will have to go and pick up this kit. Great work.

Hi Joel,

Had some spare time so I sat and read all the way through. Nice work on a not so easy kit.

Regards,

Indeed, "pretty darn good"! Excellent overall work. Five moths sound like a fair price to me, considering the results. Very instructive build blog, from which I've learnt alot.

Thanks for sharing,
Gabriel

Joel- I've been following from the beginning and I must compliment you on a beautiful job. Your paint work is wonderful - nicely restrained with just the right amount of weathering - just the way I like them ! Very convincing and I can't wait to see what's next . Cheers - Richard

Really well done Joel! You really managed to bring some nice life into the finish, and knowing the story behind the aircraft it also looks believable! Will you dress up the base with a hangar deck?

Wheels aren't glued btw? They do look a bit wobbly!

Sorry for not building anything myself for the moment, all is well but it's spring time with travelling, road cycling and also a figure painting course (!) taking up too much of my spare time for the time being!



Magnus

Joel,
Just superb work on the Mitchell. I have the original kit in my stash, but have been waiting to see how yours turned out. I'll be using your notes as a guide for sure. FYI, Eduard makes a 1/48 scale carrier deck section in plastic for an Essex class carrier that is very nice, and would look great under your Tokyo Raider B-25. It's a hanger section, and I know it's the wrong class, but your build would look great on it, although I don't know if any of the Hornet planes were parked on a hanger deck section (I doubt it). Short of that, Tom's model works makes the metal tie-down deck plates in 1/48 scale, Stevens International had them. I've used the Tom's model works 1/32 set for my Hasegawa F4B, and they really look great.
VR, Russ

The actual artwork had only been sketched on the fuselage with a piece of white chalk. They ran out of time today they were painting the artwork on the other bombers. They have the impression that they had another 24 hours before the bomber had to be launched. Then suddenly they were forced to launch before the artwork was finished."

Congratulations on getting finished Joel, that is a beautiful build and one to be very proud of!
Your build log thread is full of great information and tips and is sure to motivate a few folks to drag this kit out of the stash. Thanks for sharing so much detail over the journey.

Looking forward to following your next build, time for an open-wheeler?


Cheers, D

Edit: Please don't forget to drop a couple of pics in the TWINS Campaign Gallery.

A wonderful job Joel, though I do have one question. It looks like you painted out the aircraft's name and nose artwork underneath the pilot's window.

From this page I learn for the very first time a few moments ago that:

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The actual artwork had only been sketched on the fuselage with a piece of white chalk. They ran out of time today they were painting the artwork on the other bombers. They have the impression that they had another 24 hours before the bomber had to be launched. Then suddenly they were forced to launch before the artwork was finished."

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So, is that what we're seeing here?

By the way, I love the way that your work on the B model windows aft of the wings came out. It looks really good.

Joel,
When I said "hanger deck section" I meant to say "elevator". The Tom's model works set are brass strips with the tie-down holes cut into them-- you have to come up with your own strip wood. The Eduard deck is faster. At any rate, you've done a fantastic job-- the deck section would certainly finish off the base.
VR, Russ

Congratulations Joel, you've achieved a beautiful finish on the Mitchell. I suspect anyone would be proud to add such a model to their collection.
Whilst i'll miss looking in on this build i'll look forward to seeing what you do with the phantom.