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The relocated rudder and elevator servos will live here. -
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The now empty bomb bay. I installed a floor made of sheet styrene. -
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Top view of the fuselage bottom. The servos were moved aft to the new compartment created for them. I checked for tail weights but none were installed. If found, I would have taken them out as they would not be needed with the new servo position. -
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The bomb release device I made to retain the bombs when the bomb bay doors were open. Again I used sheet styrene and some thin plywood for this part. -
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Side view of the bombs and release mechanism. -
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More progress on the bomb release. I used styrene rectangular tubing for the arms. I re-shaped the servo arm to accept the longer pieces. Hot glue worked well on this portion. -
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Another view of the holding device. -
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View of the bottom of the fuselage.
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OD green paint was color matched from HobbyKing's B-17 V2. Grey color was matched from Flightline's B-24 Liberator. -
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Decals are from Callie-Graphics, of course! -
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I did add the 3mm shim in the rear of the horizontal stabilizer. -
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Here she is prior to her maiden. -
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Here she is during the process of re-routing the servo wires. -
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Another view of the wire re-routing. -
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Outside and ready for the airbrush action. -
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Not much to look at at this point.
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With her sister ships. -
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The current 4 B-25s of the medium bomb group.
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Side view. I will need to add the olive drab paint to the uppers soon. -
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Here is the stock set-up. -
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Black tail wheel pivot plastic removed. I removed it intact for possible re-use in a different aircraft. -
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Side view of installed bf109 tail wheel unit. -
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Top view of installed bf109 tail wheel unit.
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Fuselage with large panel lines filled in flush. -
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Mid - fuselage panel lines have been filled. -
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Port engine nacelles at step 1 in the filling in of the panel lines. -
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Starboard engine nacelles at step 1 in the filling in of the panel lines. -
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Horizontal stabilizer is ready for final check then paint.
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The B-25J gunship of the Fighting Falcons, stationed in the Philippines during WWII. -
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