Well I just returned to this hobby and spent alot of time lurking to learn as much as possible and finally finished a model.Its a 1/72 Hasegawa B-25J. I tried alot of stuff on this build - first time using an airbrush,first time trying a wash(which I only did to the interior wasn’t comfortable trying on the exterior yet),first time drybrushing,and first time taking photos (it shows).There is a seam I didn’t get quite good enough and I need to do a little better at masking.All and all I’m fairly happy with it for all the new stuff I tried.In fact 20 years ago when I was building I only finished 2 models so I guess this is my third model overall.Enough rambling I just want to thank the people on here who are willing to share there experience with us newbies.Oh yeah didn’t add near enough weight to keep it from tail dragging.
I think you did a fine job for your first build in such a long time. Far better than my first build, a Monogram Apache helicopter, when I returned to the hobby after a similarly long lay-off.
I’ve always wondered something, though. Thousands of B-25’s were made, right? Why is it that all seem to have ended up in the 500th bomb group, with the Mustang tail?
I sure wish kit makers would find some other marking choices.
Welcome and well done, from a fellow newbie-returnee. Nice shading… do a search in the forum for “nose weight”, I got many ideas from old posts. you can also purchase nose weights for various a/c at
Once you feel comfortable, you may want to Future coat the fuselage and try some wash, it will really bring up the bird to life. Try the underside of the rear aleron, something out of the way first, see how it looks. As long as you have a Future coat over the paint, you can always wash out the “wash” and not scrape the paint job. Again, nicely done,cheers! Jim
You have done beautiful work on a classic aircraft; congratulations!!
The wonderful thing about this hobby is, each time you build something you will learn lessons that can be applied to the NEXT build, and on it goes… Each time you tear open the plastic and smell that SMELL, be excited; you’re about to learn new things! [:)]
Thanks for posting, and we’ll be looking forward to seeing the ones yet to be built!
Thanks again for the kind words guys.It sorta feels like everyone here who shares their knowledge with us newbies had a hand in this build since the things I tried were things I read on this forum.So again I appreciate the kind words and the encouragement.
