Another early attempt at proper modeling… This is a N.A. B-25C that I built in 1984.
It’s the 1/72 Italeri kit, operating in North Africa… I’m afraid the pic is not the best ever but that’s the only one I have of this particular model… That year, I built the B-10, the B-17, the B-24, the B-25, the B-26, the B-29, the B-36, the B-47, the B-52D, the FB-111, and the B-1b… All in 1/72. I also started scratchbuilding a 1/72 XB-70 Valkyrie…! I had the inside of the cockpit all detailled, the wings and the fuselage built, but had troubles getting a putty that would give me a decent looking surface without too much trouble… I eventually gave up… Had I known Milliput then…
This B-25 was donated, along with all the other bombers, to the Brussels Air Museum. It was still exhibited there back in 1998, but I could not see it anymore when I visited again in 2003… Notice the ‘see-through’ in the nose area… I never thought about ‘blanking out’ the inside of the nose (a clear part) with black paint…!
Great model DJ, and displayed in a museum too! I can’t believe you have built so many kits! The dust and spinning prop look really effective, was it easy to do? I’d love to know how you did the dust bit!
It (the dust) does look better in the pic than in real, honestly…! The base (ie the sand) was just a thin layer of plaster and some paint. I used diluted acrylic paint to color some cotton wool and when dry I stretched some and attached it to the wheels and the base (with wood glue). The cotton wool hides pins (particularly for the front wheel) that keep the aircraft steady on its base. The propeller disks were just some thin transparent plastic cut in shape.
