Revell 1/48 B-25J Gun Nose
Re: Revell 1/48 B-25J Gun Nose
Nice choice Lyle - and good find. Quite the imposing aircraft if you're on the wrong end of those 50 cals.
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Re: Revell 1/48 B-25J Gun Nose
It was a fine airplane. When I was in 8th grade me and a buddy tried to con our music teacher into flying one home for us if we bought one from the AF auction that was going on at the time. He was a Group Commander in WW II in North Africa on Martin B-26's. He said "I wouldn't get in one of those war weary beasts for anything". We were crushed! Not that we could have come up with the pittance it would have taken to buy one anyway. Given the unpleasantness later to come it might have been a good investment because the Air Force wanted them back to send to On Mark.Stikpusher wrote:I’m a little partial to the Invader for family reasons. My dad flew in them in the Air Force reserve after his stint in the Army.jeaton01 wrote:Well, yeah, but the A-20 is still my favorite! It's prettier!
Here's a flyer I found much later for the auction. There's an equal number of B-25's there for Lyle.
Re: Revell 1/48 B-25J Gun Nose
Sounds like you got a lot to deal with on this one. One reason why I won't buy a started kit, I want to be the one to screw things up lol. Also I got to side with the A-26 here.
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Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Re: Revell 1/48 B-25J Gun Nose
I like those a lot, too. This builder seems to have done as well as I likely would have, but with a lot of glue. A lot. Did I mention a lot of glue? As was mentioned, just about all of it will be hidden.
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Re: Revell 1/48 B-25J Gun Nose
Thanks, John!keavdog wrote:Nice choice Lyle - and good find. Quite the imposing aircraft if you're on the wrong end of those 50 cals.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
Re: Revell 1/48 B-25J Gun Nose
Did anyone else notice the T-28 and the T-6 pictures are labeled incorrectly?jeaton01 wrote: Here's a flyer I found much later for the auction. There's an equal number of B-25's there for Lyle.
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Re: Revell 1/48 B-25J Gun Nose
Yup, I saw the T-6 and T-28 mislabeling right away. Silly USAF labeler. What kind of airman did that?
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