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			1/48  accurate minatures b-25B "doolittle raider"

by Josh Henderson
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Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here 
  

i built this model completly out of the box.it took me about 4 weeks to build it, finish, its finished in the markings of plane #11 "harri carrier".i used model master enamel exclusivly.the kit went to gether great, the only problem i had with this kit is that
the instrument panel is a clear piece of plastic with a decal that goes behind it, the problem is, it didnt come with the decal, so with some advertising, i found one, thanx to the art director at accurate minatures, Thomas myers, he ahd a spare he gave me.
the kit itself is great, it comes with paint mask, and  pre cut nose weights, and decal options to do any one of the doolittle raiders. i started off by painting the major interior parts green zinc, notice the clear insturment panel to the left in the begining stages of detailing. ( 0.2 JPG)

here is the interor of the aircraft after painting and detaling, the bomb bay area was sprayed with aluminum metalizer from model master, i buffed it to a high shine, it will be dulled down later on do to weathering. i also added the fire extingusiher and axe in the back, and painted the molded in wires black with a toothpick end. ( 0.3 JPG)
 
here is the finished intrument panel before i added the decal to the back, it took some carefull painting to paint around the little clear holes, then the variouse switches were painted red, and dark gray, some were left black. i left it on the spure for easier handling during the painting process (0.4 JPG)

here is the completed cockpit assembly showing the intrument panel detail, the camera i was using wasnt very good so its hard to see the level of detail in the dials. the seat belts were also decals, but i left them on the backing paper and glued them into positon with super glue for added realism.  ( 0.5 JPG)     (0.6 JPG)

the next step was the bomb bay, it is comprised of about 6 pieces, the item on the bottom left was a long range fuel tank 
custom made and fitted for doolittle raiders only. the bomb bay was sprayed aluminum and green zinc.  ( 0.7 jpg)  (0.8 JPG)

as i was beggining to near the completion of the  interior parts, i went ahead and glued the wings togetherand painted the insidees green zinc so they could be dry and  good to  go when it came time to  work on them (0.9 JPG)
 
 
i then turned my attention to the upper turret, it was painted, washed and detailed, i will add the turret cover late ron in the article,it went together fairly easy, only trouble glueing it together so the gun can move up and down (1.0 JPG)  (1.1 JPG)

after glueing all the sub assemblies in place it was ready to to be glued together. the only thing left to add was the bomb racks, i chose to do that later. it went to gether fairly well, only little putty was required on the bottom. (1.2 JPG)  (1.3 JPG)

heres the chemical toilet in the rear, and below it the all important reading material, a time life magazine made form decal 
paper (1.4 JPG)

i tried something new, finish the plane in pieces, i will explain a little later, but here is the wings and control surfaces after the panel lines had be sprayed black for an undershade affect.  (1.5 JPG)

the nose assembly was very esay, had it done in about 2 hours. the instructions say to glue the nose  canopy on at this point but i didnt want to, i wanted to wait and be safe, cause what if i glued it on and it was crooked? i played it safe.left it off until later
on  (1.6 JPG)

next is the engine assembly. a wonderful detailed engine that comes in 5 parts. the engine on the right has been metalized. the one on the left has been metalized with magnesium, and washed black with crayola water color paints. the wires were done with a silver pen. (1.7 JPG)  (1.8 JPG)

heres the  pre-finished items ready to be installed. i will build planes like this from now on, the masking was easier this way.it was also easier for me to apply the paint mask and rigging to aircraft with it being in pieces. now i can just glue everthing together and ill will finished. (1.9 JPG)

on the back  by the upper turret i added some thin plastic styrene to show the amrmor that the doolittle raiders carried.i removed the lower turret completly, as doolittle raiders didnt have them to save weight ( 2.3 JPG)

being a 16 year old teenager, i chose to the plane with the markings of a naked woman droping bombs, so
 i built plane #11 (2.4 JPG)

heres the under side showing the bomb bays  (2.5 JPG)

pictures 2.0, 2.1 and 2.6 you can add at the very end
thanx to my uncle james for loaning me his camera. ( sorry if the pictures arnt perfect, im not a good photographer)