Recreate Revell B-24J Given to Dad - Atlantis Rebox
1July 7, 2020My supplies and kit. Why yes - that is tube glue! I had not heard of liquid plastic cement until I got into the Marine Corps! LOL Starting this now only because I had a Facebook WWII Group Build get sprung onto me by one of my good buddies!!
2July 7, 2020This image is to make the FB Group Build peeps happy. Supposed to finish by the end of the month! ROFL!!
3July 8, 2020Took the parts out of the tub this morning laid them out to dry.
4July 8, 2020Started clean-up this evening. Cleaning up the flash a lot better than I did when I was 12 y/o! LOL
5July 9, 2020I think the most time-consuming part of this build is clean-up of the parts! Getting the flash off the parts plus, for me, knocking down some of the baseball sized rivets to golf ball size! LOL
6July 13, 2020Didn't get as much done as I wanted this weekend but once I finish cleaning up the parts and start painting it will go pretty quick!
7July 15, 2020Finally got all the parts cleaned up and most of them primed.
8July 16, 2020Boy, sure has been a VERY long time since I used enamels! LOL The smell sure did bring back a lot of memories, including one where my Mom expressed her displeasure of me using the paints in the house!
9July 18, 2020I made more of a mess & splattering of paint all over than I did actually giving the crew some proper color on their flight gear! It will do - I just need to get the frames on the clear plastic turrets, canopy & lower nose glass masked and done so I can button this sucker up tomorrow.
10July 19, 2020Between my nerves any more and the steady stream of callers inquiring about my car's extended warranty, I should have known better than to trust myself to hand paint the turret frames on this! But they are done and I will be able to close up the fuselage this by this evening. Will make sure to mask off the Cockpit Canopy & Under Nose Glass.
11July 24, 2020About an hour's worth of masking & prep for less than 5 minutes of actually painting! Fuselage has already been done. I never would have done this before 25 y/o!! LOL
12August 3, 2020Primary paints on.
13August 3, 2020Primary paints on from the rear quarter.
14August 3, 2020Prep for gloss coat.
15August 3, 2020Considering the wings & fuselage had some golfball-sized rivets the decals worked like a champ with some help from 'Mr. Mark Softener'!!
16August 3, 2020Getting the final flat coats on.
17August 3, 2020Finished glamour shot 1
18August 3, 2020Finished glamour shot 2
19August 3, 2020Finished glamour shot 3
20August 3, 2020Finished glamour shot 4
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Recreate the box scale B-24 that I had built for my Dad and given to him. He had been a belly gunner in B-17's & Liberators in the SouthWest Pacific in WWII. At the time, I didn't use liquid glue or acrylics. I need to rustle up some old school enamels to do this baby!
