The HobbyBoss 1/32 B24D Liberator.

[BarryW]

Plenty of progress and now on the home run.

I applied a Flory surge wash overall to bring out the panel lines and to tone down the clean paint look and followed up with matt coats.

After the matt coat I got on with more weathering.

Exhaust wash on the exhausts and airbrushed some exhaust smoke. Plus some weathering pencil work on streaking.


Looking at the photos I only did some light streaking on top of the cowlings.


Undercarriage went on easily.


And then, she is on her three legs for the first time.


More final fixings to do.

[Scratchbuilder]

Admiration all round...
I said to SWMBO "Look, can I have one of those...?"
She said "What, a clean and tidy work room devoid of dust..."
You just cannot win.....

[BarryW]

Almost there …

Only the front greenhouse to position with the guns inside.

A bit of a delay though as I found that my non-fogging c.a. has dried up! At this time of year I cannot quickly get a replacement which means I need to use pva glue that has no ‘bite’ and takes time to dry. It won’t grip as well either. So first I need to fit the guns inside the canopy and be patient while the pva dries and do that one by one. As there is not a positive location for the transparency fixing that will be more awkward and will involve taping it into position while it dries. A real pain in the neck, if the ca had not dried I would be finished right now.


These things come to try us….

[adt70hk]

Coming on beautifully Barry, a great finish as always. Shame about the AM decals but pleased to hear the kit ones worked out ok.

ATB.

Andrew

[Nicko]

She's looking excellent Barry...

Nick

[Jim R]

Another stunning result Barry. The weathering looks spot on.

[Guest]

Perhaps there is still some deep in the tube that you can get to by cutting it open? That, of course, spoils everything you can’t use right away, but it may be worth a try.

[BarryW]

Perhaps there is still some deep in the tube that you can get to by cutting it open? That, of course, spoils everything you can’t use right away, but it may be worth a try.

I dug down through it thinking that, nothing usable. Anyway, all is done now with pva and I am hoping to get some photos done tomorrow.

In the New Year I will start the Border Lancaster. Another biggie, but not quite as big as this one.

[BarryW]

Model completed. One quick pic and I will load a completed model thread.

[Airborne01]

Very nice indeed!
Steve

[scottie3158]

That is a thing of beauty mate.

[Jim R]

Top result as always. Looking forward to the Lancaster.

[BarryW]

Thanks everyone. Here she is, sat nicely on the top shelf, nose in. The only practical way for this biggie….

[boatman]

WOW what a model Barry brilliant build an finish an lookin forward to the boder lanc
chrisb

[Guest]

That has me wondering how you’ll store the Lancaster, given that it’s got conventional landing gear rather than a nose wheel. Build an extension to your house?