DBII
Senior Master Sergeant
Has the GB started? I found a Minicraft British PV1 on sale. Looks like a Mk I or II.
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You can do it!Oh crap! Only 3 weeks left to finish my 2 GB-47 entries and I haven't even started thinking about this one yet. Seems like I just finished the C-46 for GB-46.
whack up a list and I'll pick !Looked through my stash last night and have a lot that fits this group build but I have no clue what I want to do.
Something oddLooked through my stash last night and have a lot that fits this group build but I have no clue what I want to do.
Sung to the weather out side is frightful but the fire is so delightfulI had almost decided on doing the Revell (ex-Matchbox) PB4Y-2 Privateer I have in my stash. I pulled it down and had a close look at the kit and decided that I didn't feel like going through all the work it would take for me to make a barely acceptable finished model out of it right now.
When I was putting it back I saw this PB4Y-1. I had bought it years ago for mainly sentimental reasons as it was the first plane model I built with my father when I was about 7 or 8 back in the early '70s. I took a look at it and I think I'm gonna go for it, building it out of the box for the most part. I think the one I built with Dad is still up in the attic in a box. Must see if I can find it.
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I had almost decided on doing the Revell (ex-Matchbox) PB4Y-2 Privateer I have in my stash. I pulled it down and had a close look at the kit and decided that I didn't feel like going through all the work it would take for me to make a barely acceptable finished model out of it right now.
When I was putting it back I saw this PB4Y-1. I had bought it years ago for mainly sentimental reasons as it was the first plane model I built with my father when I was about 7 or 8 back in the early '70s. I took a look at it and I think I'm gonna go for it, building it out of the box for the most part.
Interesting concept that only requires three kits to create one.Here's an idea, you can do something very different but on the same lines. Do a British Liberator Mk.II (I've mentioned this before on another thread). Take the wings from the Matchbox Privateer and fit them to the PB4Y-1, get hold of a Handley Page Halifax Mk.III kit and rob the rear and upper turrets of it and then you can go ahead and build your Liberator Mk.II. The Mk.II was unique to the British - it was the first long nose Liberator and it had the un-turbosupercharged engines, hence the use of the Privateer wings for the model, but it had British guns, the Boulton Paul tail and mid upper turret, but the turret was aft of the wing box, not in the usual position aft of the cockpit. See the picture below. This is something I'd like to do one day, but don't really have the skill to do. I know you do though.
15651205420_c99f7936e9_o.jpg (1621×875) (thisdayinaviation.com)
From here: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II Archives - This Day in Aviation
I have been thinking of having a go at GB48 for a few months but I wanted to check on eligibility. I fancy building a what if Sea Hurricane II with folded wings, would this be acceptable. I obviously won't have a kit to work from so it definitely won't be OOB.
What I do have is bits of 3 1/72 Hurricane kits from AZ, Arma and Airfix although the kits have been horribly robbed for other projects I think there's just enough to make a model with a bit of scratch building. Somewhere I even have a Hercules engine and nacelle bought for a project that never happened.
So should I have a go with the mix up or should I buy a proper kit.
Interesting Idea, but I'm already working on a major surgical job with the Twin P-40 right now and don't think I'm up for tackling two at the same time.Here's an idea, you can do something very different but on the same lines. Do a British Liberator Mk.II (I've mentioned this before on another thread). Take the wings from the Matchbox Privateer and fit them to the PB4Y-1, get hold of a Handley Page Halifax Mk.III kit and rob the rear and upper turrets of it and then you can go ahead and build your Liberator Mk.II. The Mk.II was unique to the British - it was the first long nose Liberator and it had the un-turbosupercharged engines, hence the use of the Privateer wings for the model, but it had British guns, the Boulton Paul tail and mid upper turret, but the turret was aft of the wing box, not in the usual position aft of the cockpit. See the picture below. This is something I'd like to do one day, but don't really have the skill to do. I know you do though.
15651205420_c99f7936e9_o.jpg (1621×875) (thisdayinaviation.com)
From here: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II Archives - This Day in Aviation
Something you should consider if you try this project your self.