Lee Drennen’s 1/72 B-25 Mitchell Re-Build

[wonwinglo]

Back when I was around 15 or 16yrs old I built this 1/72 Monogram B-25 Mitchell. It hung in my room at my Mom and Dad’s house till I moved out when I was 19yrs old then it hung in my apartment till I was 29yrs old when I got married it then moved to the garage and stayed on a shelf for many years till last year I decided to rebuild it. It had lost some parts over the years. I just couldn’t toss it out it has so many memories. The only B-25 I had in my stash was this old Airfix. One night I played around with swapping parts to re- build the old Monogram and I think it might work.[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1096485[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1096486[/ATTACH]

Pure nostalgia Lee,I love the idea especially as that old kit was a part of plastic modelling history,done similar things myself and my treasured old Revell B-36 Bomber built around 1958 is still in my collection,back then we never had proper model paints really and my model was painted with Woolworhs best white enamel,the first kits to come into the UK via Gamages etc were American Hawk,Lindbergh,Revelle,Monogram and Kleeware,then we had Lincoln International,Eaglewall 1/96th scale kits and those wonderful early Airfix Spitfire's and Gladiators with flat no airfoil wiings sold in F.W.Woolworths stores for 2/- thats two old shillings for the youngsters here ! the Airfix Lancaster was 7/6 pence seven and six old pence a lot of pocket money to save up so birthdays were the answer for the Silver City Bristol Superfreighter,loved them all.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice to see nostalgia as Barry says....this thread has it in more than one aspect....we have Airfix kits and hanging them from the ceiling, and the phrase “Texas Tea” which I remember from the theme tune to the Beverly hillbillies....

[scottie3158]

Lee, a nice idea.

[wonwinglo]

Back in the sixties kits were everywhere except model shops,you could find them in newsagent's,fancy goods stores,sweet shops,Marks and Spencer,hardware stores,then Woolwoths imported Kleeware big time and Aurora too,there was no mail order to speak off back then and the American magazines that reached the UK were full of mouth watering advertisements.
There was no plastic cement either and we had to use Ethyl Methyl Keytone to assemble them.

[stillp]

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Lee, how did you take it apart? Wasn't it glued?
Pete

[Lee Drennen]

Barry thanks for stopping by and the complement and sharing all that nostalgia I think all of us need to at least keep one or two kids from our child

Tim. Thanks for stopping by I’m glad I’m not the only one who watch the Beverly hillbillies

Paul thanks for stopping by hope you stay along for the ride

Pete. This was a snap together kit I think my mom got it for me at a department store in town here’s a pic of the box art[ATTACH]345143[/ATTACH]

[Lee Drennen]

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[AlanG]

Looking good Lee. Doing a grand job on it

[Lee Drennen]

Thanks for stopping by and the complement Alan. Going to work on the cockpit from the Airfix one tonight see if it will work or not

[minitnkr]

Paint looks mighty good.
Long Island Tea: 1oz sweet/sour mix, 1/2oz Triple sec, 1/2oz vodka, 1/2oz gin, 1/2oz rum, 1/2oz tequila, 1oz cola, & lemon slice.
Texas Tea: 1oz lemon juice, 1/2oz simple syrup, 1/2oz vodka, 1/4oz gin, 1/4oz rum, 1/2oz tequila. Give a quick stir & serve in collins glass. HTH. PaulE

[Mini Me]

What the H*** is simple syrup?? Otherwise sounds like fun!

[Lee Drennen]

Ok now everyone on my thread will be drunk after those recipes I’m worried about John and his meds with Texas Tea. I guess we’ll have a tea party now

[Lee Drennen]

I’ve been working on the Mitchell most of the morning it’s been raining here so not much I can do in the garden. I was going up plant more Beans, Squash and Onions oh well back to the model. I worked on the cockpit and the mid- gun turret both are from the Airfix kit and they are going to work. I also cut the wings off the center piece that snaps together I thing it will now make a better fit. The decals are very yellow so I’m trying a old car modelers trick by placing them in a baggie and putting them in a window with full sunlight we’ll see how this goes. Enjoy the pics

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[Guest]

Very nice work Lee :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Having survived for so long, this deserves some love. Great work Lee.