Hi Folks, A recently completed B-24D remade as a well-known USN patrol bomber for you. Calvert 'n Coke may have been the most photographed of the PBY's stationed at Dunkeswell, Devon. Numerous colour and BW photos exist, evidently all taken the same day for a promotional event, sometime in the summer of 1943. Not long after, the red-edged insignia were to be replaced with smaller blue and white types. Later, in November, this aircraft had a fateful battle with a U-boat caught off the north coast of Spain.
For this build, the canopy, the little nose dome and turrets were replaced with vacuform parts, which I think appear more realistic. Detail sets were used for the cockpit/nose interiors. (Most of which you can't really see.) Fine metal tubing and 'Swiss cheese' detail strips were used for the machine guns. The bird cage nose piece was quite difficult to fit and paint.
The black lettering was my first attempt at making decals using a sheet of clear film in a copier.
For this build, the canopy, the little nose dome and turrets were replaced with vacuform parts, which I think appear more realistic. Detail sets were used for the cockpit/nose interiors. (Most of which you can't really see.) Fine metal tubing and 'Swiss cheese' detail strips were used for the machine guns. The bird cage nose piece was quite difficult to fit and paint.
The black lettering was my first attempt at making decals using a sheet of clear film in a copier.
