1/48 B-25J Mitchel Quick Build! Plastic Airplane Model 

I’m building this right now. It’s just an OOB build, but it’s going together well. Lots of test fitting required, but manageable. It’s not complicated, and I’ve been practicing my painting on it. Only stripped it once. Thank god for acrylic paints. Interior is clear coated and ready for wash, weathering, satin coating and assy.

That is fantastic! You captured the look of the real one well. And I like your chipping and weathering. The model is a great tribute to fallen crew. Unfortunately this aircraft and its crew was lost in a low level (100-200 feet above the ground) para-bombing run, when this aircraft was hit on the right side AAA, took out the pilot with a gapping huge hole and the plane dove straight into the ground in a spatacular firey crash, killing the crew. You can google this aircraft and there are B&W photos from the aircraft ahead of this one, showing this one going down and hitting the ground. Sad story and sad sight, but I think Revell chose this aircraft to honor the crew and also so the crew would "live on" on Hobby shop shelves and in model aircraft all over the world for years to come. You did a fantastic job on your build!

looking good. Got the model and some Dutch decals for it.

That turned out great

I used pennies for nose weight and it worked perfectly.

Turned out very nice! Is this Revell kit based on the Monogram mould? I have the Monogram one and the plastic is dark green and decals are different. I wish the Monogram had the Benito / Hirohito decal….

Nice.

Quite late to the party but what model would you recomend that is in similar scale and relative price. Either this or a different aircraft but on 1/48 or closer

Where are you making two during your film?

Why no nose weight?