Somebody needs to do a damaged B-24 rotting away in the graveyard at Chakeri Airfield postwar, shortly before they were resurrected for the Indian Air Force in 1948-1950.

Quote from: zenrat on March 05, 2024, 02:57:09 AMLooking at the CAD pictures the new Airfix Lib has too much internal detail for my liking.  But that's how Airfix design them now.

Not that you'll see any of it.  Unless Airfix is sending a transparent fuselage half with the kit.

April edition of Airfix Magazine has some sprue shots and a preview of the Liberator. Definitely looks as though it's been tooled to enable other versions to be produced and it does look nice

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 05, 2024, 05:39:21 AMApril edition of Airfix Magazine has some sprue shots and a preview of the Liberator. Definitely looks as though it's been tooled to enable other versions to be produced and it does look nice

Sweet Chris ..look forward to reading that ..in three months..we don't even have March here yet ..fact the new issue will be god knows when cause the latest issue of Military Modelcraft International I got was October 2023 ..volume 27..issue 12 
Not saying everything we get here is late but the world could end and we wouldn't know about it for at least a month.

Quote from: Beermonster58 on March 05, 2024, 02:47:01 AMHmm! Well, with all due respect, that's a pretty subjective comment .! How does one quantify "better"?
...I think a lot of  discussions over which aircraft is better than another are essentially insoluble.

Yes! 

Quote from: Nick on March 05, 2024, 04:39:09 AMSomebody needs to do a damaged B-24 rotting away in the graveyard at Chakeri Airfield postwar, shortly before they were resurrected for the Indian Air Force in 1948-1950.

Or redo the 'Lady Be Good' diorama that Shep Paine did all those years ago...

Or one at the scrappers, being sliced up or smashed open with a bulldozer.

Quote from: Rick Lowe on March 05, 2024, 11:54:24 PM

Quote from: Nick on March 05, 2024, 04:39:09 AMSomebody needs to do a damaged B-24 rotting away in the graveyard at Chakeri Airfield postwar, shortly before they were resurrected for the Indian Air Force in 1948-1950.

Or redo the 'Lady Be Good' diorama that Shep Paine did all those years ago...

Or one at the scrappers, being sliced up or smashed open with a bulldozer.

NO-O-O-O!

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 06, 2024, 12:30:30 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on March 05, 2024, 11:54:24 PM

Quote from: Nick on March 05, 2024, 04:39:09 AMSomebody needs to do a damaged B-24 rotting away in the graveyard at Chakeri Airfield postwar, shortly before they were resurrected for the Indian Air Force in 1948-1950.

Or redo the 'Lady Be Good' diorama that Shep Paine did all those years ago...

Or one at the scrappers, being sliced up or smashed open with a bulldozer.

NO-O-O-O!

Don't look at the pics of the A-26Ks being sliced up every 3 feet, or the B-52s being 'cut' up by wrapping chains around the fuselages and bulldozers pulling in opposite directions... 

Quote from: zenrat on March 05, 2024, 02:57:09 AM

Quote from: Beermonster58 on March 05, 2024, 02:47:01 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 03, 2024, 02:07:27 PM

Quote from: kitbasher on March 03, 2024, 10:37:28 AMAlways preferred the B-24 to the B-17.

Same.

But I do acknowledge that the B-17 was the better aircraft.

Hmm! Well, with all due respect, that's a pretty subjective comment .! How does one quantify "better"?...

Dogfight?
Would that not largely depend on the skill of the pilot rather than the perceived "better" aircraft?

Looking at the CAD pictures the new Airfix Lib has too much internal detail for my liking.  But that's how Airfix design them now.


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I'd agree on the internal detail. Most of it a waste of plastic that would just end up in my bin. Most of the interior parts on the Wellington and, Shackleton went that way.Just personal preference.

Quote from: Rick Lowe on March 06, 2024, 12:42:05 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 06, 2024, 12:30:30 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on March 05, 2024, 11:54:24 PM

Quote from: Nick on March 05, 2024, 04:39:09 AMSomebody needs to do a damaged B-24 rotting away in the graveyard at Chakeri Airfield postwar, shortly before they were resurrected for the Indian Air Force in 1948-1950.

Or redo the 'Lady Be Good' diorama that Shep Paine did all those years ago...

Or one at the scrappers, being sliced up or smashed open with a bulldozer.

NO-O-O-O!

Don't look at the pics of the A-26Ks being sliced up every 3 feet, or the B-52s being 'cut' up by wrapping chains around the fuselages and bulldozers pulling in opposite directions... 

When they scrapped the Nimrod MRA.4s at Woodford, they used a thing which I presume is an industrial tree pruning machine: a monster-sized chainsaw on the end of an articulated hydraulic arm, mounted on a vehicle.

Airfix are offering double Hobby Rewards points on anything you buy from the website until midnight on 11mar24.

Quote from: zenrat on March 05, 2024, 02:57:09 AMLooking at the CAD pictures the new Airfix Lib has too much internal detail for my liking.  But that's how Airfix design them now.

I don't mind. I'll just do it all & if it's visible - great; if not - I'll know it's there!

Hmmmm, that B-24 is interesting ! Only ever built a 1/144th scale example.

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 06, 2024, 07:43:37 AM

Quote from: zenrat on March 05, 2024, 02:57:09 AMLooking at the CAD pictures the new Airfix Lib has too much internal detail for my liking.  But that's how Airfix design them now.

I don't mind. I'll just do it all & if it's visible - great; if not - I'll know it's there!

Exactly my thinking. I do get a feeling of satisfaction after finishing the internals, and just before closing them up    Plus now that you can take decent photos with a phone, rather than having to get your camera out, you can get photos of the innards 

Just like a colonoscopy 😉