Psychedelic Boomerang

tigercat · October 14, 2015, 11:00:26 AM

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/images/b25tm_4.jpg

Inspired by this and the Battle of Britain Group build . While the base aircraft fits in the right timeframe . The colour scheme is from the film "The Battle of Britain " so I'm putting it here.

Captain Canada · October 14, 2015, 12:00:03 PM

What's the deal with those two ? The 109 looks pretty cool, different somehow. The Mitchel a camera plane or somat ?

tigercat · October 14, 2015, 12:07:19 PM

Yes it the camera aircraft they used for filming the Battle of Britain . My plan is to do a similar colour scheme but on a Hudson.

PR19_Kit · October 14, 2015, 01:51:52 PM

The BoB filming B-25 had a camera in the bomb bay that was on an extending arm that they could lower into the airstream to film the other aircraft. I watched it flying over Duxford with the arm extended a few times and it looked REALLY weird!

Difficult to model like that as you'd need a very tall stand!

tigercat · October 14, 2015, 01:58:05 PM

Interesting

Thanks for the details....

PR19_Kit · October 14, 2015, 02:02:13 PM

And looking at your linked pic reminds me that they had other cameras aboard too.

One in the glazed nose dome and one in the enlarged tail 'turret' that was out in the breeze! It had fairings around the sides and on top but there was no glass in front of the lens. It must have been chilly for the cameraman!

tigercat · October 14, 2015, 02:18:05 PM

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/b25jtm_1.htm

PR19_Kit · October 14, 2015, 03:58:13 PM

Quote from: tigercat on October 14, 2015, 02:18:05 PM
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/b25jtm_1.htm

He's made a super job of that.

kerick · October 14, 2015, 06:22:55 PM

Nice trick using a crewman at the boarding ladder to hold up the tail!
This brings to mind the wild paint jobs on the formation planes for the B-17 and B-24 groups.
I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

PR19_Kit · October 15, 2015, 08:56:39 AM

Quote from: kerick on October 14, 2015, 06:22:55 PM

Nice trick using a crewman at the boarding ladder to hold up the tail!

Must be something about B-25 kits.

The only one I've ever built, a B-25J with the 75 mm gun, was a determined tail sitter despite loads of nose weight. I did the same thing, and added a boarding ladder with a crew guy about to climb aboard. It's handy that the ladder is EXACTLY in the best place for a tail prop.

kerick · October 15, 2015, 10:18:58 AM

I have one in the stash so I better remember this trick!

Captain Canada · October 15, 2015, 10:27:46 AM

Very nice. Thanks for the full link ! Great job on that model, and the crewman trick is a good one !

DogfighterZen · October 19, 2015, 12:40:39 PM

If there was no text on the post, i'd be very inclined to think that it's a whif Portuguese commemorative scheme... It's got all the colors, just needed a bit more blue.

Will be interesting to see how you work it.