NA B-27A High Speed Medium Bomber - Finished pic's pg.7

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, Brian!

[NARSES2]

Certainly looking the part 

[Old Wombat]

And "Thanks" to you, also, Chris!

[PR19_Kit]

It has 'Junkers' written all over it. 

[Scotaidh]

Looks very business-like.     

[63cpe]

Me likey.

Ditto!
What canopy parts did you use?

David aka 63cpe
Me too!   

[Old Wombat]

Junkers? OK, I'll take your word for it.


Thank you, gentlemen!


So far, it's been a relatively easy build but I have this strange feeling I failed to add sufficient nose weight. We'll see how that pans out.

David, the extra glazing came from the Airfix kit, which supplies two cockpit glazing options (the differences are forward of what I used). If I did it again, I'd cut along a few of the frame lines at the front of the glazing & wedge them apart slightly with some styrene, so they match where they join the other glazing sections. It's hard to see, just holding them up, but the main cockpit glazing narrows towards the front by about 1-1.5mm, which becomes obvious once glued into place.

I'll use the same method with the next (cockpit forward) version I build (if Hasegawa are nice enough to supply two canopies for their B-25J) but just PSR over them to get the right contours. The cockpit forward version will, also, allow for more nose weight, which I believe is a problem for most B-25 kits.


Once more: Thanks for watching & commenting! Very much appreciated!

[TheChronicOne]

I'm totally loving the work!  It looks so cool!!!

[PR19_Kit]

Junkers? OK, I'll take your word for it.

Junkers 288

[zenrat]

I can't decide if it looks German, Japanese, Russian or just Marsupial...

[AndrewF]

I like this a lot.

[NARSES2]

The cockpit forward version will, also, allow for more nose weight, which I believe is a problem for most B-25 kits.

My Airfix one is just about balanced on it's nose wheel, but it's a tad close. I used the forward undercarriage bays to shove weight in. As said there's just enough room.

[63cpe]

Junkers? OK, I'll take your word for it.


Thank you, gentlemen!


So far, it's been a relatively easy build but I have this strange feeling I failed to add sufficient nose weight. We'll see how that pans out.

David, the extra glazing came from the Airfix kit, which supplies two cockpit glazing options (the differences are forward of what I used). If I did it again, I'd cut along a few of the frame lines at the front of the glazing & wedge them apart slightly with some styrene, so they match where they join the other glazing sections. It's hard to see, just holding them up, but the main cockpit glazing narrows towards the front by about 1-1.5mm, which becomes obvious once glued into place.

I'll use the same method with the next (cockpit forward) version I build (if Hasegawa are nice enough to supply two canopies for their B-25J) but just PSR over them to get the right contours. The cockpit forward version will, also, allow for more nose weight, which I believe is a problem for most B-25 kits.


Once more: Thanks for watching & commenting! Very much appreciated!

All right, thanks for the explanation. interesting build! go on and post picca's!

David aka 63cpe

[Old Wombat]

Small progress;

[Old Wombat]

Junkers? OK, I'll take your word for it.

Junkers 288

I dunno, Kit, I thought it had more of a twin-tailed, prop-engined Arado 234 look, personally.