The Tangmere Pilots extend a warm welcome to visitors in the Guest Room. Please feel free to register, drop by the Guest Room to say hello. If you are looking to join a squadron, we are currently recruiting. You can browse the rest of our site to see if The Tangmere Pilots fit what you are looking for.
Information: Please take a moment and visit your profile to choose a flag.

Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

The place for Charlie to put on his favourite dress and show us all his assets!!

Moderators: Reggie, Tom

Post Reply
User avatar
charlie
Great Britain
Flying Officer
Flying Officer
Posts: 853
Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:14 pm
Location: 'An airfield somewhere in England'
Contact:
Contact charlie

Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by charlie » Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:36 pm

Hey chaps, just thought I would post a recent commission, a long time since I completed anything! A bit of a departure for me, this being my first 'American' build, but as a Coastal Command version. A lovely kit and painting a white scheme is real challenge what with trying not to make it look, umm...white! I used a very light grey on top of a white base and then weathered with oils.

A very tricky scheme even though it looks very simple - a challenge having to mask the leading edge curves of the vertical stabs and spray black (actually dark grey for scale). Replacement brass barrels are a nice alternative to the poor kit parts. I made the base with a laser cutter. :Thumbup

Next stop, the Airfix Walrus! :Geek

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Last edited by charlie on Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
F/Lt Charlie DFC*
No longer B Flight Leader but still a bloody nice bloke
No1 Sqn

"Success in life consists of going from one mistake to the next without losing your enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill

Modelling projects:
http://www.behance.net/search?search=ch ... user_tags=
Top
User avatar
Tom
Wales
Air Marshall
Air Marshall
Posts: 4072
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:47 pm
Location: In front of a computer
Contact:
Contact Tom

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Tom » Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:59 pm

Very nice. For a photo montage?
In selecting the motto... 'all for one and one for all'... I have done so because it expresses what should be the creed to every Fighter Pilot. Never forget that you are an essential cog in the wheel, and if you break or fail it will let down your brother pilots, and the grimness of war allows for no such weakness.

Air Vice Marshal Saul in the foreword to 13 Group's 'Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters'

"They fly Hurricanes, isn't it?, them's shit planes for remtards on free dinners..."
Armstrong & Miller Show
Top
User avatar
Dutch
Great Britain
Flying Officer
Flying Officer
Posts: 949
Joined: Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:56 pm
Location: Somewhere
Contact:
Contact Dutch

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Dutch » Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:42 pm

Nice one Charlie. Looks superb.
I wanna go full-horrible. Take me to the nasties.
Top
User avatar
Sparky
United States of America
Pilot Officer
Pilot Officer
Posts: 718
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:21 am
Location: US and France
Contact:
Contact Sparky

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Sparky » Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:48 pm

Absolutely beautiful. Stunning, Charlie. I should have let you make my children.
Pilot Officer, Press Officer

"No smoking within twelve hours of mission brief. No drinking within fifty feet of the aircraft."

"The mission...is...to fly and to fight, and don't you forget it."

"You have to go out. You don't have to come back."
Top
User avatar
TP_Andy
Czech Republic
Flight Sergeant
Flight Sergeant
Posts: 391
Joined: Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:21 pm
Location: Oh sweet Moravia
Contact:
Contact TP_Andy

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by TP_Andy » Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:05 pm

Lovely stuff, Charlie!
Non multi sed multa.
- Not many (men), but very much (dedication). 312th Czechoslovak Squadron's motto.


German Andy #1: 1st & 2nd class Iron Cross, veteran of the DGHL campaign, fixing up the frontline together with the rest of SchG.1 in the Kuban Collapse campaign
German Andy #2: Veteran of the UT campaign
Soviet Andy#1: Order of the red banner, Order of the patriotic war, veteran of the ZM campaign
Soviet Andy#2: veteran of the SOTK and SA campaigns
British Andy: at the recruitment office
US Andy: still farming somewhere in Arkansas
Top
User avatar
Eddie
Slovakia
Flight Sergeant
Flight Sergeant
Posts: 256
Joined: Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:52 pm
Location: Between Hungary and Prague
Contact:
Contact Eddie

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Eddie » Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:11 pm

Stunning, I always loved the CC paint schemes, there is just something about them :D
Image
Top
User avatar
Moggy
Virgin Islands (Brit)
Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader
Posts: 1737
Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:10 pm
Location: Watching Bunny crash on take off
Contact:
Contact Moggy

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Moggy » Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:24 pm

Coastal Command schemes are just the best! :Love

Is that a Leigh light "dustbin" under the fuselage?

Nevermind, I can see the light under the wing, radar then?
F/Lt. Moggy DSO*,DFC***,CDG & CAT
Yellow Section
No.43 Squadron
_________________
Image
Image
'Cave Ungues Felis' - 'Beware the Claws of the Cat'
Top
User avatar
Bunny
Great Britain
Flight Lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant
Posts: 1216
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:32 pm
Contact:
Contact Bunny

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Bunny » Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:09 pm

Wow. Stunning Charlie. Well done you
F/Lt Bunny
145 Squadron B Flight Leader, Blue Section
Executive Officer 145 Squadron.
--------------------------------------------------------
"The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire"
Image
Top
User avatar
charlie
Great Britain
Flying Officer
Flying Officer
Posts: 853
Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:14 pm
Location: 'An airfield somewhere in England'
Contact:
Contact charlie

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by charlie » Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:48 pm

Tom wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:59 pm
 Very nice. For a photo montage?
Indeed, same client as the Barracuda, Defiant and the Mustang. I like building 'in-flight' mode, saves mucking around with undercarriages!
F/Lt Charlie DFC*
No longer B Flight Leader but still a bloody nice bloke
No1 Sqn

"Success in life consists of going from one mistake to the next without losing your enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill

Modelling projects:
http://www.behance.net/search?search=ch ... user_tags=
Top
User avatar
charlie
Great Britain
Flying Officer
Flying Officer
Posts: 853
Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:14 pm
Location: 'An airfield somewhere in England'
Contact:
Contact charlie

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by charlie » Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:51 pm

Moggy wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:24 pm
 Coastal Command schemes are just the best! :Love

Is that a Leigh light "dustbin" under the fuselage?

Nevermind, I can see the light under the wing, radar then?
Yup Moggy, the dustbin is the H2X radar system nicknamed 'Mickey'. It also replaced the ball turret on some 8th/9th/15th USAAF Lib's and B17's. :Thumbup
F/Lt Charlie DFC*
No longer B Flight Leader but still a bloody nice bloke
No1 Sqn

"Success in life consists of going from one mistake to the next without losing your enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill

Modelling projects:
http://www.behance.net/search?search=ch ... user_tags=
Top
User avatar
charlie
Great Britain
Flying Officer
Flying Officer
Posts: 853
Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:14 pm
Location: 'An airfield somewhere in England'
Contact:
Contact charlie

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by charlie » Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:52 pm

Sparky wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:48 pm
 Absolutely beautiful. Stunning, Charlie. I should have let you make my children.
I'm sure your 'baby-glue' worked just fine Sparky!!! :Lol :Lol
F/Lt Charlie DFC*
No longer B Flight Leader but still a bloody nice bloke
No1 Sqn

"Success in life consists of going from one mistake to the next without losing your enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill

Modelling projects:
http://www.behance.net/search?search=ch ... user_tags=
Top
User avatar
Silk
Great Britain
Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader
Posts: 1729
Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:59 am
Location: North Tyneside
Contact:
Contact Silk

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Silk » Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:20 pm

Fantastic work there. I often think about doing some model building myself, but I could never reach that level of perfection.
Top
User avatar
Reggie
Zimbabwe
Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader
Posts: 1833
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:08 pm
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
Contact:
Contact Reggie

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Reggie » Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:57 pm

Lovely Charlie, I am working on the new Revell P51 at the moment, looking to finish it in the "Frenesi" colour scheme. After that it will be the massive 1:24 Airfix Typhoon :Help
Squadron Leader Reggie
Site and Forum Dude.
Image
Top
User avatar
Silk
Great Britain
Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader
Posts: 1729
Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:59 am
Location: North Tyneside
Contact:
Contact Silk

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Silk » Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:17 pm

Reggie wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:57 pm
 Lovely Charlie, I am working on the new Revell P51 at the moment, looking to finish it in the "Frenesi" colour scheme. After that it will be the massive 1:24 Airfix Typhoon :Help
I assume Hawker rather than Eurofighter... :Biggrin
Top
User avatar
Reggie
Zimbabwe
Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader
Posts: 1833
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:08 pm
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
Contact:
Contact Reggie

Re: Eduard 1:72 B24 Liberator: Coastal Command

Post by Reggie » Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:08 pm

Silk wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:17 pm
Reggie wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:57 pm
 Lovely Charlie, I am working on the new Revell P51 at the moment, looking to finish it in the "Frenesi" colour scheme. After that it will be the massive 1:24 Airfix Typhoon :Help
I assume Hawker rather than Eurofighter... :Biggrin
Indeed :Thumbup
Squadron Leader Reggie
Site and Forum Dude.
Image
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Charlie's Creative Room”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests