dbsmith88 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 How much do you see once it's buttoned up? Honestly, not much, but I know it's there. I trimmed the cowling over the instrument panel back by a little more than half because the instrument panel was so far foward it couldn't be seen once the pit was in the fuselage. It looks much better now and more like the real thing. I'll post some pics in the next day or so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 The cockpit detail on this is great, love the bandaid seat covers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dbsmith88 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Ok guys, Long story short, I finally got some bench time this last weekend after being down with a jacked-up back pretty much all of November. To add insult to injury, last Wednesday I started to try and take care of some paint work with the airbrush and my regulator decided to take a dump on me. Quick shopping trip to evil-bay and I had a replacement in hand Saturday afternoon. Here's what I've run into. I've started working on the nose section of the PBJ. If you look at the B&W pics I posted earlier in the thread, you'll notice that the PBJs had duel fixed 50 cals with a third in a flexible mount in the nose. The AM B-25 doesn't have the dual fixed mount 50s. It does have a single fixed mount. I'm pretty sure all glass nosed PBJs had the dual fixed 50s. I'm going to be spending some time this afternoon scouring the web for any refs of glass nosed PBJs with a single nose mount because it'll be a major snot-locker rebuild to change things to a dual mount and I'm not sure I can pull it off without messing things up, namely drilling through a clear nose section without cracking the glass. It's not off the table but it's not real high on my "easy" list. I'll see what I can come up with and update asap. Regards B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 It's your model. I wouldn't worry yourself with it too much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dbsmith88 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Ok, After a really quick search, I'm clear for which ever way I choose. I found a ton of PBJ pics that I've never seen before. I thought I had seen them all. WOW!! Was I ever wrong! I found pics of glass-nosed PBJs with single, dual and quad fixed mounts plus the flexible mount. So, with that, build's on! B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I love it when the ref photos show the easy way is right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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