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Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell - 1980s Australian warbird


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Hi all,
This Mitchell, 44-86791, was restored in the USA in the early 1980s for an Australian group called Aero Heritage which had been searching for a B-25 to fly as a warbird to acknowledge the type's RAAF service. Ownership later passed to the Australian War Memorial which controversially sold the aircraft to the Yanks Air Museum at Chino, where it remains today.

 

This is the old Italeri 1/72 Mitchell kit built basically out-of-the box with DK Decals for the RAAF markings, while the distinctive Esso tiger noseart was designed and printed for my by a friend in the UK. Thank you Kit! Unfortunately the antenna above the cockpit was broken and lost while I waited for the tiger decals.

 

Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV

 

I'm very pleased with how this turned out and I hope you like it too.

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