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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Warplane Art => Topic started by: No.1 on January 31, 2009, 11:13:18 AM

Title: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on January 31, 2009, 11:13:18 AM: This is my favorite bomber, started yesterday.
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Post by: samuraj77 on January 31, 2009, 03:49:06 PM: It is most unusual that you and me have almost same taste :-think
Well I am going to enjoy in this topic :-love
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Letipapa on January 31, 2009, 04:51:49 PM: Count me too, especially when Mitchel is about. Among USA bombers this airplane is my favorite.
:-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on January 31, 2009, 07:43:17 PM: Glad you like it :-razz My first impressions ever was this bomber as well I have seen it in one book when I was very young. More progress for you :))
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: mattrcaf on January 31, 2009, 11:56:44 PM: I love it! Here is the B-25 from the Canadian Warplane Heritage, I took the photo last March. I've been lucky enough to see it fly quite often as well as the Lanc.

(http://www.bombercrew.com/IMG_1006.JPG)
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: samuraj77 on February 01, 2009, 12:40:58 AM: Great image mate...
Thanks
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Post by: No.1 on February 01, 2009, 10:27:16 AM: What a big image mate :-eek :-clap Good for close up details. Here I am in the more progress on this plane. In this moment I work on B-25 and P-51 layouts but from next week I will add B-24 but also several profiles based on my old layouts. This will be heavy month for me...
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Nico Braas on February 01, 2009, 01:14:04 PM: Here are some shots I made two year ago at Lelystad airoprt during a Fly-in at the Aviodrome museum.
They all show the Duke of Brabant Air Force Mitchell. Note the nice artwork!
See also http://www.skhv.nl/
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 01, 2009, 04:11:33 PM: Very interesting- this is J model but where is the turret?
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Nico Braas on February 01, 2009, 04:30:14 PM: Plane was originally a B-25J-20-NC and was built in 1944.
It never saw any action during the war, but remained in the United States.
After the war in was converted into unarmed transport version.
Of course transport Mitchells do not need any turrets!
It was struck of charge by USAF in March 1959 and had several owners before it was acquired by DBAF in 1990.
Current colour scheme is correct, but version is not (yet) original!
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Letipapa on February 01, 2009, 11:29:03 PM: Well, No1, the bigger the plane there is more screws. :) Painsteaking work (or it is not so much in photoshop, but I belive it is). Great work :-wave :-wave :-wave :-wave :-wave :-wave

mattrcaf, Nico, great photos, thank's :-ok :-flo
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 05, 2009, 02:19:25 PM: :-wise
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 05, 2009, 05:49:11 PM: More progress and very close to first sample :-ok
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 05, 2009, 11:38:44 PM: Final of the C model layout. Off course there is variations but this will handle with no problem ;)
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Post by: Letipapa on February 05, 2009, 11:58:52 PM: Man! :-eek :-eek :-eek This is unbelievable! :-obey :-obey :-obey I never saw such a realistic painting of a glass like this one on a bubble of a gun turret. And a whole gun turret! It is like a photography, but still it is a painting! :-eek
Great work my friend, outstanding work, I don't have a words... :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 06, 2009, 12:17:52 AM: Thank you :)) here you are one B-25 site:

http://www.b25.net/
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 06, 2009, 02:56:18 AM: One more link...

http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/borovnica.html
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 06, 2009, 10:13:41 AM: Just this one- metal layout and now its show time coming :-tri
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: samuraj77 on February 06, 2009, 10:41:41 PM: Great mate...
:-clap :-clap :-clap
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 07, 2009, 08:17:34 AM: Let the first be Dutch :-razz
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: samuraj77 on February 07, 2009, 10:48:47 PM: A true Grand opening :-clap :-clap
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: santynus on February 08, 2009, 09:00:39 AM: great work No.1 I like so much the glass effect on the dorsal turret :-ok :-clap :-wave
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 09, 2009, 11:16:07 AM: Thank you :-flo In this moment I develop layout for the J version and it is not easy. I have not much good material and still miss archive images to see some details like aerial wires and so on. here you are work in progress...
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 09, 2009, 11:45:25 PM: I get one of variation of the J model and now work on first profile. To regret I have stuck with the nose art. Any idea or better image of this one?
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 10, 2009, 05:06:53 PM: I solve the problem :))
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: santynus on February 10, 2009, 06:20:42 PM: Great work Srecko :-ok :-clap :-wave
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 10, 2009, 06:52:13 PM: :-flo :-tri
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: samuraj77 on February 10, 2009, 07:10:25 PM: Great mate,this machine is very very interesting
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 11, 2009, 09:29:45 AM: Thanks :-wave To regret I spot this morning that I have forget to make visible layer with Medium Green so here you are this profile as it have to be. I am sorry for mistake, too much of work is not good...
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: samuraj77 on February 11, 2009, 01:02:00 PM: :-razz
Now it looks even more interesting :-clap
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 12, 2009, 10:34:57 AM: :-wave
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: samuraj77 on February 12, 2009, 10:56:16 AM: Wow...
Again Beautiful and interesting sample :-clap :-clap :-clap
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Letipapa on February 17, 2009, 07:35:08 PM: Any more girls? :))
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 17, 2009, 09:39:00 PM: Off course- few nice blonds just pass near my house... :))
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Nico Braas on February 17, 2009, 09:46:38 PM: How about this one from the Dutch Mitchell?
It's not a blonde but that doesn't matter....
'Plesiran 'neer?' is Dutch/Indonesian for 'Have fun mister?'
Do I have to explain more?
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on February 17, 2009, 11:08:18 PM: Interesting subject :) Is it used in WW2 or this is something modern?
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Post by: Letipapa on February 18, 2009, 12:46:23 AM: Ooh, Sarinah, you exotic princess! :-razz
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Nico Braas on February 18, 2009, 06:23:07 PM: Girl 'Sarinah' artwork on modern Dutch Mitchell is original!
B-25C No. N5-149 flew with this artwork in 1944 from Austalia.
Later this plane flew at the Indonesian air force AURI!
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: samuraj77 on February 18, 2009, 08:15:07 PM: Great Nose-Art :-clap
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on August 07, 2011, 10:36:55 AM: And little update ;)
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Sall on August 07, 2011, 12:39:33 PM: Looks great! :-ok
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: Second Air Force on August 07, 2011, 01:55:56 PM: Another thread I haven't seen before! I need to explore LLL a bit more often. During my time with the CAF I spent a bit of time around Miss Mitchell, an honest-to-goodness combat veteran from the MTO. When I was the inspector at the other museum we had another "J" leasing hangar space and I tinkered around on that airplane, helping her regular crew a tiny bit.

I'll be starting a B-25 build thread in the modeling section one of these days. I have a strafer-nosed Monogram kit that I started 25 years ago and I intend to finish it this fall. I would rather do a Dutch "J" but I haven't got the glass nose version of the kit right now.

Great profiles, No.1! :-jump
Title: Re: North American B-25 Mitchel
Post by: No.1 on August 07, 2011, 02:22:11 PM: Thank you friends :) Scott- even I don't know what we have here and use Search to find what I need. Your build will be another great thing mate here :-ok