[MOC] Technic B-25 Mitchell WIP

[rollermonkey]

Why not lay down the BB or put it in the bomb bay?

[apemax]

I would use a square battery box (less high),I know I am being picky but I am not a fan of different sized plates and the staggered bricks in the first photo.

Yeah a square battery box would fit better but unfortunately I don't have any AAA or rechargeable battery boxes. I might be able to get one at some point however I still need to get the second XL motor and second IR receiver as well.

That was the only way I could think of making the tail section strong enough while using the least amount of pieces.

Why not lay down the BB or put it in the bomb bay?

Unfortunately it doesn't fit when you lay it down and that's pretty much the only place with enough space for the battery box.

Just a very quick update today as I haven't gotten that much done over the past week.

The main thing that I focused on this time was the front section. I've built the preliminary design of the cockpit canopy and nose canopy and although there is still a few bits to be added I think it make the nose section look much better.

[blewandowski]

Are you planing to give it a smooth panel like finish or are you going for the bendy straws (don't know what they are called) type approach where you use them for curved angles

[apemax]

Are you planing to give it a smooth panel like finish or are you going for the bendy straws (don't know what they are called) type approach where you use them for curved angles

The plan is to use plates mostly for the curved sections and over some of the body. I don't really have any flex axles so I won't be using any of them. Trying to go for in between a normal studded Technic look and a more plate based look.

[blewandowski]

ye sounds good, i think the more panel like it looks to better real life representation you will get.

Well good luck man which you the best of luck with it, and i will definitely be back to admire your progress :)

Edited October 15, 2014 by blewandowski

[apemax]

ye sounds good, i think the more panel like it looks to better real life representation you will get.

Well good luck man which you the best of luck with it, and i will definitely be back to admire your progress :)

Thanks.

Yeah that was my thought too.

A bit of a different update today as I haven't got much progress done on the actual model however I have been trying to come up with a good design for the front of the engines. I've made this in LDD as I don't really have the pieces to make it on the actual model and I'm just trying to come up with ideas at the moment. I think it looks better than it looks now however want do you all think? Also I've been trying to find a design for a radial engine that I can put in the area inside the plates however I haven't been able to find one the fits that also will let an axle through without it spinning the actual engine as well. Anyone have any ideas on this? I've also uploaded the .lxf file if you want to get a better look at it.

B-25-engine-WIP.lxf

Edited October 17, 2014 by apemax

[apemax]

Another quick update today on the engine design of my B-25 project. I managed to come up with a possible design for the radial engines in the B-25 in LDD. What do you all think?

[blewandowski]

What if u attacked the pistons to the outer panels of the engine and then have rounded grip around the axle (e.g. 4526984) in the middle so that the axle can turn the turbine with out moving the pistons (grey bits :P). Sorry for all the really bad technical language XD

[apemax]

What if u attacked the pistons to the outer panels of the engine and then have rounded grip around the axle (e.g. 4526984) in the middle so that the axle can turn the turbine with out moving the pistons (grey bits :P). Sorry for all the really bad technical language XD

Unfortunately attaching the cylinders around the outer panels wouldn't work as they wouldn't line up right with the axle. That was something I actually thought of before but thanks for the suggestion.

I've been working on the engine design a bit more over the past few days and something I noticed was that the design I made before had 8 cylinders however the actual radial engine in the B-25 is a 14 cylinder twin row radial engine so there should actually be 7 cylinders at the front. I had to think about it for a while but I've come up with a possible design for 7 cylinders. I'm thinking this is going to be more or less the final design for the engines as I've got the look somewhere around where I want it and it lets the axle spin freely. What do you all think?

[apemax]

As I haven't posted pictures of the actual model for a while I thought I'd do just that and show you what it's looking like now. I've built a possible design for the tail turrets canopy but I'm not 100% sure on how it looks at the moment but it's a start at least.

And a picture of the overall progress I've made with it.

[captainmib]

Looking good.

The studded build is a nice variety.

It's hard to see though, the black is hard to photograph, and the dust isn't helping either ;-)

Keep on going!

[apemax]

Looking good.

The studded build is a nice variety.

It's hard to see though, the black is hard to photograph, and the dust isn't helping either ;-)

Keep on going!

Thanks.

Yeah I'm thinking about maybe changing the main colour of it to light bluish grey to try and get it looking closer to the bare metal look some had. That's if I can afford it mind you. Yeah the dust is just a massive pain. I did try and clean it just before taking the pictures but things get dusty so quickly and I admit some of my pieces do need a really good clean.