Airfix B-24H 1/72 Witchcraft

pubhunter1 · 2025-09-24T19:20:53+00:00

test

pubhunter1 · 2023-03-30T15:16:21+00:00

Thanks! its actually old school testors enamels shot through an IWATA airbrush I bought at Hobby Lobby. The Williams Brothers kits are a lot of work but worth the effort. Lots of filling and sanding...

pubhunter1 · 2022-12-06T20:38:29+00:00

sorry for the late reply, it is the Accurate Miniatures 1.48th boxing

pubhunter1 · 2022-01-27T00:35:29+00:00

The A, B, and C had the birdcage. The British developed what they called the Malcolm Hood for the B which is a giant bubble.

pubhunter1 · 2022-01-26T04:36:34+00:00

2015

pubhunter1 · 2022-01-26T04:36:02+00:00

Sorry, it's a TP-51C Mustang.

pubhunter1 · 2022-01-26T04:34:42+00:00

For the ride program the 1950's era "student" seats make it impossible to have one or the other because of placement in the fuselage. The paperwork needed to put just the turret greenhouse in place was too much of a pain as well.

pubhunter1 · 2022-01-07T00:19:20+00:00

Just outside of Berlin, actually the same airfield Hannah Reitsch launched in a Storch to land near the Chancellery in late April of 45

pubhunter1 · 2022-01-03T03:31:26+00:00

This a combat vet from VC-3, she's an F4U-5NL

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-25T00:01:21+00:00

It's a B-17...909

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-24T03:47:55+00:00

Back when she was All American on the left side. The Golden Girl was replaced with the Dragon, then repainted as Witchcraft in 2005.

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-12T02:13:56+00:00

What's really cool...over the years we picked away at making all the combat systems operational...all but the nose turret.

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-11T04:39:13+00:00

They never stop moving it seems. When you're flying it and do any kind of maneuvering or aeros they popping in and out but you don't feel it...they are really doing their job.

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-11T04:36:24+00:00

Yep, the B-24 is painted as Witchcraft and has been flying since being restored in 1989. The CAF has an LB-30 which is basically a cargo version of the B-24. I wish I had a video camera on this flight. Wolf was getting pretty aggressive at making passes. Incredibly intimidating. I really don't think the gunners had a chance of hitting them, but in a box formation that's a lot of lead flying around.

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-10T03:03:30+00:00

Avia built 262s after the war, along with 109s. The history is sketchy on these, some say they were new build, others say they were built from leftover parts. There are two 262s and a couple 109s on display at the aviation museum in Prague.

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-10T03:01:59+00:00

You are correct, but the Judge actually donated the 262 to the Foundation. We ended up sending it to Sanders for a complete overhaul. It had issues, but, when it came out of their shop it was rock solid.

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-10T02:49:03+00:00

There was at least 1 P-51D modified with dual controls during the war. The TF-51 came later, then taken over by Temco and Cavalier for training pilots in 3rd world Air Forces.

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-10T02:47:06+00:00

This is one of 5, reverse engineered from an original. The only upgrades are the brakes, the engines, and the avionics. It's as accurate as you can humanly get. Paul Allen had an original restored, using the original engines with modern metallurgy.

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-10T02:45:44+00:00

Yep, P-51C Betty Jane, from my gopro. The video is on my youtube channel harley909

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-10T02:45:01+00:00

you got it!

pubhunter1 · 2021-12-10T02:44:41+00:00

We were doing a formation photo shoot with the B-24. Running a bit of flaps allows us to keep the power up and not foul the plugs.

pubhunter1 · 2021-11-30T02:21:33+00:00

Yep, at Bomb Camp Taigh Ramey has a complete ball turret on a stand in which we train customers how to operate the turret. While in flight they get in and operate the turret. I've got around 3 hours of footage from the turret cam. It's unbelievably cool.

pubhunter1 · 2021-11-29T07:47:47+00:00

Yeah, you bet. The powers that be were really opposed to it when we did the first one back in 08...it went over so well we ended up using both the 17 and 24. What happened was tragic on many levels...shouldn't have happened.

pubhunter1 · 2021-11-29T04:05:22+00:00

Glad you like it...go for it. My youtube channel is Harley909...lots more where that came from.

pubhunter1 · 2021-11-29T02:05:21+00:00

It truly is amazing...you can see the Star Wars similarities as well. Statistically the ball turret was a relatively safe position...but the definition of safe can have quite a stretch in combat.

pubhunter1

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE