RW: 1/72 RAAF Mitchell 1980s warbird

[KiwiZac]

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 our very own PR19_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 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Italeri 1/72 TB-25J Mitchell VH-XXV by Zac Yates, on Flickr

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

[Wardukw]

Dont know if you know the rules Zac but if its a twin i like it and the B25 is a twin ive liked for decades.
I have many a B25 and even now the want is still there .
Yours looks sweet as a peach and its strange ..no idea why tho ..but ive always liked them in Aussie markings ..very nice ..very very nice 

[The Rat]

Luverly job! 

[zenrat]

 

[Dizzyfugu]

Greeeen!

[NARSES2]

Nice build Zac and I really like the Foliage Green uppers 

I'm now wondering what it would look like with white ID bands ?

[KiwiZac]

Thanks a lot folks! Although one of the guys instrumental in its Aussie adventures pointed out a wing roundel is missing...!

Greeeen!

Tamiya XF-70 - a perfect match to my eye!