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The Connell's Special was a B-24 captained by Arthur Rogers and was a part of the 90th Bomber Group, the Jolly Rogers in the Pacific during WWII. It was the first B-24 to not be painted in a camouflage, instead having only the aluminium showing. It was also the second B-24 to be fitted with a nose turret. Arthur Rogers was instrumental in both of these modifications. This Revell kit has been painted, fixed, and recreated to the best of my abilities (side note, this is my first model build). Another thing that I did was wire the plane in order to make it 'work'. There is a set of constant lights, a set of flashers, and a set of motors. All of these are connected to a PICAXE chip mounted in the base to control the plane.

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@DavidRLentz Жыл бұрын

An extraordinarily ambitious build well executed! And a personal memento of a truly remarkable man in a deeply difficult time! How astounding beyond words! I had several of these. One I had planned to build as a Ploesti refinery raider. Another as a Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator U.S. Navy Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft in the tri-colour camouflage paint scheme diving upon German D-VII U-boot, it's depth charges striking hard! A third I would convert to a Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express USAAF Transport. A fourth having ditched at sea, its broken nose just reaching the rocky shore of a deserted island.

@henrypena2547 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Build

@tiffanypond9263 10 жыл бұрын

Love it Zac!!!!! That is pretty cool!!! My granddad would be proud and the cigarette was sort of a hilarious touch and very appropriate!

@bobdyer422 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, especially for a first time build. Congrats!

@seniorspaz8754 8 жыл бұрын

+bob dyer Thanks :). Took awhile, but almost 2 years later its still going strong.

@calvingifford9442 5 жыл бұрын

Great job! Keep up the good work!!

@GetYourModelOn 8 жыл бұрын

Dude, that is so awesome!

@seniorspaz8754 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks :). The project actually got me started into the world of model building; since then I've done a fair number of 1/295 scale tanks, a 1/35 panzerkamphwagon 2C, and a model of the USS Arizona, all as stationary models. I may do another wired one in the future though :)

@readelundy7620 Жыл бұрын

My great uncle flew 42 missions as a waste Gunner in the Jolly Rodgers

@seniorspaz8754 Жыл бұрын

Always neat to hear of people who flew with him.

@miller7759 7 жыл бұрын

One word...Fantastic. Fricken Awsome Job Sir.

@seniorspaz8754 7 жыл бұрын

Miller thank you

@miller7759 7 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome Sir...

@daniele86388 8 жыл бұрын

Nice Work!

@Dirks_NUMA_Files 7 жыл бұрын

Outstanding work, Love me big heavies of WWII. You've been subbed

@seniorspaz8754 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Same with me - the bombers were fantastic

@Adamslee72 8 жыл бұрын

awesome project mate subbed

@seniorspaz8754 8 жыл бұрын

+Faron Adams Thank you.

@GeneralHobbies 7 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@seniorspaz8754 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@KrollDan 8 жыл бұрын

Nice job

@seniorspaz8754 8 жыл бұрын

+Dan K Thanks

@mcmeme9026 3 жыл бұрын

i wonder what would happen if would have put the motors up to full speed? would the whole plane try to takeoff?

@randypurtteman1183 5 жыл бұрын

For a first, let me say great job. You made some minor mistakes such as using the landing wing lights as your navigatio/positiningg lights which are the red and green ones. Landing lights are clear or white. However, the electronics work was absolutely stupendous. All in all, great initial effort. One to be proud of.

@HairyBosch 9 жыл бұрын

What an incredible job you've done there, mate. Brilliant! And if you don't mind me saying, you're not that old either, are you? Anybody who can apply that level of dedication and expertise at such an age will go far in life. And I noticed a Strat in the clip as well. I bet you can already play it like Hendrix, can't you? Top work, fella and thanks for uploading.

@seniorspaz8754 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes, at the time I started, I was 16. I had to do some sort of electrical project for an IB assessment, so I went a little overboard on this.

@895prem 9 жыл бұрын

How good is the nose greenhouse canopy fit?

@seniorspaz8754 9 жыл бұрын

The greenhouse is, at least on mine, a good fit. I did need to file it down to get off the extras left from moulding, but that's to be expected.

@luisvillanueva9712 9 жыл бұрын

How much did you spend on the paint?

@seniorspaz8754 9 жыл бұрын

Each vial of Tamiya paint was around £1.59. The spray paint was from Plastikote and was around £8. Now, I did go overboard when buying my paint as this was my first larger model, so I ended up with around 5-6 extra cans, but id say it was around £40 in total, maybe a bit more. However, the paint was for more projects than just this one; I have a Pz-2C and a USS Arizona that used many of the same paints.

@gailraby1722 7 жыл бұрын

not a bad first build, was it your first time using a camera too ?

@seniorspaz8754 7 жыл бұрын

Referring to the vertical orientation of the photos, or the overall quality?...

@susanheath9791 8 жыл бұрын

I hate revells kit for this warbird. All that detail work for interior and it's hidden . But you did do an outstanding job if I do say so myself.

@seniorspaz8754 8 жыл бұрын

Yes... I must agree with you on that. And thank you.

@rogerhoward1832 5 жыл бұрын

I did get good advice on painting a Mosquito of the USAAF as a Nightfighter. Well I'm building a Liberator of RAF Coastal Command so I want to know if I could use Testors paints, I use them for my RAF airplanes

@brevardrioux 8 жыл бұрын

More powerful motors and a remote control system and you could have your very own ballistic B-24

@dougborrett3566 9 жыл бұрын

That was 13 minutes of my life I won't see again.

@seniorspaz8754 9 жыл бұрын

I will admit, not the most entertaining video... But the end result was good. And if you really need that 13 minutes, then I would say you have more important things to do than watch KZfaq videos...

@brevardrioux 8 жыл бұрын

Get wrecked m8