B-25C "Dirty Dora", 345th Bomb Group,Nadzab, New Guinea,1944

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B-25C "Dirty Dora", 345th Bomb Group,Nadzab, New Guinea,1944

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1/48th scale Accurate Minatures kit OOB, using the supplied masks and decals to do "Dora". "Dirty Dora" was apparently named after a woman met on leave by the pilot who had a 'colourful' sense of language. The woman in question did get to see the aircraft after the scheme was applied, and was singly unimpressed.

Painted with Gunze Acrylic for the Olive Drab / Neutral Grey, weathered with Mig Oils, True Details acrylic resins and pastels.

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Fun kit - only closing the fuselage and the dorsal turret causing any real problems

Built thread is available here

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Looks great. I like the leading edge chipping, really nicely done.

Silly question, but is it meant to have big hole in the rear of the fuselage?
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very nice Peter, great job
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Outstanding build Peter :thumb2: I really like the weathering on this beast.
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Gav0909 wrote:Looks great. I like the leading edge chipping, really nicely done.

Silly question, but is it meant to have big hole in the rear of the fuselage?

Yes - on "Dora" they removed the rear guns, and put them in the side windows where they could more easily shoot at the ships as they flew past.

So no glass or guns in the rear section
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Hi Peter.

I've really enjoyed following your thread and the end result is fantastic.

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Fabulous end result, Peter! :) :thumb1: :thumb1:
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Everything is spot on, looks amazing :thumb1:
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Nice job!
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wow the dirty dora is amazing! :th: :th:
the weathring is amazing and so is the overall finish! :jd: :jd: :jd: :jd:
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Great model and great clean execution - classic . Bravo :clap:
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Wow the your dirty dora is amazing!. I like the shark mouth and the subtle weathering. Very good job :clap:
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This is awesome man!
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Really awesome wor :th: :th: :th: k
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Amazing work mate.
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Looks awesome!!! I've always liked the bats on the nose scheme of some choice B-25s!!

Great work!! :th: :th:

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Simply stunning!
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Excellent build! :th:
Must comment especially about the chipping, perfect!
(Chipping effects are not so hard, but realistic chipping is really hard to achieve)
Props, Engines and chipped cowling looks very realistic and scale.
Also wing leading edges.
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Superb build and paint work :th:
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