Time for another gallery post.

Eric Miller has been up helping rivet together bomb-bay pieces for Lucky Thirteen and Liberty Belle.

For Lucky Thirteen, this includes finishing the bomb-bay’s upper right longeron, which is another original piece out of 44-83316.  Because of corrosion, a portion of the longeron had to be replaced and spliced in.

The unique, green coloring you see is the result of us replicating wartime Zinc Chromate practice.  Rather than simply painting a similar color, the appropriate parts are actually dipped in the chemical, resulting in a unique finish that exactly mimics untouched pieces from the war.

All photos taken 27 February 2019.

Station 4 for Lucky Thirteen, now fully riveted.  We are still looking for an affordable supplier of stencils to recreate the war-time, red manufacturer’s markings.

The left half of Station 4 as it appeared prior to restoration.  The pieces that comprise Station 4 are taken from 44-83316.

The newly-finished longeron for the top-right side of “Lucky Thirteen’s” bomb-bay. Because of corrosion, a new section had to be spliced into this original piece from 44-83316.

The newly-built bomb-bay for “Liberty Belle.”