Well Geezer, did you not have enough chickens to appease the modeling gods or were they not of superior quality?

Jumping in here late, but finally got caught up. A lot of work going on and it all looks great.

-Stephen

Geezer

...even for some of Revell's standards...Still not sure if it is the canopy or the fuselage that is whacked...

As a made member of the Monogram Mafia, this pains me to say it, but it's not Revell's fault, it's Monogram's.  Monogram produced this kit before the merger.  And this particular fit issue has always been with it, judging from my own experience building it back in junior high (circa 1978), and from the memories of other guys of my vintage, and comments from others who've built it more recently.  The canopy has a slightly wider curve to it, along the entire surface, than the fuselage, and you'll get a step somewhere along the seam between the canopy and fuselage.  Still, you've got it well in hand!

OUCH, that accident sucked but looks like you have the matter in hand now. 

Geezer

 

See Geezer, it looks good as new plus a little "ouch"!

Gotta love duct tape! I think that should do it. Now on to decals.

Yep. The bottom seam did not open up. So, top seam opened, main canopy came loose, nose piece came off. Missing the doober-hickey (they called it a gun sight) that was inside the nose piece. When I can get to the crash site, I'll look in the crater. Going to be a slow couple of weeks, though. We are keeping our 3 1/2 year old granddaughter while out daughter is in China to adopt a second child. Oh my aching bones.

B-29's are prone to crash. The good news is that, from the photo, nothing is broken; just a little out of place. Looks like an easy fix! Or, just a little bump in the road/sky.

well it just unglued looks like nothing is cracked

Valkyrie, that is one hallway, hobby room dance I would have paid to see! I bet the cat is still mad.

Ouch, it hurts even to look at it!  I'm working on a diorama right now of a battle damaged B-17E because of an accident - dropped it while carrying it and stepping on a cat's tail at the same time.  My big foot did major damage to the B-17, but only annoyed the cat.

When whales cry, do they blubber? Hmmm. Well, it was bound to happen. Inevitable as it were. Fate smote me with its mighty hand. The modeling gods are giggling like schoolgirls at a NKOB afterparty. Yep....The B-29 stalled out and rolled inverted crashing to the floor. Did I mention how satisfying the "thud" was with all that weight i the nose? I lied. Damage was not as bad as it could have been. Just a several day setback...

Wilbur Wright

Geezer,

 

If you need a new canopy you can certainly get one from Revell, and likely free of charge. Revell has the best customer service that I've ever known for replacing parts.  It will however take a month to six weeks.   If its a Revell Germany kit it usually takes the 6 weeks. Monogram should be faster.  There is a tab for replacement parts on their US website.

 

Geezer,

If you need a new canopy you can certainly get one from Revell, and likely free of charge. Revell has the best customer service that I've ever known for replacing parts.  It will however take a month to six weeks.   If its a Revell Germany kit it usually takes the 6 weeks. Monogram should be faster.  There is a tab for replacement parts on their US website.

Geezer

Greatmaker, don't forget the Chiclets must be spearmint. Oh, and I forgot three chickens to sacrifice on the keyboard.

 

Here chicky, chicky chicky "sharpening knife"

Just a few times, Philo426....just a few times. Dropped the hose in a 5 gal. bucket.

Greatmaker, don't forget the Chiclets must be spearmint. Oh, and I forgot three chickens to sacrifice on the keyboard.

I bet you had to replenish the airbrush cup more than once when you painted that monster!Looking good!

Managed to lose the canon in the stinger. Using my vast scratch building skills, made one from cattails, chewing gum, kerosene, a pound of flour and six Chiclets. 

Looking good!

"scribbling notes on how to make a cannon" need to get some supplies

Well that was special. Typed in a bunch of witty and humorous comments and they went away when I left the page for a bit- another tab. Oh well. Your loss.

Not much really has been happening here. Interest is waning and this thing is like having the proverbial 800 pound gorilla in your room. I don't like masking. I really don't like masking something this big, but I think I hid it pretty well.



Got the gray on, sort of looks like the German Hellblau.





Turrets are on. Interestingly, the destructions did not have any reference to the four gun top turret At all. Nothing. Zip. Nada. No Mas. But, fear not. Being an intrepid scale modeler, I improvised and did what looked right.



Managed to lose the canon in the stinger. Using my vast scratch building skills, made one from cattails, chewing gum, kerosene, a pound of flour and six Chiclets.

Geezer

I am seeing enough of these kits sold as new by some online hobby shops, that I wonder if you could get a replacement canopy from Revell? 

The answer to the replacement question is yes. Go to the Revell/USA /Parts and Service, and follow the instructions. I should have done that once I cracked the canopy.

If had to do it over I would secure one side with CA; then hold the other side in position, while applying CA and a kicker. Warm plastic helps!

LOL, Geezer, I know what you mean!  I've had mixed success with heating and bending model parts.  I was thinking about making a casting of the windscreen before "messing" with it so when I break it I'll have something to fall back on.  LOL, I'll probably need to make several casting of it.

Shipwreck and Valkyrie, the overall fit was pretty good. Fuselage had no real problems, wings lined up and so on. Very little in the way of filling needed. My biggest problem seemed to be getting the cotton pickin' wings to slid into place. I had to have messed up something.

I am seeing enough of these kits sold as new by some online hobby shops, that I wonder if you could get a replacement canopy from Revell?

Appreciate your kind words.

Thank you, Treyzx10r! It is not 100%, but as we'd say in Kentucky, goodernuf.

Valkyrie, I did kill two chickens and sprinkled the blood on the canopy. Burned some incense and had some jerk chicken. The canopy then seemed to fit. With my luck, if I tried to heat it in hot water (Hmm, could you heat it in cold water?) I'd like end up with something that was totally flat.

Hey Valkyrie, sorry for the sharpness. It was not intended, just too much in a hurry! BTW, my canopy was warped and I cracked it as I tried to force it to fit. I tried a vacuum formed canopy, but messed it up trying to cut the steps on the rear of the canopy. I should have used the kit canopy as a guide. That was poor modeling! I would still build another one if I did not have other priorities.

Hi, Shipwreck.  Your note seemed a bit sharp.  I wasn't trying to be offensive.  Your point about the age of the model is well taken.  But, just to be clear, I wasn't talking about the model in general, but the windscreen specifically.  It's clearly a difficult fit.  I was just thinking about a possible way to improve that fit.  I meant no criticism of the model or the workman ship of the modeler.

Valkyrie

Everybodys talking about the poor fit.  I wonder if soaking the part in very hot water then bending it a bit here and there would make it easier to work with?  I have one of these kits sitting on my stash shelf and have been watching this build with great interest.  This issue seem to rank pretty high on the "ah s**t" list.

 

Valkyrie, you are talking about a kit that is ancient and that fuselage is 24" long. I doubt if new technology could do much better over that distance. The B-29 that I am currently working on had a step in the seam along the spine of the fuselage. That takes some work to fix. I think it is called modeling. This kit builds into a very nice and big model. I would definitely recommend it!

Looking great so far,nice fix on that ugly Canopy gap!