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Advice needed for B-26 Marauder in 1/72

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    November 2005
Advice needed for B-26 Marauder in 1/72
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 30, 2003 11:19 AM
Hello,

since the B-26 has no landing-gear at its tail but one under its nose i going to put small weights to prevent it from being a tail-sitter.
What do you think would be the right mass of small fishing weights ?
I was thinking about placing 10g in each engine nacelle and 10g into the fuselage hehind the cockpit-wall.
That way all weights would be in front of the main landing gear which is below the wings.
Are 30g enough, too much or not enough ?

TIA

Mitchell

PS: Sorry about using european mass-system with gram - i'm not very familiar with the US-system
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Mexico
Posted by mandrake on Saturday, August 30, 2003 11:35 AM

Well my friend i dont know if 30g is to much, right now i am doing a B-26B in 1/48 and to figure how much weight should i add tho the nose of the plane what i do is that i assamble it and instead of glue i use masking tape just to place all the pieces together (fuselage wings tail etc)then i use two little suports so that the wings would rest in this suports( the plane wont be in touch of the ground, would be resting on the suports) those suports must be placed where the main landing gear would be, then i add clay just over the nose, keep adding until the plane is "balanced" see what the weight of the clay is and then add it into the plane, wether nose or engine nacelles, i hope i made myself clear on this one, is kind of hard to explain this things and even more when English is not your primary language. Hope it helps!
Oh, if you need anything else just let me know and i will be glad to help!

Saludos!
Regards
Hector Reymundo
Thanks! My Best Regards Hector Reymundo
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by 72cuda on Monday, September 1, 2003 6:24 AM
hey Mitchell:
what I use is B-B's and super glue, they are easier to install then fishing weights and you don't need to open up the fuselage to wide to get them in either, and you could buy a 5 lbs box of them at Wally World for about $5.00 in the sporting good dept by the air rifles, also they conform better to the curvature of the fuselage too, maybe on you next project try them instead of fish weights
have fun & relax
Cuda

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