Allen,

Simple to buy: lonestarmodels.com, LSM 70354 XB/YB-52 Conversion, $30.00.

Same deal, cut the nose off and install the tandem cockpit resin parts. VERY good quality.

Beau,

I would LOVE to get me grubby little paws on one of the Lone Star sets, remember, i still have to build the YB-52!!  The OK Models set is near impossible to find nowadays.

Inventoried today,  1/72 scale  22 built , 4 under construction, 9 in the stash and 4 in what I call "DLM"

Total  39

1/144th  3 built

Total 3

Plus a Bear

Jim,

Hi and thanks for the words on my old heaps.....

I was asked to join the B-52 GB today and 15 minutes later the UPS dude was on the porch with a Tupelev Tu-95. i see a lot of late nights (and prop painting...) in me future.

just wonderin, when are the reds gonna put some Rolls Royce RB-211s on that thing? Or, I could send them some extra podded J-57s...

Email me at   rkline AT roadrunner DOTCOM

Beau,

Yes it is. Ive had it for at least that long. Ya had to glue it together and cut off the nose of Monogram "D". Ive got nothing but pain and suffering in that as it sits,built it in the early 80s, rebuilt it last fall, but the longer it took the more madder I got.... Oh and i STILL got extra decals left on stock.

BTW Thanks to all who think these old heaps are worth lookin at.... Any questions will be entertained to my best abilities, Just  remember to keep expectations low...

I find it quite ironic (?) that the day I get asked to join a B-52 build, a Tupelev Tu-95 Bear H arrives on my doorstep....

NFN

Allen

Sorry to hijack your thread Russ.

Allen, is that the old OK Models XB-52 conversion? I tried to find them for over TWENTY years.

I finally found Lone Star Models resin XB/YB conversion and jumped on two of them.

Hmm... Group build, XB-52... WAY tempting.

Excellent models. I thought I had a lot of BUFF's. I think I have around 18 of them in various types.

-Beau

Since we are playing a bit of show and tell, here is my last BUFF.

I have 2 more H's that I want to finish.  I have decals now for my aircraft, 61-0025 with the noseart my crew came up with.  I have been possibly inspired  by the fine work here to put it on Alert.  That display base will take up some serious space.

I am looking forward to a BUFF GB.  Heck, I might even build the BUFFski (Tu-95) I have.

Striker8241

Bockscar

Russ thanks for posting those, that's the first XB-52 I've seen built, and congrats on it being a vac kit.

Dom

You're welcome, Dom. BTW, my apololgies but I misunderstood about the vacuumform - it was a mod that includes the nose from the wingroot forward, not the whole kit.

Russ

i wish I had one of those vac conversion kits myself, LeMay didn't like the tandem, but i

always did like the B-47, and that original X-BUFF looks a wee bit faster.

Tx

Dom

Bockscar

Russ thanks for posting those, that's the first XB-52 I've seen built, and congrats on it being a vac kit.

Dom

You're welcome, Dom. BTW, my apololgies but I misunderstood about the vacuumform - it was a mod that includes the nose from the wingroot forward, not the whole kit.

Russ

Hey Buffjock;

Rich and I should have the BUFF GB up on Wednesday, we would be happy to have you join, and of course you are still welcome to post BUFF STUFF here on Russ's thread.

Dom

buffjock

im gettin me a shot of Crown Royal...

Gamera

Buffjock: Wow! Those are some nice models! Hope you figure out the posting thing, I'd love to see more of your work.

Dom: Nice work there on the mirror, those look like they'll work out great.

I agree, looking forward to seeing some more of Buff's work.

Dom

Striker8241

Hi, All,

Buffjock sent me some pictures of some of the models he's done (see below). The paint jobs look fantastic - they were done with rattle cans!  Nice work, Allen! BTW, he accidentally dropped the vacuform XB-52 on its nose, crushing it all the way back to the wingroot, but you wouldn't know it from the repairs he did.

Russ

 

Nice builds. I wouldn't be to concerned about viewing closer than 10 feet, gosh knows some guys are using microcopes these days to build.....

Russ thanks for posting those, that's the first XB-52 I've seen built, and congrats on it being a vac kit.

Dom

Lol, Allen, Hang in there. BTW, you don't need to keep hitting the Reply button. In the lower left corner of your reply is a small pencil. Click on this and it allows you to edit your post. You can keep using the same reply till you get it working.

Russ

im gettin me a shot of Crown Royal...

buffjock

Hey Russ, I got a bit of a boneyard for B-52s here if you need any parts, I may have em

 

Allen

Thanks, Allen. I appreciate that.

Russ

www.flickr.com/.../8297577382

buffjock

Crap, cant I just send them to someone when they want to see them??

Lol, sure

Allen,

You just need to paste the link from Flikr in the Insert Image window. See the instructions I sent you.

Russ

Crap, cant I just send them to someone when they want to see them??

Try #2

I fricken hate computers... Trouble is ,i dont know if Flickr  works with this, and Im not at all sure of what Im doin.... Hey Russ, I got a bit of a boneyard for B-52s here if you need any parts, I may have em

Allen

Allen, be sure you copied the Direct link or HTTP/URL from your share site.

Try #1

Augh! I can believe that!

The hatch lifters would sometimes raise up at high speeds and make a tremendous racket.  The EW and Gunners really didn't like that sound.  It makes you a bit nervous when the hatch above your ejection seat is making noise.

Jim

Buffjock: Wow! Those are some nice models! Hope you figure out the posting thing, I'd love to see more of your work.

Dom: Nice work there on the mirror, those look like they'll work out great.

That's great, Allen! I'll email you instructions on how to post pictures.

Cheers,

Russ

Russ, For the record, I would be interested in joining the B-52GB. I have the models, and the camera, but I dont know how to post pics here. It would be my firt GB...

Russ, Thanx for the kind words about me projects. Fact is most of mine look better at ten feet than up close. My choice of backgrounds is not the best.. did want to ask you about the "stressed skin" effect you did. Thats something my XB is missing. I must say the XB-52 was the worst as the nose was/is a vac-form piece from the late 70s and it was very thin and brittle. theres a lot of five ton epoxy  and sanding in that nose. Still need to add walkways and BMF on the canopy..... its always something...

Allen