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                        1/72 B-52D with Big Belly Mod, Operation Arc Light

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                        Bockscar
                        • Member since
                          February 2010
                        • From: Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by Bockscar on Monday, August 12, 2019 6:04 PM
                        Hey Russ, your glass solution using food wrap film looks great!!! I remember you agonizing a few years back how to beat the distortion of the styrene, but looks like you got it right!!! Wow, your BUFF looks like it did a few tours over Hanoi for sure, Fab!!!

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                        Bockscar
                        • Member since
                          February 2010
                        • From: Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by Bockscar on Monday, August 12, 2019 6:09 PM
                        I forgot to mention Russ, if you don't put those pitot tubes back on the underside, think of all of the 1/72 scalps you'll save!!!

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                        Striker8241
                        • Member since
                          April 2012
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Striker8241 on Monday, August 12, 2019 7:17 PM

                        Hey, Dom! Thanks for the good words!

                        Lol, it would have to be a tall 1/72 figure to walk into one! However, I've broken them so many times that this time, I'm gonna make them out of steel staples Smile

                        Cheers, my friend,

                        Russ

                         

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                        Striker8241
                        • Member since
                          April 2012
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 8, 2019 8:47 AM

                        Hello, All,
                         
                        I'm happy to see that AIM has produced the Big Belly bomb clip munitions trailer (transporter) and an empty bomb clip to go with it.
                         
                         
                        However, there doesn't appear to be a source for 1/72 MK-82 bombs to populate the clips. Do any of you know of one?
                         
                        Below is a picture of the completed AIM munitions trailer model (left) next to one of mine. Their kit is very nicely built and detailed and what I can tell from the advertisement (they haven't sent me a clip yet), the bomb clips look really good too.
                         
                        Have any of you built a clip and posted a picture somewhere? If so, please post a link to it here.

                         

                        One item of note: each AIM trailer kit comes with a nicely detailed tool box sitting on the trailer, but in the real world, there was only one tool box for X number of trailers. And the box would not have been carried on the trailer but would have been carried in a maintenance truck or van. However, showing the tool box sitting on a stationary trailer would not be out of place. You just wouldn't have seen one on each trailer or sitting on a trailer that was being towed.
                         
                        Cheers,
                        Russ

                         

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                        Bockscar
                        • Member since
                          February 2010
                        • From: Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by Bockscar on Sunday, September 8, 2019 9:05 AM

                        Hi Russ!

                        Living proof of the quality of your work!

                        I started the clips and got the pylons cut to size, but while I was working on that 5 years ago someone burst angrily into my hobby room in bad need of a divorce! - no kidding! LOL!

                        I don't think I'll ever get around to completing the clips now, my eyes are bad and hands aren't as steady anymore either, but good news is that I do hve some MK-82's around if you need them!

                        Awesome work Russ!

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                        Striker8241
                        • Member since
                          April 2012
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 8, 2019 9:23 AM

                        Hi, Dom!

                        Thanks for the good words, my friend! Sorry to hear about your clips (and divorce) but I understand about your vision problem. I'm getting there too. Thanks to my magnifying glasses, I can still do some building. Guess I'll keep at it as long as I can Smile.

                        Many thanks for the offer of the MK-82s but all my trailers are built now and I don't think I could force myself to build another one lol.

                        Cheers and all the best to you!

                        Russ

                         

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                        Striker8241
                        • Member since
                          April 2012
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 8, 2019 10:38 AM

                        Below is a list of my recent additions/updates to various pages of the thread.

                         Page 1
                         
                              Add missing right side ram air inlet.
                              Modify Academy M35 Cargo Truck to make bomb truck tractor.
                              Add internal bomb bay; cut out upper bomb bay doors; detail bomb bay and bomb bay doors; add catwalk.
                              Construct bomb bay door safety locks.
                        Page 2
                         
                              Correct left and right side forward vents.
                              Correct upper left side exhaust vents.
                              Add longitudinal stiffeners to the fuselage.
                              Add the ECM chaff ports.
                              How to make wrinkles (without growing old...Smile )
                              Add end detail to the bomb bay.         
                        Page 3
                              Updated procedure to cut out ailerons.
                              Updated procedure to induce wing droop.
                        Page 5
                              Add chute compartment.
                        Page 7
                              Updated information on the AN/ALE-27 chaff dispensing system.
                        Page 9
                              Added procedure to cut out and detail the gunner's hatch.
                        Page 10
                             Updated description of choosing the door lock color. 
                        Page 11
                              Add steps and hatch lifter detail to the main access hatch.
                        Page 23
                              Updated final detailing of the bomb bay end bulkheads.
                        Page 25
                              Add a bomb clip mounting frame to the top of the bomb bay.
                        Page 35
                              Added description covering the cockpit and gunner's compartment windows with food wrap.
                        NOTE: These procedures have not been verified yet so you may find some errors.
                         
                        Cheers,
                        Russ

                         

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                        Striker8241
                        • Member since
                          April 2012
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Striker8241 on Monday, September 9, 2019 10:49 AM

                        Wupps! Found some errors already.

                        On Page 2, Adding the Chaff Ports, last image - corrected the inside dimensions of the chaff ports and the spacing between the ports.

                         

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