Hello, All,
This project is a 1/72 scale diorama of a B52D bomber being armed and readied for an Arc Light mission over Vietnam. The model I'm building is Monogram's 1/72 B-52D, kit #5709.
I included a full revetment, ground service equipment, three scratch-built "Big Belly" bomb clips loaded with 500 lb bombs, a scratch built bomb lift trailer and a scratch built flat-bed semitrailer (bomb truck) with 750 lb bombs for the pylons. In addition to the bomb loading activity, I also added maintenance scenes for the nav antenna, left outboard engine, ECM chaff loading and tail gun turret maintenance.
Below is the setup I wanted to capture:
![](https://imageshack.com/a/img923/5093/Ta1fXE.jpg)
And below is the finished diorama, along with some pictures of the build:
![](https://imageshack.com/i/pnc1Pq7Qj)
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Note: This project actually came together because of three other FSM builds:
My Superdetailing the 1/71 B-52D Cockpit - http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/147660.aspx This was my first solo build here.
Ken (Son of Medicine Man) First Annual Berny Memorial Group Build - http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/145416.aspx?page=31 Thanks Ken and all the other guys in the build!
If you would like to visit these builds, just highlight the entire link starting with http://.... copy it and paste it into the address window above, then hit Enter.
Cheers, and thanks for looking!
Russ