Good idea there Shipwreck, I didn't cement the wings or tail fin in place on my 1/72nd Minicraft B-29 either. Makes her much easier to transport. 

ITS ALIVE....and growing. As the Swedish Chef would say, "Bork, bork, bork...Yumpin' Yimmine!"

If possible, it looks even bigger with the horizontal stabilizers in place. Sheesh. Going over the entire beast with steelwool, 000 or 0000, to polish it out. Then all those nasty sub-assemblies....

Wow sir, that is one huge project you're working on.  Thank you for your very comical reiteration.  I enjoy very much!  LOL!  I'll be following along on this monster of a kit.

Toshi

Have room for a "card table" extension?  I've been holding on to a 1/48 B-29 for several years for exactly the reason I see in your photo, space.  Hard to imagine any workbench able to handle that monster.  LOL, you'll have to stop by a local auto body shop to find a paint booth big enough to handle it.  Been throughling enjoying the thread of posts!!

What I did initially was to set up a card table with the kit box open. That left room on the table for finished parts. Now that the bulk of construction is complete, I will remove the box. That will leave me with a 36"x36" table covered with sub-assemblies and a table large enough to accommodate the 36" wing span of the finished product. The actual construction is done on my work bench or paint booth. The wings are not attached to the fuselage which is only 24 inches long!

Valkyrie

Have room for a "card table" extension?  I've been holding on to a 1/48 B-29 for several years for exactly the reason I see in your photo, space.  Hard to imagine any workbench able to handle that monster.  LOL, you'll have to stop by a local auto body shop to find a paint booth big enough to handle it.  Been throughling enjoying the thread of posts!!

 

Shipwreck

What I did initially was to set up a card table with the kit box open. That left room on the table for finished parts. Now that the bulk of construction is complete, I will remove the box. That will leave me with a 36"x36" table covered with sub-assemblies and a table large enough to accommodate the 36" wing span of the finished product. The actual construction is done on my work bench or paint booth. The wings are not attached to the fuselage which is only 24 inches long!

 

Toshi

Wow sir, that is one huge project you're working on.  Thank you for your very comical reiteration.  I enjoy very much!  LOL!  I'll be following along on this monster of a kit.

Toshi

 

Ohhhh, now this is a more pleasing scale to my eyes and that big bird is a beauty!

I look forward to seeing her with her clothes on!

Cheers

Martin

Well, thanks, Martin! There is something about NMF that scares the bejesus out of me. Especially on something this bit. Fixing the landing gear in place today. Revell needs to have their ears boxed (probably be an old boxing) for some of the utterly obscure destructions (instructions to some) and the way some thing fit. Need more coffee.

LOL, I've built some kits where I "wish" the sprues would regenerate over night.  The carpet monster is active in my work area.

Geezer

 

 

Valkyrie

Have room for a "card table" extension?  I've been holding on to a 1/48 B-29 for several years for exactly the reason I see in your photo, space.  Hard to imagine any workbench able to handle that monster.  LOL, you'll have to stop by a local auto body shop to find a paint booth big enough to handle it.  Been throughling enjoying the thread of posts!!

 

 

 

 

Sort of. I have a full size trash can with a big piece of cardboard - that is the "staging area" for the pieces/parts.  To handle this in a spray booth - Need to take it to the Ford Truck Plant. Don't think they do contract work.  Think I'll call this guy.

 

I'm getting dizzy just watching that!

Geezer

Well, thanks, Martin! There is something about NMF that scares the bejesus out of me. Especially on something this bit. Fixing the landing gear in place today. Revell needs to have their ears boxed (probably be an old boxing) for some of the utterly obscure destructions (instructions to some) and the way some thing fit. Need more coffee.

 

That is a beauty, JohnnyK. Well done. If the sheets are at least 4x8 feet.... or this

Geezer

That is a beauty, JohnnyK. Well done. If the sheets are at least 4x8 feet.... or this

 

Geezer

That is a beauty, JohnnyK. Well done. If the sheets are at least 4x8 feet.... or this

 

You might be intereested in how I make room for a 36 by 30 inch B-29. The first photo shows my paint booth/desk to the left. To the right is my work bench where I do most of the construction, but I do build in the paint booth at times. Then there is Daisy!

To the right of the work bench is a 36" squar card table that serves as a staging area. During construction the kit box took up most of the space. Now it is covered with sub-assemblies!

This B-29 was built to be an in-flight model. The original vision was to hang it from the ceiling, but I am at a age where such an attemp would result in a crash landing. It seems that it will end up on top of an old entertainment center sitting on three 4" Flightpose stands.

JohnnyK, I know people that would do just that and make it work!

Shipwreck, I like that setup a lot. Quite helpful. Of course, if I ever clean up my space, well, you know. Love your helper-outer, too. What a cutie.

Not a lot going on right now. Coffee is running low. Eyes are watering like mad, and nose is stopped up. I love spring in KY!  Correction, coffee is gone. Mug is empty. Emergency blow, surface, surface.

And, it is also Derby Day in Louisville, KY. Home of fast women and pretty horses. So, a lot of TV watching today. Sunny, near 80 today with thunderstorms, some possibility of severe, by the time the Derby actually runs.....all two minutes of it. Only in Kentucky to we take two weeks (Derby Festival) to celebrate a two minute horse race.

Oh, yeah...masking the clear pieces parts today and for a few days to come. This is the first time I've used Eduard masks to this extent. So far, they seem to fit very nicely and have not caused any problems (jinx!).

I do wish they had used a backer paper with more contrast, though. It is hard enough to see the cut lines and pick off the piece you want, but ....

did you know Maskol is a pretty thin liquid? Just knocked over a jar of it. Scratch one pair of shorts (soaked in) and my legs are now nice and smooth!

Geezer

did you know Maskol is a pretty thin liquid? Just knocked over a jar of it. Scratch one pair of shorts (soaked in) and my legs are now nice and smooth!

 

So is testors liquid cement. It did a nice job in removing what little leg hair I have left. I don't know what it is about that round bottle but I have dumped that stuff more times than I can count....and that's even with taking my shoes off and using my toes to count.

Geezer,

One trick I learned on Youtube about the Eduard masks is to very carefully remove the masking paper around the real mask sections, this way the real sections are all that is left on the paper.  

I'm doing the Pro Modeller Junkers 52 now in 48th scale and you couldn't even see the masks on that Eduard set until I removed the surrounding mask material. Just go slow and you will be glad you did this. Makes it much easier to deal with.

Well, boy howdy...I like that one. Now that I'm done.

Anyway, got them done and this has to be the worst fitting greenhouse I've ever seen. Bad even for some of Revell's standards. I have no recollection of doing any sanding or adjusting to the fuselage..doesn't mean I didn't, I just have no recollection of doing it. Sucks.

Still not sure if it is the canopy or the fuselage that is whacked...guess it doesn't matter, huh? Looks like I picked a bad day to give up cursing.

Hoo Boy what a PITA !  I hate having to re-engineer the product like that to make parts fit.  Shame on you Revell/ Monogram.

I admit that after having solved these poor fit problems it's rather satisfying, but it's still a PITA and shouldn't be necessary.

Jay Jay you signature is truth! I think my wife and I took about a 45% pay cut, all told. Oh well. Beats working.

I started gluing the canopy down where I could make it fit. As I worked around the opening, it started to fall into place. When I was done, only some Mr. Dissolved Putty and a toopick! Before, the front edges were flush. They still are. I am confused.

Yea Man, that's looking better.

Gee that's big. Thx for posting the pic of the beast on your bench, a great perspective.

Happy and a little confused that the nose canopy ended up fitting. I was a little nervous for you wondering how you'd deal with that mess.

A thought for the future re the Eduard masks; I notice you are using incandescent lights which appear to be fairly warm light temp. That 2700 or so degree Kelvin blends right in with the color of the masks.

I use a cooler (more blue, if you will), brighter light source and of course my trusty Optivisor when separating the finicky little worth-their-weight-in-gold sheets. Has worked pretty well for me.

Jay Jay - thanks!

Greg- I have a small florescent light with a magnifier. The other two - left side is good ol' 100w bulb, the one on the right is an LED.  What you suggest is a great tip.

Yow, masking something like that should have been one of the Twelve Labours of Hercules. I can't imagine doing it without the pre-cut masks without slam-dunking the whole thing in the trash halfway though. You're making great progress though. 

And to be honest the canopy to my 1/72nd Minicraft B-29A didn't fit very well either. 

Shipwreck: Daisy's a cutie!!!