Monogram 1/48 B-29

Everybodys talking about the poor fit.  I wonder if soaking the part in very hot water then bending it a bit here and there would make it easier to work with?  I have one of these kits sitting on my stash shelf and have been watching this build with great interest.  This issue seem to rank pretty high on the "ah s**t" list.

Geezer

Greg

I got lost, are those wings glued in place or not?

I too like the OD. Looking goo-od.

 

Hi, Greg....yep, glued, CA'd, puttied, you name it.

 

Thank you for letting me know.

Canopy looks great!

I REALLY like the OD green! Here is my canopy, came out O.K. for as poorly fitting it was. I think the issue was more the opening it went into was improperly shaped. The masks from E.Z. Masks (out of Canada) worked pretty good too, those things are a godsend on a compound-curved canopy like this.... The plane is going to hang from the ceiling, so im not too worried about it.

 Rudy

Thank you, Toshi! I am growing more fond of it, too.  Wonder if I could decorate the fuselage like a big dill pickle?

Oh, wow!  The O/D really catches my eyes, great to see something different.

Toshi

philo426

Do you have room to display it?

 

Do you have room to display it?

Greg

I got lost, are those wings glued in place or not?

I too like the OD. Looking goo-od.

 

I got lost, are those wings glued in place or not?

I too like the OD. Looking goo-od.

I never gave it any thought, either. Stikpusher pointed that out. My guess is the extra weight of the paint was significant enough to stop doing it.

Wow!That is a monster!Did not realize that they were ever painted OD but with the yellow markings it should be a refreshing change of pace!Good job!

It does look great in OD. Cant wait to see this done.

Baron - Thank you.

Crown r n7 - Thank you - The OD version sort of started growing on me at Stikpusher's suggestion. That and there was no way it would be "clean" enough for NMF!

From above post, "...On the B-29 front. No *** is no go go. Man, the last several days have been tough. Painting ..."

Wowie, zowie....guess I can say that. The four letter moe joe variation was whacked and replaced by astericks...can I say that? C'mon guys.

Nice progress, Geezer!  Looks pretty cool.

Nice to see a B-29 in O/D

I got some of the "new" Tamiya Extra Thin Quick Setting formula - came from Japan and took about 3 weeks. Smells exactly like a strong fingernail polish remover!

On the B-29 front. No *** is no go go. Man, the last several days have been tough. Painting small parts. Feel like being told by mom to clean your room. Moving at the speed of Eyore. I've also been straightening up the room. My three year old granddaughter was in here the other day...said, "Your room is a mess!" I replied, "Where?" She answered, "EVERYWHERE!" Out of the mouths of babes.

The beast is now officially green or Tamiya XF-58 Olive Drab. So far only 2-3 gallons.

Great build! I was going to say same thing, I swear buy Tamiya Extra Thin. I add strips of styrene put into any gaps. This will make very strong bond. Shawn B

Rudyonwheels, that is something to treasure. This boxing has the EG decals, instructions on the a-boms, and all that.

Good to know yours turned out as it did.

Ish47guy

Geezer, the decals are Iliad Design 48-021. At the time, I ordered them directly from their website (they are in Canada).  I haven't used them yet, so I can't attest to their quality.  I wrote a review of the sheet on Modeling Madness:

http://modelingmadness.com/others/decals/iliad/48021.htm

Baron, I'm with you 100%. Also, I've never done any kind of BMF in all my decades of "sorta" building models. It would probably be modeling suicide to make my first BMF project a B-29.

 

Geezer, the decals are Iliad Design 48-021. At the time, I ordered them directly from their website (they are in Canada).  I haven't used them yet, so I can't attest to their quality.  I wrote a review of the sheet on Modeling Madness:

http://modelingmadness.com/others/decals/iliad/48021.htm

Baron, I'm with you 100%. Also, I've never done any kind of BMF in all my decades of "sorta" building models. It would probably be modeling suicide to make my first BMF project a B-29.

I like the OD-over-gray scheme, too.  I'm going to do one of mine in those colors, too, if for no other reason than that you don't see it that often.

learmech

 

I live about a half mile from the old Martin Bomber Plant in Nebraska where they built these monsters. When your ready to paint, maybe I can put in a good word for you to use the old paint facilities.

 

A little history:

The Martin-Omaha, Nebraska B-29s were of the best quality of the four manufacturing facilities. The Enola Gay was hand picked by Col.Tibbets from the MO assembly line. The Martin-Omaha plant produced 536 planes while Bell-Marietta(Atlanta) 668, Bowing-Renton(Navy) 1,119, and Bowing Wichita 1,768. The main wing assembly differed from plant to plant. Some attached each wing to the side of the fuselage (like the model); BN plant. Another approach was to drop both wings as a sub-assembly onto a notch in the fuselage (center attachment); all other plants BW, BA, and MO.

lawdog114

Nice work on that greenhouse Lyle. It seems to fit fine from what I can see.

 

Ish47guy

Another option is to order a replacement vacu-form canopy  (part SQ9641) from  Squadron.com.

Will follow this thread with great intrest.  I've got two in the stash, but for the first one, I'm going to go the way less traveled route and build this one first:

 

Second time around will be a BMF with Paragons KB-29 conversion kit that I've had in the resin stash for a good while now.

 

I am going with the OD/NG scheme. Not blemish-free enough for the NMF. Where did you get your decals?

learmech, thanks! I will certainly be using acrylics on this feller. Otherwise, it would resemble this "Up in Smoke" scene.