WIP: Part 3, UPDATE 11-26-17 (Almost finished!!!) Building the Revell 1/48 scale B-29 in Bare Metal Foil

Great idea about adding the picture to conceal the weight bag.

JohnnyK

The area  where I added the weight (flight engineers office) is about 5 inches from the landing gear. The engine cowlings are about 2 1/2 inches from the landing gear. That means that twice the amount of weight (one pound) would be required to prevent the plane from sitting on its tail. The closer the weight is located to the landing gear the more weight is required.

 

The area  where I added the weight (flight engineers office) is about 5 inches from the landing gear. The engine cowlings are about 2 1/2 inches from the landing gear. That means that twice the amount of weight (one pound total weight) would be required to prevent the plane from sitting on its tail. The closer the weight is located to the landing gear the more weight is required.

I wonder if you can add weight to the engine cowlings?

JohnnyK

...NOSE WEIGHTS

The main landing gear is located under engines two and three. There is a whole lot of plane behing the landing gear, so a lot of weight is required to keep the plane from being a tail sitter...

First I added weights to the underside of the cockpit floor. There really is not a lot of space for weights under the floor, so I decided to add weight in the flight engineer's area behind the pilots (outlined in blue). Once the fuselage is assembled this area is hidden from view...

Next I filled the bag with white glue to keep the shot from moving around.  I placed the bag into the model and noticed that the bag was visible through the opening in the wall behind the pilots and the flight engineer. Now what? I could paint it black, but I didn't like that solution. I looked on line for a photo of the wall behind the flight engineer. I printed the picture, cut out the image and glued it behind the opening. Problem solved...

I wonder if we can stick some or all of that weight into the access tunnel.  It'd be forward of the landing gear, and it'd be completely out of sight.  Same goes for putting weights in the engine nacelles.

My solution back in the day was to use a small machine screw, sandwiched into one of the front wheels, because it was fastened through a diorama base.  For a shelf model, of course, that's not really a solution.

fotofrank

Wow! ETA on the finish date? What's the weight of the lead shot in the flight engineer station?

 

very clever idea about adding the picture.  This is going to be one fabulous model.

Wow! ETA on the finish date? What's the weight of the lead shot in the flight engineer station?