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1/48 Monogram B-24J Bare Metal Foil WIP

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  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, April 26, 2018 10:54 AM

JohnnyK

Keep in mind that the key to keeping the nose down is to add weight as far forward as possible. The closer the weight is to the main landing gear the less efective it  is.

Abvsolutely true. The moment arm is what holds the nose down, and thats a product of wieght times length from the pivot point.

Sometimes it helps to look at extremes. You could load fifty pounds on the model over the mains and guess what, it would still be tippy.

 

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, April 26, 2018 11:58 AM

Sometimes builders go to such extremes to weight a model, when a simple little tail prop will fix the problem

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Close to Chicago
Posted by JohnnyK on Thursday, April 26, 2018 5:15 PM

Or, you can use something like the crews' ladder to prop up the tail. This is a B-24 that I built 3 years ago.

Your comments and questions are always welcome.

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Close to Chicago
Posted by JohnnyK on Monday, July 23, 2018 3:57 PM

Part 2 of this build can be found here: 

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/179529.aspx

Your comments and questions are always welcome.

  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: Brisbane Australia
Posted by ChrisJH666 on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 2:25 PM

Looking pretty awesome so far. You must have the patience of a rock to do that NMF!

In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)

 

Chris

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