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AW, C`mon Reasoned, maybe you got a lemon. I signed up for this GB but haven`t had a chance to get started yet but all this negative talk is making me wonder if I should. I may just pull mine out and do some dryfitting to see what`s doing. After building the Modelcraft F-82 , I fear no kit..except another Modelcraft F-82 that is.....
Len Pytlewski
troublemaker66 Reasoned: lajntx: Hi Reasoned, Doors opened or closed is your choice, However I will warn you that the stock doors are VERY difficult to build closed and leave a God Awful gap that is very hard to fill. The above is quite possibly the largest understatement ever uttered. Really that bad eh? I just realized that I have a B-36 kit for sale...
Reasoned: lajntx: Hi Reasoned, Doors opened or closed is your choice, However I will warn you that the stock doors are VERY difficult to build closed and leave a God Awful gap that is very hard to fill. The above is quite possibly the largest understatement ever uttered.
lajntx: Hi Reasoned, Doors opened or closed is your choice, However I will warn you that the stock doors are VERY difficult to build closed and leave a God Awful gap that is very hard to fill.
Hi Reasoned,
Doors opened or closed is your choice, However I will warn you that the stock doors are VERY difficult to build closed and leave a God Awful gap that is very hard to fill.
The above is quite possibly the largest understatement ever uttered.
"Really that bad"? No, it's worse!
Science is the pursiut of knowledge, faith is the pursuit of wisdom. Peace be with you.
On the Tarmac: 1/48 Revell P-38
In the Hanger: A bunch of kits
Reasoned lajntx: Hi Reasoned, Doors opened or closed is your choice, However I will warn you that the stock doors are VERY difficult to build closed and leave a God Awful gap that is very hard to fill. The above is quite possibly the largest understatement ever uttered.
Howdy Everyone, yep that's what I'm going to do. Find some styrene, glue the bomb bays shut and scribe away. My sacrificial B-36 is already built and to tear it apart, move bulk heads, make a center support fixture and dress up two bomb bays would be more than I want to tackle. besides the YB-60 with it's tail wheel will be a sight all it's own. Magoo
Cut off the whole mess front to back and up the sides to the midline panel line. Replace with a half tube of styrene/ PVC and scribe away.
lajntx Hi Reasoned, Doors opened or closed is your choice, However I will warn you that the stock doors are VERY difficult to build closed and leave a God Awful gap that is very hard to fill.
I do have 4 armor things German Panzer IV, Sd. Kfz 7 8 ton1/2 track, and a 88mm gun plus a USA M1 Abrams tank but they are farther left left in the room than the picture captured. Things to build when I'm board. Magoo
Good grief there Magoo, you got everything from sci-fi to jets to props to autos..... just no armor!
Howdy Everybody,
This test to see if I can post a picture or two of where I had to go to find the RF-84F. Above was my search area and below is where I found it. Magoo
bondoman Reasonable! Hasegawa B-47 is the only other one, and that's a legacy type model. Seams, meh, they're good on that one because it means you found the right two parts. Academy B-50 is good.
Reasonable!
Hasegawa B-47 is the only other one, and that's a legacy type model.
Seams, meh, they're good on that one because it means you found the right two parts.
Academy B-50 is good.
That B-47 is just plain old nasty. Fun to build - provided you enjoy being tormented and mocked by it every step of the way, but it does make a great display piece once done.
I`d say the older Monogram B-52 kits are just as bad when it comes to the seem issues found in the B-36. But then again, having a nice "tall tail" early B-52 does round out a good bomber collection
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-MONOGRAM-Giant-USAF-B-52-STRATOFORTRESS-Bomber-Model-Kit-1-72-No-8292-/180864136245?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1c57b435
B-36 Peacemaker Builds
On the Bench: B-36 paint test fusealge & RB-36E assembly test build
In Que: YB-36 Conversion Build & B-36 carries B-58 Airframe to Wright Patterson
Conceptual Planning: RB-36 X-15 Mothership
Reasoned Thanks but I think once this bird is done, I'm done with bombers for a while and except for this one, I build only WWII stuff. Think a steady supply of Tamiya "shake and bakes"...... after my Revell 109G that is.
Thanks but I think once this bird is done, I'm done with bombers for a while and except for this one, I build only WWII stuff. Think a steady supply of Tamiya "shake and bakes"...... after my Revell 109G that is.
Len
Congrats, when you get done with the 36, You will be ready to graduate to some of the harder 1/72 cold war bomber models
I`ve started the job with the state that is requiring me to travel for training the next couple of months, so I`ll be limited in what I can do on mine.
In case you were wondering what those "Harder" cold war bombers are:
TU-95 Bear in 1/72
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84vkdWeFCdQ&feature=related
And the most obnoxious one to build that requires nerves of steel:
Hasegawa 1/72 B-47E Stratojet
http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/korean/us/kol47.htm
Here's pics as promised before I begin sanding........ and sanding........... and sanding. I'm trying Swanny's tip for seams. Since there were large gaps or uneaven seams which I used a flat blade and sliced down to a "scarred" flatter seam.
"bump" Hope to post some pics tonight of the current progress (or lack thereof). The ENTIRE seam along the fuselage has been treated with a technique from Swanny's site, not sure I did it correct but....
On another note, if you should decide to get an inch to build a B-36............... go to the Dr. instead.
You have NO idea the fun you're missing!
A B-36 GB!? Hahahaha!!
I was seconds away from buying this very kit a few weeks ago at the IPMS!
I ended up buying a 1/72 B-737-500.. hehe
Well, not for me. Hope ya'll enjoy it!
"Every War Starts And Ends With An Invasion".
bondoman Everything about that model requires endurance. Why I would never build it again. Somewhere out there John Eaton is making wing roots... BTW the RB-36 had only one flight engineer...
Everything about that model requires endurance. Why I would never build it again. Somewhere out there John Eaton is making wing roots...
BTW the RB-36 had only one flight engineer...
Well, funny thing is in all the contortion of seaming this thing, one of the FE's fell out. Sves me gluing him back in, thanks.
Hi Reasoned, don't loose hope, the harder you work on something the more pride you take in your work when done. I agree that you would think it shouldn't have such a bad fit but when you see how model molds are made I'm amazed that anything fits as well as it does. Magoo
Oh my flippin goodness! The seams on this thing, why didn''t anybody warn me????
They don't match and they go in and out and wave around arrgh! I bet I have a dozen tape strips plus a vise on this bird, it's going to take a week of filling and sanding.
Okay, done whining.
Okay, I've stuck four big sinker weights (from my tackle box) on a big ole washer, then glued it to the bulkhead aft of the cockpit. That should hopefully keep her off the tail. Going to close her up tomorrow and start working on all those seams............. woo hoo
EDIT: yippie, the Alclad Alumn is in!
Howdy Ya'll, I have decided to build the YB-60 first. I wanred to send you pictures of the sacrificial RB-36 and the conversion kit. I'm taking pictures and when I figure out what I'm doing wrong on Photobucket I'll post pictures. Magoo
lajntx Speaking of the weight issue. Here`s something so few are aware of. As you know Convair tried to keep the program alive with the all jet B-60 which ultimately lost out to the B-52. The B-60 had such a bad weight ratio due to the deletion of all aft crew compartments which further increased the likelihood of a " tail tip " In this photo below you can make out the counter weights that were installed on the craft while it was parked while not in use. On the front landing gear you can see the cylinder weights protruding out from the tires very vaughly
Speaking of the weight issue. Here`s something so few are aware of.
As you know Convair tried to keep the program alive with the all jet B-60 which ultimately lost out to the B-52. The B-60 had such a bad weight ratio due to the deletion of all aft crew compartments which further increased the likelihood of a " tail tip " In this photo below you can make out the counter weights that were installed on the craft while it was parked while not in use. On the front landing gear you can see the cylinder weights protruding out from the tires very vaughly
Loosing weight aft didn't make it a tail dragger,but the swept wings sure did. The -60 had a retractable tail wheel on a long leg, but it could not take a big downward load after rotation and was more of a landing aid.
Here's a ??? For you 36 fans, that I don't know the answer to. Once a while ago I read a piece about one time use airfields in New England and Canada for the big attack. Must have been pre Internet as I cannot find that info now.Any ideas?
bondoman Here's a ??? For you 36 fans, that I don't know the answer to. Once a while ago I read a piece about one time use airfields in New England and Canada for the big attack. Must have been pre Internet as I cannot find that info now.Any ideas?
I`m not aware of anything that was cold war era. I always thought that the runs to Alaska & Greenland to refuel and back was meant to demonstrate to the Soviets that the bombers could just as easily turn towards the USSR to hit targets and return to Alaska/Greenland before returning to their homebase
Now I have read this, but it was WWII strategy should the 36 be brought into production:
They would be based from Virginia to New England - Fly to Newfoundland for refueling & spark plug changing....fly east & bomb Europe and return back the same route with Iceland being an emergency landing place.
If you want I can pose the question to a few of the authors of some of the B-36 books out there?
Other than making sure you are trying to upload to the correct album, I really wouldnt know. Just keep trying, if all else fails find a young whipper snapper in your family to show you as kids these days are born knowing how to use computers.
Hi, lajntx, apparently I’m a dullard and can’t get photobucket to upload anything from my computer. I opened an account, labeled an album, and when I go and click on the upload button nothing happens. I’ve tried this several times and even went to their help page. Any ideas? Magoo
I`ll still be around... Ive got 3 weeks to do a little work before I go off for training. I`ll still have computer acess, but wont be at home to do anything for most of that 2 months. In other news today, my 1/72 X-15 came in today for my B-36 Mothership build ( whenever I get around to that )... When all is said and done I`ll have 3 "carrier" builds.... B-58 transfer, FICON, and X-15 Mothership
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