THE OFFICIAL IN THE BUFF B52 GROUP BUILD

Not that bad really.  Office is floor and two seats, no IP or details.  Fit is OK so far except for the wings.  Will have to do some filling and sanding from the flaps out.  The engine pylons go through the wings, so more there.

If you will have it along with my inaccuracies, I'll add it to the GB.

goldhammer

Not that bad really.  Office is floor and two seats, no IP or details.  Fit is OK so far except for the wings.  Will have to do some filling and sanding from the flaps out.  The engine pylons go through the wings, so more there.

If you will have it along with my inaccuracies, I'll add it to the GB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dang, good 'ole clothes pegs, same as when I was a kid, before we had Lego,

we made whole planes out of those.

No worries, your build is more than welcome.

Thanks for sharing the pics,

That would make her pre-1974 and PDM stands for Phase Depot Maintainence.

MK

GH,

 Inaccuracies? thats Dom and I's specialty!!

 Dom, I gotta quad of 1/144th 52s down here, I got room for her if ya wanna part ways with her...

MK

buffjock

GH,

 Inaccuracies? thats Dom and I's specialty!!

 

 Dom, I gotta quad of 1/144th 52s down here, I got room for her if ya wanna part ways with her...

 

MK

 

Hey, If I ever find her...she's buried, deeper n' gold in the Marianas Trench....

Dom, there gonna find out eventually... I found my B-52 shotglass today so forgive me any misaccuracies i mght produce

 Dand Dom, thats deep, and I dont mean the coveration.. MK 2

Dom, if your on facebook, join the B52 Stratofotres  group. That way we can chat easr

Kong, I'll have a look at that Group. Now use'l think I'm a traitor, but eyes am a member of F-105 ThunderChief.

Met some great gentlemen whom dropped iron from very fast planes.

And not making any promises or threats, but started diggin out my workbench again, I can see my BUFF's engines again.

That "visitation" by the freeloader and my GB attack set me back some.

Dom, No worries on that Thud group, they was some awesome flyers!! I got 2 F-105s, a G and a D that are in 1/32nd scale. Them theres big boys!! Thats me favorite  fast jet... Oh and I put me shotglass away last night so it might be a while before I find it again, but boy did I sleep good last night... and it was 13 below...

MK

Hey, wadda yer know? I didn't know you were a Thud fan. You have the big Trumpys? Yeah, I put the shot glass away myself. When I was in hospital they told me that having a beer with dinner was a really bad idea. 10 years ago, they were saying it was a really good idea. 10 years from now, they will say was a good idea after all. I'm going to find the B52 group today, thanks for that!

buffjock

That would make her pre-1974 and PDM stands for Phase Depot Maintainence.

 

MK

 

Then it fits perfectly since I was pre-'74 on them as well.  Then they sent me to Phantoms at Udorn and Shaw.  Was going back to BUFF's at Mather before my re-up got cancelled.  Loved watching the toys next door at Beale while I was there, especially the night takeoffs.

Got the bottom wing seams sanded down and the engine pylons on this morning....more fill and sand in my future.  Assembling the engine pods and tip tanks today as well.

Looks like Italari's new entry is a repop of AMT kit from 20 years ago, with the SALT wing root fairings.  Was hoping for a new tooling, but welcome anyway.  Since that is the case, bidding on the old AMT "G" kit with the Mt. Rushmore decal option.  Ends at 5:10PT today, so we will see what happens.

EDIT - Well, picked up the AMT "Wings" "G" for about $73 shipped.  Now I have my early big BUFF.

2nd edit-  Now the 18th, and my big BUFF arrived today....woohoo!!

Hey GH, you have a quick link to the Italari kit you mentioned? Please and thank you. Always wanted the SALT version.

Go to the videos page up top, roll down to the review of it, and click on B52.....  $73.00 MSRP.

Got the wings and tail on the 1/144, just a couple of seams to fill/sand and send her off to the paint shop.  Pylons are on, and engine pods and tanks are ready for paint as well.  Not typical loadout for an "H", but going to hang a Hound under each inboard (my era). Should have left off most of the external antennas that are on the later versions, but already drilled the holes, so used them as filler.....No one in my circle will ever know anyhow.

Today was a good day, I found my misplaced build log and booked 1.5 hours cleaning out the exhaust nacelles for my BUFF. last entry I made was December 2007. Now I know I've worked on it since then, but somehow the log got put on the wrong shelf, so I never logged the bomb build. Since I have started bomb clips per Russ' plans, I didn't need the flat plate with the half bombs molded on it. So what I did was cut the half bombs out of the plate and made individual bombs. I think I did that back in 2010 or so, anyhow, as I said, a few small tasks didn't make it into the log but I'm back at it now. I need a new camera to upload pictures, but the other good news is that I got my CyberSpaceAge website back up and running so I can load pictures from there. if any of you are interested you can see my model scratch build work at cyberspaceage.com - looking forward to more building. Oh, and thanks again to Russ for gluing together those resin iron bombs for me, my eyes hurt just looking at them.

Sad last two days, yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Countdown Disaster, in which Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died in a capsule fire. Today is the Anniversay of the Challenger Disaster - tow shocking events in my life back-to-back.

But there is good news, I managed to find my Badger airbrush, buried in a storge garage and presumed AWOL until today. I hauled it up to my hobby room and it seems to be undamaged.

Tomorrow I pull some of the other paint hood pieces up as well, the exhaust fan and the actual hood I made 10 years ago. 

I finished messing around withe the eight engine exhaust nacelles and it's time to re-assemble the engines and mount them on their pylons again.

I'll send photos if everything works out as planned tomorrow.

Update -Saturday; I'm ahead of schedule, I found more airbrush supplies and paint, I just some of it is still good. Here's my work layout for Sunday; Engine assembly:

Here's a picture of my baby, I can't make out the tail number, but apparantly 56-0689, looking good:

Got the big flappy things on, engine pods and tanks are ready for paint.  Getting the Hounds ready now.  Hope to start paint tomorrow.

Painted the upper surfaces and pylons today in the two greens and the tan, along with the tanks and engine pods.  Will let that cure this week, hopefully get the undersides done next w/e.  Pics to follow that session.

Still masking for the underside of the little BUFF.  Here are a couple of pics to tease-

Thank you.  Planning on using MM 4766 Camoflage Gray with maybe up to 10% of their Flat White for the bottom, opinion?  Also looking at the pics, think I'll toss a little more of the tan on her back to split the two greens and tie the tan together.

Yeah GH, breaking up the green on the back in front of the tail is an idea. Youv'e got a nice rythm going with the alternating colours, it's like your eye almost expects to see another band of tan there.

As for the actual colours, I think your best bet would be to ask Kong, he is much more knowledgeable than me when it comes to those accurate schemes.

Looking forward to your next iteration here!

GH,

 If your building an early 70s "G" the bottom of the fuselage and wings should be white. If your cloning a "D" the vertical stab and undersides should be black. Hope this helps.

Majer Kong 

Thanks MK, white she shall be.

Art

FS34201 SAC Bomber Tan, FS34159 SAC Bomber Green, FS34079 Dark Green.  The FS number escapes me for the white... Sent you a photo of 59-2602 taken in 73 at RAF Fairford

Majer Kong 

Hey Kong;

Any way you could post that picture of 59-2602 here as well?

Tx

buffjock

Art

FS34201 SAC Bomber Tan, FS34159 SAC Bomber Green, FS34079 Dark Green.  The FS number escapes me for the white... Sent you a photo of 59-2602 taken in 73 at RAF Fairford

 

 

Majer Kong 

 

Dom,

 Russ tried a year ago to learn me up on that with no success.... I wil send it to you in an email and you can do what ya wish... I have almost 15,000 pics of 52s....

Majer Kong 

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The white on the bottom of the BUFF was actually gloss to help reflect the flash of a NUDET.  It's a hold over from high level nuclear deliveries.  I think the D midels were gloss black for the same reason.