1/72 B-52D with Big Belly Mod, Operation Arc Light

Yup. I'm navy, on the submarine tender out here.

Hello, Sub, and thanks!  You in the military there? I was TDY on Okinawa but flew in and out of Guam several times. I've seen pictures of the memorial there.

Thanks for stopping by!

Russ

Awesome project! Here on Guam at the AFB there is a B-52 on display as an Arc Light memorial. Can't wait to see yours finished!

Thanks, Dom 

Inserted 6/29/19 from First Annual Berny Memorial Group Build, page 35:

The right side ram air intake was missing on my model so I added it. The ram air intakes are located forward of the front main landing gear on both sides of the fuselage. Here's how to do it:

1.) Take a piece of paper and press it against the two inlets on the left side fuselage half. Rub them with your finger to make impressions of both inlets.

2.) Cut out the impression of the lower inlet.

3.) Flip the paper over and line up the top impression with the right side top inlet. Then use the cut out of the lower inlet to draw an outline on the fuselage.

4.) Use a sharp #11 Xacto blade to carve out the inlet. Go slowly to avoid cutting too deep.

The added right inlet is shown below.

Russ:

VERY COOL!!!

Dom

I've been reviewing my pictures of bomb loading and I've decided my diorama isn't going to look complete without a bomb lift trailer, so I'm taking a stab at building one. Below is what the bomb lift trailer looked like and my version of the control end. I figured I'd tackle the easy part first. The wheels are from that HO scale semitrailer that I used for the bomb truck. They're a bit too large but they're the only ones I could find in this format that are close to actual size.

Russ

Bish

Great work so far Russ. The first photo is exactly the image i have had in my head for years of how i wanted my B-52 dio. The flatbed and the revetment are two things i wasn't sure how i would reproduce. I may have to steel a few more of your ideas from this.

No problem, Bish. You're welcome to anything you can use 

Russ

Great work so far Russ. The first photo is exactly the image i have had in my head for years of how i wanted my B-52 dio. The flatbed and the revetment are two things i wasn't sure how i would reproduce. I may have to steel a few more of your ideas from this.