B-58 Sea Hustler

[Eddie M.]

It has been started. Y'all have seen the burner cans. Got three more to do. I've added depth to the wheel well to handle the beefier gear.

[GTX]

Intriguing...

Regards,

Greg

[cthulhu77]

This is, quite possibly, the coolest project ever undertaken.   

[Zeke]

Am I reading this right?...a carrier-borne sea HUSTLER?!!! ...oh my and possibly even crikey!

[Vulcan7]

those wings look very cool Eddie can't wait to see the finished article 

[tigercat2]

This sounds really interesting!!  Where will the wings fold, and will it be in a typical gloss grey/white 60s Navy scheme?


Wes W.

[bobbo]

Supercool!  What's the backstory?

Bobbo

[sotoolslinger]

WOW REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS

[Logan Hartke]

Supercool!  What's the backstory?

Bobbo

Maybe the USS America wasn't canceled and is continuing to be used in its intended role as nuclear strike carrier equipped with large, long-range, cutting-edge bombers in the 1960s?

Cheers,

Logan

[John Howling Mouse]

Love those Miller-Tankerized wheel wells!   

[Eddie M.]

Thank y'all for the positive comments Gents. I'll look back on them when I feel like bashing my head in with a brick for thinking of such an idea..

This sounds really interesting!!  Where will the wings fold, and will it be in a typical gloss grey/white 60s Navy scheme?

It's looking that way right now, but I'm very far from deciding the paint. All I have is the decals I want to use. I guess I can make it look like the wings could fold where the flaps meet the wing tip. With a length of 96' 9" I can only imagine two of these on a Nimitz class deck, taking the place of six A-6s and two or three S-3s in an area I knew of on the Ranger as the "gut" and the "six pack", right next to the island. Plenty of deck left to spot the rest of the airwing.

Supercool!  What's the backstory?

Maybe the USS America wasn't canceled and is continuing to be used in its intended role as nuclear strike carrier equipped with large, long-range, cutting-edge bombers in the 1960s?

I hadn't thought of a story till just now with Logan's help. I see it's mission being a sort of Doolittle's Raider kind of story. Since I've never written a back story, this may be a first.... or not. I know a couple of people around here that do write terrific stories and I may seek help in the near future....

Right now, my energies are being spent on landing gear solution and engine placement. I see it all in my mind, it just getting it made that's the hurdle...

Here's the top of the wheel wells.The added depth allows me to use the wheels I have in mind.

[Mossie]

Hmmmm, keeping tabs on this one!

[GTX]

Another tact one could take is to do a scale-o-rama and make it about the same size as a Vigilante but as a Convair competitor.

Regards,

Greg

[anthonyp]

Maybe the USS America wasn't canceled and is continuing to be used in its intended role as nuclear strike carrier equipped with large, long-range, cutting-edge bombers in the 1960s?

I think you mean the USS United States, CVA-58.  USS America was the third Kitty Hawk class carrier (CV-66).

[Eddie M.]

I got a little more rough in work done last night, but none today. We got bad news last night. My wife's parent's house burned to the ground last night in Marble Falls. My F.I.L. was only able to get out wearing pants and a shirt. He built that house and it's the only home my wife and her family knew growing up. Everyone is pretty shaken and I dare say in shock. My wife's going to be with her family for a few days, so I'll be manning the helm solo for a few days. I'll be back soon....