NöNöBärs's What-If Flugwerft (WIP: Greenland Airforce TS-11 Qinngorneq)

[PR19_Kit]

Bags of scope with a B-47...... 

[Martin H]

While searching for some other model parts, I run accross this thing, which is waiting to be completed for several years now:



This is a old Revell kit, I wonder what to do from it ...

Fill the holes fore & aft of the cockpit and remove the "aircrew" mouldings.

Add a few lumps and bumps and a few antenna.

And you get the largest mother of all UAV's

[PR19_Kit]

....and replace those smokey and fuel thirsty J-47s with a couple of CF6s. (other large turbofans are available....)

[Gondor]

You could scaleorama it as a smaller UAV if you wanted to.....

Gondor

[Rheged]

....and replace those smokey and fuel thirsty J-47s with a couple of CF6s. (other large turbofans are available....)

Perhaps a pair of Trents?

[bobbo]

Scale - O - Rama??

bobbo

[Martin H]

Scale - O - Rama??

bobbo

turn it into something that is not its original scale

[nönöbär]

Back from my vacation, I even found the box of this old Revel kit:



So what to build form it?

It will be the sole prototype of the Boeing B-47 APB, which was operational in July 1972 in South East Asia - but more about the background story later....



Right now, I closed all window holes, added putty and now the sanding fun begins....

[sequoiaranger]

>Scale - O - Rama---turn it into something that is not its original scale??<

One of my projects that got canned when I sold off most of my boxed collection was one of those "Luft '46" concept planes that were drawing-board-only. Called the "1000x1000x1000" aircraft (1000 kg bomb-load, 1000 km range, 1000 kph speed) in the "German Jet Genesis" book (P.63), it looked *REMARKABLY* like a scaled-down B-47 (shoulder-wing, wing/stabilizers all swept, underslung engines, etc.). I was going to take that old Revell who-knows-what-scale kit and put 1/72 engines from a couple of Ar-234's on it, and of course make a proper cockpit for it.

If I can dredge up the concept drawing I will post it here for "inspiration". Aha! Found it!



PS--a purported wingspan of 41 feet seems RIDICULOUSLY small (about the same as an Me-262!!) for a *MEDIUM* bomber--my whif would have been...dunno, but whatever the box-scale B-47 came out to be in 1/72-scale dimensions!!

[nönöbär]

Now removed the engines, some putty and sanding plus the first camo color on it



The model will return in the airbrush cabin later today...

[nönöbär]

Three of the four colors for the camp painting are now added. Black will be added later today.



This is the single prototype of the Boeing B-47 APB (Advanced Precision Bombing) which was used over Vietnam in July 1972. But as those test were not that effective, further tests were cancelled....

[NARSES2]

Looking good

[sequoiaranger]

...for the tail and nose (tail un-painted, and nose just the one base color?), and "cockpit"?

Yes, looking good so far!

[nönöbär]

The tail is now black, like the lower part of the fuselage. I have not decided yet if the nose will be in brown only or if some green will be added later to it, have to see how this will look like.
The cockpit will be very basic, don't know if there will be any interior at all.



Sadly a few spots of the color got removed when removing the tape, have to fix this.

[nönöbär]

Most of the paint job is now done.



As the model has no landing gear at all, I have to put it on a stand.

I am now looking in my spare part box to see if I can find something to be used a a laser target pod....