B-36 Crop duster- Finished *image reload last page*

[zenrat]

Looking good there.
I plan to (one day) build a similar multi use display base but sized around a C119 rather than a B-36.

[Captain Canada]

Nice looking base ! Thanks for the tip as well, I might go and see about getting myself some of that polywall !

[loupgarou]

Its looking really good Dave.

... Mrs. Sandiego89 helped me carefully re-lay the runway over the Liquid nail ...

Mrs Sandiego89 sounds more aligned to your hobby than mine is. If I tried to enlist Mrs Modelling_Mushi's help on this sort of thing you might find her posting a picture of me liquid nailed to the birch sheet. 

Pls do. It would be interesting to see!

[loupgarou]

Beautiful job, Dave.
Congratulations for a cooperative wife, and for the space you have available.

[sandiego89]

"concrete" turned out pretty well.  

Here is a small taxi way section, this is the white polywall spray painted with rattle can automotive primer.  A section of the unpainted white polywall near the top.  Cut pour/expansion joints with a box cutter along a straight edge ruler. 



Need to enclose the nose turret hole.  Could have left the turret, but wanted to go with a more accurate "featherweight" J model.  

Easter bunny to the rescue.  One pastel green Easter egg ready for cut.  



Fussy piece, complex curve, so took way too long to of sand and dry fit, but the Easter egg was very close to the correct shape.  



Aluminum paint over the egg.  Still some gaps to fill.

Main gear painted.  

[KiwiZac]

Nice work! I was about to post a "bump" but you already beat me to it.

[Mossie]

Excellent use of an Easter Egg!

I'll have to remember that one when filling curved gaps.

[sandiego89]

On to the bomb bay doors.

Some RB-36's (and as molded out of the kit box ) had a single door covering bay #2 and #3, this door was a few feet longer than the bomber versions.  There were a surprising amount of variations for an aircraft that had such a short service life.  

The bomber versions had 2 sets of doors, one set covering #1 and #2, and another set covering #3 and #4.  Each set was 32.3 feet long, separated by a fixed divider between the sets.

Scratched up a divider between #2 and #3.  The "long" RB bomb bay door from the kit is displayed laying on the center spar.  The tabs on the door are for open display, you fold the door lengthwise along the fold line along.  This kit has really nice molding.  You do not fold the door and you remove the tabs for display in closed configuration.  



Laying out the kit doors and a pair of resin copies I casted.  Resin in tan.  Gondor, have not forgotten your request- will cast another set and see if they are worthy.  



Resin pair fit better on the forward bay.



Final lay up. Tabs removed.  Still needs cleanup, priming. 



Lots of work, it would be much easier to build an RB out of the box, but again I wanted to have a big bay bomber version for my crop duster, and future plans such as mother ship, etc.  For me anyway the bomb bay and door modifications likely added 6-7 hours to the build.   These doors could still be displayed open or shut.  Crop duster will be displayed shut to better fit the spray apparatus waiting in the wings.  

No more updates for a week- off to Yellowstone with the family- I'll try not to get gored by a Bison while taking a selfie....

[Captain Canada]

Wow she's really coming along now ! Lovely work on this giant beast.

You know what works great for scribing a line like that on 'concrete' ? An o-ring pick. Can usually get a wee pack of 4, with differing angles at any discount automotive store.

[sandiego89]

"High-Altitude Camouflage" (anti-flash white) applied.  Lots of masking on this one.



Had to re-spray the front bomb bay doors.  Apparently did not clean the resin well enough. 

 

Test fit of the wing.  Just taped, no glue yet, holding firmly.   

[PR19_Kit]

Jeepers, but that thing's HUGE! 

[kitnut617]

wonderful job    

Jeepers, but that thing's HUGE! 

Yeah! and I've got five of them ---

[Captain Canada]

Yes she sure is ! Love the look 

[Thorvic]

Jeepers, but that thing's HUGE! 

So are American Farm's ! 

[Modelling_Mushi]

wonderful job    

Jeepers, but that thing's HUGE! 

Yeah! and I've got five of them ---

Both of you shoudl buy shares in Alclad 

And I agree, its looking fantastic