Washington B2

[JayBee]

Way back in 2013, when I built my two Boeing Stratoseekers , thread here :

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,38124.msg621975.html#msg621975

I was left with some spare parts. i.e. B-29 fuselage parts from the Crown kit and wings from the Minicraft kit.

At that time my thoughts were "What can I do with this lot". The obvious answer was a B-50, but they could only be RW but what if the RAF had got B-50's as well as/instead of the B-29 Washington B1's. In other words the Washington B2.

So the bits lay in a box until now!

Over the last few weeks I have done a bit of work on this idea. The first was get the new fin shape corrected.
This was achieved by getting correct shaped drawings for the fin.





The dotted line shows the shape of the fin in the Crown kit.
The next one up shows the correct shapes for a B-29 fin.
The final, largest, shape is for a B-50.

Then, after putting in a thin core of plasticard of the correct shape, it was PSR, and I do not want to even think about the number of R's.












In this last photo, some of the more astute among  you might have noticed the nose u/c. Yes it got broken off and had to be repaired with a bit of plastic tubing.

[PR19_Kit]

What's equally interesting are the bits of MB5, Blanik and Vampire knocking about the bench. Not to mention the instructions or article about a Buccaneer lying there too.............. 

I like the idea of Washington B2s though. 

[JayBee]

The Buccaneer bits are , you may be shocked to know Kit, are in fact for the Vampire.
The instruction sheet gives that as suggestions for extra bits you can get for the kit.

[kerick]

With that extra weight for the putty you will have to compensate by adding more nose weight! Or add a jack under the tail.

[JayBee]

All taken care of!
A couple of plasticard bulkheads and a moulded lump of white metal. It is certainly not something you would want to drop on your toes.





I did not post this pic as I felt it was not worth looking at! 

[NARSES2]

Interesting project Jim

[PR19_Kit]

Are you sure that's not a chunk of a pistol bullet you've got glued in there? 

[JayBee]

16mm dia. That would be on heck of a large calibre handgun.
Even for Arnie in one of his films. If he fired it the recoil would throw him so far back that the last you would hear would be "I'll be back!".

[kerick]

Now you need extra heavy duty landing gear! I suggest titanium!

[JayBee]

The wings about to be attached and I can see a fair bit of PSR on the horizon. Why? Well the two different kits, Crown and Minicraft, have very different wing sections.
I rather suspect the Minicraft kit is a bit more accurate of the two.

[sandiego89]

The Crown airfoil shape does indeed look a bit exaggerated.

[PR19_Kit]

With a wing profile like the Crown B-29 the first thing it says to me is 'Semi-symmetrical wing shape, ideal for aerobatics'.

But then I think 'B-29? Aerobatics? I don't think so!  '

[zenrat]

With a wing profile like the Crown B-29 the first thing it says to me is 'Semi-symmetrical wing shape, ideal for aerobatics'.

But then I think 'B-29? Aerobatics? I don't think so!  '

Possibly not, but i'd love to see a display team using them...

[ysi_maniac]

All taken care of!
A couple of plasticard bulkheads and a moulded lump of white metal. It is certainly not something you would want to drop on your toes.





I did not post this pic as I felt it was not worth looking at! 

Heavy bomber indeed!

Love the project.

[JayBee]

The wings are now on, and at the (more or less) correct dihedral, but you can really see the difference in the wing cross sections. There is going to have to be some serious micro-surgery done here, before any PSR can begin.