Bombers repurposed into transports/airliners

[Weaver]

Hushkit article on cancelled airliners, some of which were based on bombers:

https://hushkit.net/2016/12/19/the-10-coolest-cancelled-airliners/

[Spey_Phantom]

as noted earlier, not only the Short Stirling Mk.V  was converted to civilian use, but also a number of B-17' that were interned in Sweden.
one even saw service in the Danish Air Force 

[McColm]

as noted earlier, not only the Short Stirling Mk.V  was converted to civilian use, but also a number of B-17' that were interned in Sweden.
one even saw service in the Danish Air Force 

Magna used to do a conversion set in 1/72 scale.

[McColm]

Would have thought the Shorts Stirling would be suitable and available, given it's enormous fuselage and relatively indifferent performance as a bomber.

Following the Lancastrian/Welshman theme, you could call it the Scotsman...


How about an alternative Boeing airliner combining a 707 fuselage (stretched?) with a B-52 wing and engines?

There were plans for airliner conversions/derivatives of all the V-bombers:

Valiant: early V1000 studies

Victor:
HP.98 (original centre-section, double-bubble fuselage)
HP.111 (wider centre-section, circular-section fuselage)
The HP.111 was actually selected by the RAF, but they were overuled by HMG and told to buy the Belfast instead for political reasons (full employment in NI).

Vulcan: wide-bodied version called the Atlantic:

I'm building something along the lines of kitbashing the Airfix Avro Vulcan with the fuselage of the Airfix BAe Nimrod MR.1/2.It has the Vulcan tail and now has inverted wingtips take from an F-15.

[McColm]

The Convair XC-90 was proposed as an airliner with the potential customer Pan Am, even a transport version of the B-36 either with or without the turbojets.
The B-32 Dominator was also marketed as an airliner.

[jcf]

Airliner versions of the Wellington were proposed pre-war and numerous transport conversions of the
Wellington were used during the war.

The H.P. Halton was an airliner/transport version of the Halifax.

A few B-26 Marauders were also converted into executive aircraft.

[PR19_Kit]

Airliner versions of the Wellington were proposed pre-war and numerous transport conversions of the
Wellington were used during the war.

The Viking and Valetta were essentially transport Wellingtons, albeit without the geodetic structure.

And Convair actually built the transport B-36 as the XC-99, but only one of them.

[zenrat]

Anyone mentioned the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser?  Basically a pop-top B29...

[kitnut617]

And Convair actually built the transport B-36 as the XC-99, but only one of them.

The XC-99 still exists, it has a new owner now and their plan is to restore it. I can't remember though if the plan is to restore it to flying condition ---

[McColm]

Well the Lockheed C-130 was used as a bomber by the USAF and Argentina,  so an airliner version with tons of soundproofing  ( me thinks that this has been done before  )

[jcf]

Speaking of repurposed bombers, my friend Tim Nelson's build
of the Contrail Blackburn Kangaroo:
https://modelpaintsol.com/builds/contrail-blackburn-kangaroo-paint-rigging

[NARSES2]

Oh that is nice 

[McColm]

The Boeing B-29 would make a great airliner project 

[PR19_Kit]

The Boeing B-29 would make a great airliner project 

Boeing already did it. The Stratocruiser was exactly that, or an airliner B-50 anyway when it got into production.

[McColm]

Yes, but what if you just kept the lower deck