Budd Conestoga II

[TomZ]

I love the look of this fuselage.
Looks a bit like a B-52      :




TomZ

[martinbayer]

Wrinkles are a natural sign of aging.

[zenrat]

Looking lovely (and like its been dipped in honeycomb).

[ericr]

  impressive kitbash !

[NARSES2]

impressive kitbash !

Indeed 

Will also almost certainly corrupt this years data in so far as the putty companies marketing department are concerned. They'll probably end up tripling their production levels next year 

[jcf]

Wrinkles are a natural sign of aging.

The Budd and the Buff were wrinkled when they were new. 

[63cpe]

Meanwhile the fuselage was sanded and is re-puttied (Is that a word?) for the second time. Also made some molds to cast resin tail feathers (the horizontals from a 1/200 Hughes H4 as they look like the original Budd ones).

The jetengines will be in b-36 pods but need new jetengine facings. Like the tailplanes i made molds of 1/72 F-111 and 1/48 Horten Ho-229 jetfaces. Not sure yet which ones are to be used but they're about the same size. The F-111's look a tad bland, The one's off the HO-229 are much more interesting as they have 4 struts to the center. Maybe use them instead of the F-111's. Although they need some rework to get the diameter right.

David aka 63CPE

[Gondor]

The Budd and the Buff were wrinkled when they were new. 

Stressed Skin? 

Gondor

[63cpe]

No stressed skin: great example here:
skin-fold-resection by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

;-)

David aka 63cpe

[63cpe]

Comrades, during the weekend some progress was made. Here's an update:

First the engine intakes were sazzed up a little. Left the reworked intakes with 1/48 Horten Ho-229 units, right the original monogram ones.
PXL_20230114_191628945 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

At the back the exhausts were changed also. These are 1/48 Learjet exhausts (I think).
PXL_20230114_191658958 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

The nose is shaped (easy work with a power sander on Balsa wood), the tail feathers changed to 1/200 Hughes H-4 units, and it's maingear is in place. The most sanding is done..now fill all the pinholes..
PXL_20230115_221035931 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20230115_220958761 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20230115_221121039 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20230115_221115164 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

Still overthinking the nose needs to be a little more flat for that grant bulbous look the Budd Conestoga stand out for.

The ramp is still operating as supposed be.
PXL_20230115_221253893.PORTRAIT by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

Now anticipating on the colorscheme: maybe overall aluminium? maybe a little obligatory...what do you think?

Cheers,
David

[NARSES2]

No stressed skin: great example here:
skin-fold-resection by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

;-)

David aka 63cpe

    

[Rick Lowe]

Coming along nicely. 

[sandiego89]

Franken-wagon!!

Nice

[63cpe]

It definitely is sandiego89.  

David aka 63cpe

[63cpe]

Just a quick update.

Wings are installed and the most PSR-ing is done. Extreme nose was reshaped to be more rounded. Now testfitting the engine pods for height, re shaping the pylon and check the distance between inboard engine and fuselage.
PXL_20230122_140520010 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20230122_140455307 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

While the wings are curing the gap between wings and fuselage was filled with sprue and putty (the tube wasn't empty yet...)
PXL_20230122_140505785 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20230122_140539517 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

I'm pleased with the engine faces I used in the engine pods. Still not sure on the color scheme...If I do it in SEA scheme it surely looks very much like a jet engined early Hercules.

David aka 63cpe