Boeing B-54B, the Half-Way Bomber

[PR19_Kit]

It's no co-incidence that the fuselage diameters of the B-29 and the Tu-95 are the same, which is how the Sovs built the Bear in the first place of course.   

It's also educational seeing how long the Bear is compared to a B-29, it's HUGE!

[Wardukw]

I don't know what it is about the Bear...it's old..technically crap as it's so loud it bloody near impossible to work in ..it is fast for a turbo prop bomber but slow compared to jets but there's just .."something" about it which is very cool and I do want one..have for yrs ..always wanted to build a large scale RC one too.
Well dreams for the RC can wait but I'm still gonna keep my eye out for one in even 72nd 

[sandiego89]

Oh this could be good!  Parasites, contra-props, big bombers/mother ships...what's not to like!!!

The Vert-jet and Goblin are way under Whiffed on here- so much potential. 

And you will have the extra atomic bombs, propellers, and refueling boom from the B-29 kit as I showed in my post!  You spares bin will be very happy!

Bring it on.

Dave

[PR19_Kit]

I've assembled one wing of the Bear, and it's MASSIVE! 

A pity they got the part IDs wrong on the flap hinge parts, but I figured it out OK. I've glued the flaps in the up position, they're a bit too fragile to have them moveable.

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[buzzbomb]

Oh Yes    I do love a parasite fighter mother ship.

[PR19_Kit]

Considering that the X-13 is a Mach 2 kit it fits amazingly well. 

I didn't have to file any of the interior parts, bulkheads, cockpit floor etc. the two fuselage sides fit quite nicely. There's a fair amount of detail in the cockpit too, but I doubt I can polish the 'pebble dash' canopy well enough to see much of it.

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There's not much room for nosewieght, but that doesn't matter a damn as in its RW role it hangs from a rope on its trailer and in my application it'll be hooked up inside a bomb bay.   

[Wardukw]

Oh this could be good!  Parasites, contra-props, big bombers/mother ships...what's not to like!!!

Could not have said it better   

[McColm]

I had the Bear H model and used the engines on a pair of B-52G wings,  the fuselage has been used for my flying boat with the Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 wings.
I look forward to what you create.

[PR19_Kit]

Not quite sure what I'm going to do with the engines on this monster. The real Bear ones are just TOO Russian and won't look right on a US bomber, and I'm going to file off the numerous wing fences for the same reason.

I must admit I rather like the way the RW B-55 proposal had its T-40s hung under the wings on pylons. I can see some parts of my AMT B-52G coming into use there. 

[Wardukw]

If ya don't want those engines and props Kit I'll take em     

[PR19_Kit]

I'll be using the main body of the engines, but maybe not the landing gear housing at the back. The props WILL be used, but maybe with cropped tips.

[Gondor]

I'll be using the main body of the engines, but maybe not the landing gear housing at the back. The props WILL be used, but maybe with cropped tips.

Why not have the blades from the back at the front and the ones from the front at the back of each engine as well, if easily doable just to be a little bit different.

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Like a push-pull arrangement?

I like the idea but it won't work with the engines on pylons as the rear props would dig holes in the win fuel tanks.

[McColm]

You could go down the Russian route and not use the Tu-142 engines and use the engines from the B-52 or B-58. Or if you have the Tu-16 model in your stash do an engine swap.
There's some line drawings for this proposal on the Secretprojects Forum.

Of if you haven't cut the B-29 model my idea for a troop transporter is still an interesting proposition. I don't have any drill bits to cut out the windows along the fuselage. Rolls-Royce Griffon engines do fit on the B-29 but you will need more than four!

[PR19_Kit]

Four T-40s, even if they're a bit Soviet-looking, will be more than enough for the B-54B