HPH B-36

[Martinnfb]

[harv]

Oooo I like !......Harv

[JohnB]

Wow! You might have to add on a new room to your house for this one.

[Clunkmeister]

4 hours ago, smitty44 said:

There she is Ern. You gonna go for the stressed skin effect?

No, not in your wildest dreams. But even if I wanted to, I think it’d be wildly out of scale.  I think a combination of paint and foil would be killer on this thing. 

[Martinnfb]

[Richard M Evans]

The photo of the B-36 over the beach is a very early version. It has the 6 reciprocating (propeller) engines, but the four jet engines are not attached. My dad, Ivor Parry Evans, was a bombardier in B-25s in the Army Air Corps in World War 2. Then in 1950 he became a radar navigator bombardier in B-36s. Then a radar navigator in B-52s. He later became the base commander at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, NM. I have a photo of him shaking hands with Major General Douglas Nelson, ex-commander of Area 51.   Richard M. Evans

 

[harv]

Thats awesome Richard.  Welcome to the forum....harv

[Bomber_County]

1 hour ago, Richard M Evans said:

The photo of the B-36 over the beach is a very early version. It has the 6 reciprocating (propeller) engines, but the four jet engines are not attached. My dad, Ivor Parry Evans, was a bombardier in B-25s in the Army Air Corps in World War 2. Then in 1950 he became a radar navigator bombardier in B-36s. Then a radar navigator in B-52s. He later became the base commander at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, NM. I have a photo of him shaking hands with Major General Douglas Nelson, ex-commander of Area 51.   Richard M. Evans

 

Welcome Richard, amazing story, where did fly 25’s from?……

[Richard M Evans]

Thank you harv. Bomber_County He flew out of Cape Bon, Tunisia, then several bases in Italy...Taranto, Foggia, and Paesteum, then finally Corsica. His targets were mostly in Italy, but also Greece and Yugoslavia, driving out General Rommel and the Nazis.

 

[Peterpools]

Richard

Welcome aboard - an amazing story and thank you for sharing

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[Richard M Evans]

Thank Peterpools

[belugawhaleman]

I'm looking forward to following this build. I remember seeing this plane in

the movie Strategic Air Command  with Jimmy Stewart along with the B 47.

 

[ScottsGT]

So Clunk, this kit still in the box? 

[Richard M Evans]

In this photo, my dad is the 4th from the left on the front row, Ivor Parry Evans. (Bombardier) The photo was taken at Walker Air Force Base outside Roswell, New Mexico. In 1955, on another crew at Walker, he and they won the bombing competition for all of SAC (Strategic Air Command). I just wrote a book about him and the Roswell Crash of 1947 which will come out on Amazon in October. The book is Roswell, Area 51, and God. I also have a photo of him shaking hands with Major General Douglas Nelson, ex-commander of Area 51.  Richard M. Evans

 

http://www.zianet.com/tmorris/S-02Crew1957.jpg

[harv]

Can't open link....harv

[Richard M Evans]

Sorry Harv. I had to copy and paste it into the top address bar of the browser and enter to see it.

Your models are amazing. Can't wait to see this one. 

[harv]

Ok, I got to see it. Great pic ! And thank you for the compliment.  I would say many more here are much better than me !....harv