Bomber_County Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 5:20 AM, Clunkmeister said: Mumbling to myself though, Phil. Making 1/48 instrument panels Ernie, on YouTube just search B36 Fort Worth, they do a walk through of all of the offices. Some nice detail shots........ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 30, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted November 30, 2019 Not much to show. Working on the interior, which will be very visible. This looks crappy I know, but I’ve done nothing but base colors so far. Hopefully this weekend I’ll tone down that green some and give it some life, plus the rest of the details. Lots of resin dust. That stuff is never ending. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Wow, far from crappy buddy !.......harv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 30, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted November 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, harv said: Wow, far from crappy buddy !.......harv Got more details to do. Like the bottle and it’s brackets 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Desmond Glazebrook Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 The glass house is Sooo Russian. Tupolev Peacemaker? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 30, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted November 30, 2019 It definitely has the Cold War Doomsday look nailed... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IainMackayDall Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 1:06 PM, Clunkmeister said: Not much to show. Working on the interior, which will be very visible. This looks crappy I know, but I’ve done nothing but base colors so far. Hopefully this weekend I’ll tone down that green some and give it some life, plus the rest of the details. Lots of resin dust. That stuff is never ending. The 3 hatches? I'm guessing one is the tunnel to the rear pressure cabin, I believe it was on the side, not central like the B-29 and also pressurised with the cabins. But the other two? Any ideas on which one access what? My guess is that the higher one accesses the forward turrets? and the lower one the bomb bay catwalk and also to the wing roots. The whole craft would have to de-pressurise to open these hatches. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 6, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 6, 2019 She’s a jumble of parts now, but hopefully soon we’ll see some good order and discipline! Yep, I believe one was to allow access to the wing while in flight. The aircraft did have to depressurize for that, yes. There were circuit breakers and switches for the electrics in the wings. Plus, the engineers could access the engines. But that would mean that the aircraft would lose its one big defense, altitude. There was nothing the Soviets possessed that could come close to catching a B-36 featherweight at altitude. Especially with the jets running. My build will be of a late featherweight. The only guns were the twin 20mm in the tail. All creature comforts such as the bunks and such were removed, all gunsights and everything related to the turrets was gone. Several crewmen were eliminated this way, but then a photo lab was added in place of the forward bomb bay. And more fuel was carried in the rear bomb bay. So it could go much, much higher, farther, and faster. It must have really bothered the Russians seeing this thing leaving contrails 9 miles into the stratosphere, knowing they were powerless to stop it. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 6, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 6, 2019 It’s a shame that the very last B-36 couldn’t stay in Fort Worth. It shows you that so many people just don’t care about history. The B-36 IS North Texas 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Great work my friend !!.....harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Looking good Ernie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 12/6/2019 at 5:40 AM, Clunkmeister said: It’s a shame that the very last B-36 couldn’t stay in Fort Worth Where’s it off to when restored? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: Where’s it off to when restored? I was going to ask the same question. There was a hobby shop here in Toronto that used to have a B-36 model hanging from the ceiling. The wingspan was at least 8ft. When the shop closed I have no idea what they did with it. Carl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 7, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 7, 2019 The restored B-36 is now at the Pima Museum in Az. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 8, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 8, 2019 I’ve done a bit more detail stuff today. Despite the size of the completed model, I’m not accustomed to working in such a tiny scale and seeing and detailing my work is definitely a challenge. But on the other hand, you don’t need to be quite as anal about the same tiny details you need to handle in 1/32. I’m thinking I’m going way too far on some of this, being that some of it is lower deck and will only be seen through the nose glazing. But, it’s looking real decent even though much of it is just random picking out of switches with whatever looks right to busy it all up. Tomorrow we put some clear orange over the various silver CRT displays. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 8, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 8, 2019 The cool thing is that as we work, the impossibly large piles of small parts becomes less and less, as parts get used. The absolute hardest part of this build is figuring out the proper placement of component parts. Some pics of black box locations are vague at best. And prototype pics don’t help because B-36s weren’t necessarily “standard” in their equipment layout 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 9, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 9, 2019 Bomb Aimee’s station will be invisible. The block in the middle is the nosewheel well. It will have a black box on top of it where I just brushed on some green, and the front will have the entry hatch from the nosewheel ladder. I expect I’ll wire this up with some bundles to busy it up through the Perspex. Some Airscale instruments to place yet. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FME erk Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 What an epic build . . . . . . What will be the wingspan on this when its complete Ernie ?? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 9, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 9, 2019 6 hours ago, FME erk said: What an epic build . . . . . . What will be the wingspan on this when its complete Ernie ?? It’ll be about 5 ft. Which is way, way past my comfort zone. But just like the Lanc, the wings detach for some semblance of easier transport. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 10, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 10, 2019 Building an engineer’s panel out of Airscale decals right now. This scale is TINY! But the decals themselves are beautiful when examined under an electron microscope. If you understand aero engines, the panel makes a lot of sense and is laid out beautifully. All similar gauges are grouped together just as in today’s modern ergonomic cockpits, and a quick scan of the panel will show an engineer of a developing problem. Compared to a lot of the haphazard panel layouts of the day, this one is very user friendly. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FME erk Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Can you imagine the wiring loom behind the panel(s) fault finding ??? I hope you can get close to something that represents that/those panel(s) Ernie, coming close would be great . . . . Ian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 13, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 13, 2019 The ground must have been shaking! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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