Skye, I think you may have misunderstood the comment about the B-29 engine alignment. When viewed from above, the nacelles are indeed aligned with the direction of flight, like almost all aircraft. Like you said, the Ju52 was an oddball, having the engines pointed outwards, perpendicular to...
Yes, I make a 1/72 conversion for the XB-39. It consists of two full outer nacelles, two shorter inner cowlings to attach the inner kit nacelles, and four spinners. I usually have them for sale on ebay but I'm one cowling short right now. I haven't been doing any casting recently - too busy...
Justin, I have spent a fair amount of 2023 trying to figure out how to build a LW Mustang model. Backdating a good P-51H model is the only way to do this, short of scratchbuilding, so I've been trying to figure out how NAA got from the XP-51F to the P-51H so that I can undo all those changes...
Glenn, I am very sorry to hear about the problems you had with the resin bubbles. I made that conversion set (aka fastrodney) and with the resins I use (without a vacuum system), I do get a lot of bubbles below the surface. I wish you had contacted me about your problems, because at least one...
Thanks for the tip! I don't really know anything about Neptunes, but I have Steve Ginter's book on the Martin P4M-1 Mercator and that bow turret has to be a version of the same turret as the B-24N. The Mercator turret mounted two 20mm cannons but other than that it appears to be identical. He...
I initially thought that the X/YB-24N nose ball turret was the same as in the B-32, but after reviewing some photos, they are very different. The B-32 nose turret was definitely the Sperry A-17 model. What manufacturer/model was the XB-24N nose turret?
The external differences I have observed...
Yes, looks like a great manual - lots of pictures and drawings, but I didn't want to spend $50 on a scan. All I really needed were the dimensions!
The Contrails B-32 tail turret looks to be about the right diameter, but the nose turret is way too big.
Thanks, my best estimate for the Sperry A-17 ball turret diameter is nearly identical at 45" based on James Long's drawing in the Harding/Long book, "Dominator, The Story of the Consolidated B-32 Bomber", which appears to be pretty accurate, and G. W. Heumann's drawing of the XB-24N in William...
Question for AlanG: did your B-32 book ever come out? I'm looking forward to it!
General question for everyone: what was the outer diameter for the Sperry A-17 turret? I'm trying to build a correct 1/72 model of the B-32 but existing models are kind of suspect in that regard.
Grumpy, regarding the lack of conversion sets for so many aircraft THAT ACTUALLY FLEW, I totally agree. Paper studies are fun, but they're just fantasies.
The XB-39 is actually next on my list of resin conversions to make. I just need to get hold of an Academy B-29 - they are surprisingly...