Recent content by TimB

A bit more B36

Hi According to what I remember the B36 was around the 20' wingspan, was fitted with 6 50cc engines and 4 pulse jet motors(now that is scary, the pulse jets would have just about ripped the wings off!!!!) and was built some 20 years ago and had not flown.It had been on display in a car dealers...

Hi Just Joined the forum and spotted your thread. What a great build! If you want to have a look at something to skin with, go to the local newspaper printer and check out some Lithoplate, it's aluminium,thin easy to shape and can be polished to a mirror finish. Best part is the printers...

Heres a couple 1/ B-36 was for sale on the popular site 2/P-51 from a mate in Queensland 3/ Kerry Sterner's (from the US)Turbine powered DH100 Vampire Cheers from Oz TimB

Hi Thanks for the welcome guy's I will have another go at uploading the correct pics shortly. I hope to get back to the Mariner build soon but as I'm permanent night shift nowadays it might take a while but I'll see how we go,would love to have it finished though. One other thing about the...

Hi This aircraft is now under restoration at the RAAF Point Cook musuem. The restoration is to be to stactic display and is not far from being finished I believe Cheers TimB

Oops looks like some pics didn't upload!!

Hi Matt308 Jeeese demands already!!!!???? Have attached a few pics some show the model as is,others show what it should look like and the old grainy pic is the Mariner my parents purchased as war surplus after WWW11. Twelve Mariners were sent to Australia as PBM-3M transports, this one was...

G'day All Yep another Aussie!! Can anyone help me with the operation of the retracts used by the Martin Mariner PBM-5a?? I'm making a 1/12(W/S 118") flying rc model and cant find out anything about them. Any help would be appreciated. This is my first post on this great forum and I was...