GB-40 1/48 Boeing B-29A Superfortress - Heavy Hitters III

[SANCER]

Mi estimado Don, this workbench is going to be a treat.
You have the material to enjoy a very entertaining and fun work.

I want to see what's next!

 

[fubar57]

Beauty Don, lots of stuff. Here is the same shot as yours but its from the Pilot Manual

 

[Crimea_River]

You ave 4 lizards in a box?

 

[mikewint]

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!!

 

[Donivanp]

Well I aught ta be a working Me's buuuuuutttttttttttttt!

I will not by any means be using EVERYTHING in the Eduard kits. If it makes sense then OK! I started with the cockpit insolation.
First I used the good ol' Dremel with a curved grinding stone to removed the plastic molding inside the cockpit walls.

Then using Super glue gel I set in the insolation.

I then started to shot some interior green and the airbrush plugged up. Had a time getting it cleaned.

And then I got it painted.

 

[Wurger]

Looking good.

 

[fubar57]

Good stuff Don. That reminds me of when my mom dyed my brother green so he could be the Jolly Green Giant....took days of washing to get the green off his body

 

[Donivanp]

Good stuff Don. That reminds me of when my mom dyed my brother green so he could be the Jolly Green Giant....took days of washing to get the green off

Yeah, I remember him growing up. My mom grew up in the Wala Wala area. Me being from Oregon I thought he was pretty cool. I was doing Hurman Munster for the costume contest at work for Halloween .

 

[Crimea_River]

It's not easy being green.....

 

[Donivanp]

It's not easy being green.....

You feel my pain!

 

[fubar57]

Do you have this manual Don? Many interior shots in it...

 

[Donivanp]

Do you have this manual Don? Many interior shots in it...

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Yep sure do. And after you mentioned it earlier, I remembered I had it. So the thank you is sincere.

 

[N4521U]

Are you trying to scare it together??????

 

[Donivanp]

As I mentioned I am not going to use the whole of what Eduard hath supplied. Here is case in point. The Flight Engineers station.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress > National Museum of the US Air Force™ > Display
World War II Gallery Cockpits

The Eduard kit will have you cut off the engine control / throttle quadrant section and play Origami with there parts. where as the kit parts, though forty years have passed are fine, damn fine I might add IMHO.

The only problem I could see was that the throttle controls ran too far up the panel. So I test fit Eduard part one to the kit part. It was a perfect fit so I filed the throttle molding down and installed part one. Eduard parts seven and eleven went on after sanding down the instrument face panel.

I'll add the the throttle handles and the like. I have no intention of playing origami with this.
As mentioned by Geo, I had forgotten that I had the B-29 Pilots Manual. I also picked up the Hayne's B-29 manual before this build.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Nice, but can it be seen in the finished model ?

 

[Crimea_River]

The point is, will you have fun recreating the station, even though it will be hidden. Often that's a yes for me but the fun often stops at really fiddly stuff.

 

[Donivanp]

Nice, but can it be seen in the finished model ?

I'm not ready to do a cut away like Mike mentioned earlier, but I like the details when I build it. I know it won't be appreciated when finished, but I'll have a better understanding of the layout of the plane..

 

[Airframes]

True, and I admit I've done similar myself - lots of detail never to be seen again !

 

[Wurger]