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

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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!
 
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.

 
fubar57 said:
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
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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 .
 
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.
 
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