B 52

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:26 pm

Here is my entry in to this g b
got to put the pics up quick because iam of for the weekend in the caravan , back sun eve .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:27 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:28 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:29 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:30 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:31 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:32 pm

she is a biggie

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:33 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:34 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:37 pm

there is not that much to it realy , there is an option to put a moter in and have a working undercarrage .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:38 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:39 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:40 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:44 pm

well thats it for now , history to follow .
my grandson has asked me can he have it when ive finished it to put up on his bedroom .
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hats solved my storage problem.

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:53 pm

Wow!! That's a BIG bird....30" wing span! I built one of these when I was a teenager, but that was in 1/144th scale, half the size of this one, and that took up a lot of space. I really enjoyed painting the multi-colored camouflage scheme and then making her look mean with tons of bombs on the undersides of the wings.

Enjoy building her mate, I'll be following this one closely

Cheers

Martin

LudvigN · Post by **LudvigN** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:56 pm

This is a monster! Must be one of the largest 1/72 kits out there

Btw, you can add more than 1 pic into each post. Will save you some hassle

shortCummins · Post by **shortCummins** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:18 pm

thats going to be a huge model!

I'll look forward to seeing your progress, are you planning on fitting the motor?

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:28 pm

Really looking forward to this as I have a B52 kit in the loft.

Willem · Post by **Willem** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:35 pm

Looks like a cracker of a kit.

Good luck with your build Martin. Will be great to see a 'BUFF'.

AchtungPanzer · Post by **AchtungPanzer** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:12 pm

Wow ! I see, that will be a bit of fun

Good luck mate

ManCupboardModels · Post by **ManCupboardModels** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:52 pm

What a beast! Gonna be a Cracker!

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:40 am

Aren't you the brave one! You're going to need a bigger desk for that fella!

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:35 am

Couldn't have Vietnam GB without a B-52 BUFF !

Post by **Lee** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:15 am

Good luck with this one mate

EasyEight96 · Post by **EasyEight96** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:23 pm

Holy moly thats huge no wonder my dad kept it in mint condition unbuild.. Someday I really need to ask my dad to build with me

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:58 pm

Jeez! that's "The" Bird, no more words

grover · Post by **grover** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:58 am

Good luck with this one. Will enjoy following your build.

snappercity · Post by **snappercity** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:33 pm

I was looking at these yesterday @ Farnborough Modelfest... One day...

Gav0909 · Post by **Gav0909** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:54 pm

For starters there is no need to put each picture into a seperate post. This just makes the thread very difficult to read and follow. If your pasting the IMG link from Photobucket, just paste as many as you want into a single post. Thanks.

Secondly, I am looking forward to seeing this come to life. The B-52 is a monster!

eightfooticeman · Post by **eightfooticeman** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:24 am

Thats gonna be huge! I can't wait to see this finished.

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:55 am

Back in 1969, when I was 10 years old, we went to an airshow at Westover AFB in Chicopee, Mass. My dad had been stationed there just after I was born (with the 99th bombardment wing) and we still lived close by. I only have a few photos from that day, one is of the plane I'm going to build for this GB, the KC-135A, and one is yours. They are both the stereotypical family photos; crooked and not centered. Granted, with the camera we had getting the B-52 in frame was a challenge!
I hope you don't mind my sharing this one with you.

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:33 pm

here we go then , this has been a crap day for me been trying to put up the history and pics of my build to date but i have
tried twice so far after typing loads and down loading photos prest preview and bang its gone , took me back to the log in site . i dont have that much know how about computer to find it again so iam going to skip the history bit for now because it takes me forever one finger typing .

so on with the build i started with the office not a lot of detail here , pilots have there seats moulded to there rear ends ,
the decals had to be trimed right back to the print due to the large overhang .
primed with ak grey primer then painted with tam yellow green xf 4, with revell aqua silver grey .

all done .

next up was the under cart this has to be done now or you will not get it in as you will see
painted in revell aqua alluminun and abit of silver .

tryes primed and flat spots made painted in tam xf85 rubber black

next i fitted the wheel tubs in the fuslarge no need to paint these will not be seen ,
dry fitted under cart and wheels and taped it together see how it sits and to see what fit issues i will have

thancks for looking there will be a history lesson to follow

peppie · Post by **peppie** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:04 pm

Sorry, no pics to be seen

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:16 pm

We want pics, we want pics!

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:19 pm

A nice build Martin and a huge bird , I saw the pictures in the weekend , problems with PhotoBucket ?

Yevgeny · Post by **Yevgeny** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:43 pm

Cant see pictures too...

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:40 pm

here are the pics that went walk about some where .
not sure what iam doing wrong.
the kit

cockpit.

under cart , this has to be done now as you will see.

under cart in place now you can see.

the coming together of the two.

dry fitted with the wheels .

all taped up

after the glue has done its bit the tape comes of.

if this posts ok iam sorrey about the lack of the writing but just trying some thing .

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:52 am

That's a big bird mate, but nice work so far

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:03 pm

a quick update . after joining the two halves together .
i joined the tail feathers together no probs there .

on this pic you can see the walk way up the side of the tail , witch is a whopping 48ft tall.

b52-d spec

take off weight 420,000 to 450,000 lbs (225 tons)
speed 650 mph
thrust per engine 10,000lbs
unrefueled range more then 6,000 miles .
refueled range virtually unlimited with the aid of the
KC130 aerial-refueling tankers.
altitude more then 50,000ft (nearly 10miles)
dimensions wingspan 185ft
sweepback 35 degrees
length 156ft
tail height 48ft
crew 6
armament four 0.50ins guns in a bosch arma md-9 rear turret , with lock on radar fire control

if all goes well it should look like this when its all done .

thats all for now thanks for looking .

Yevgeny · Post by **Yevgeny** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:42 pm

Pilots and cockpit look good. This going to be one big model

Just finished reading Command and Control by Eric Schlosser (about nukes) and he mentions these planes few times, saying that when needed to to start engines in the hurry they jump start them with small explosive charges

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:22 am

Great looking camo-scheme, good luck doing it and can't wait to see it done