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  1. 15 hours ago, taneal1 said:

    Thanks Don, "Bubbles" are one of my concerns. Also, I recall numerous complaints over the years of out-gassing bubbles on painted resin objects. Has new paint and/or primer technology improved enough to eliminate outgassing?

    Tom

    Tom,

    It's been my experience that once the resin part sets up and "dries" there is no more risk of bubbles.    With my parts, I usually end up with some pin-holes on the surface of the part that is easily filled with putty or in my case, CA glue, and sanded down.   I then prime and when all is good, can paint.   You should be fine with this just being a tail part.   Most of the attention will probably be on the forward part of the kit.

     

    don

  2. 5 hours ago, taneal1 said:

    Good point Don. I forgot that although the part is fairly long and wide, it's thin enough that not much resin would be necessary, anyway.

    I have no experience casting in resin, so it's probably a good time for me to learn. Any thoughts regarding outgassing issues, or is that less of an issue than I recall?
     

    Tom,

    I don't have a vaccum chanber or a pressure pot so all my castings usually have some level of bubbles.   I usually try to be careful when mixing my latex for the mold as well as mixing my resin for the final part.    If I did more casting on a regular basis, I'd probably invest in a post/chamber.   I think though for what you are going to cast up, it would be fairly easy to fix any bubbles that crop up.   Not sure if this is what you were looking for.

    don

  3. On 1/19/2024 at 4:51 PM, taneal1 said:

    I already have 2 tailcone halves from a different YF-12A kit that are available to use as Masters to make copies. These YF-12A plastic tailcone parts are 4 1/2" long, 2 1/2" wide, 3/4" high and fairly thin, soft plastic. My only thoughts at the moment are to use the kit parts to either Vacu-Form copies, or make Molds of them and produce resin parts. But... I don't like the thought of hanging a heavy piece of resin that far aft of the main landing gear due to balance issues. And... I've never been a big fan of the thin plastic parts produced by Vacu-Forming. All things considered, Vac-ing does seem the better choice.

    Any suggestions for alternatives are highly welcome. Also, could I "paint" the interior of the vac'd parts with epoxy to stiffen them? 

    Tom

    Tom,

    Having built the Testors SR-71 kit, I don't think you have to risk this being a tail sitter.   If I recall, the CG was pretty forward of the main gear and ballast was not needed.   I just checked on Scalemates and they provide links to the instructions for both the SR-71 and YF-12 and neither tells you to add weight to the nose.   If you do make a resin copy (recommended) you could always add some weight to the nose just to be safe.

    Don

  4. Mike,

    I have owned both kits over time.  However, I got rid of my smaller 1/72 kits so I never built either.   

    I thought the Airfix kit had the right shape but it had a lot of heavy panel lines and rivets.   Here is a review of the Airfix kit.   Airfix 1/72 DHC-2 Beaver, by Carmel J. Attard (modelingmadness.com)

    The Hobby Craft kit fuselage halves are molded in clear plastic so the windows will be correctly placed.   You'll have to paint the interior first before you glue them together and be careful lining the fuselage together where the windshield meets.   There weren't any rivets and the panel lines are recessed.   In my personal opinion, I preferred the Hoby Craft kit over the Airfix.   It's not a slam on Airfix as I own many of their kits.  There are several kit builds on the internet but here is a copy of the instructions for the Hobby Craft kit.  166642-38-instructions.pdf (scalemates.com)

    Hope this helps.

    Don

  5. 15 hours ago, Rob Mignard said:

    That's correct. The filler is on the top of the fuselage just behind and to the left of the VHF antenna. It's a 100 gallon tank.

     

    Mig

    Learning all kinds of new stuff about the B-26K.  Thanks Skinny_Mike for the original post and Mig for the info.   :cheers:

  6. On 12/21/2023 at 4:59 PM, Rob Mignard said:

    Here's a better photo of the bomb bay load: 4 funny bombs and six frag bomb racks. C.E.M. has 1/48 M31 funny bombs and M4 20Lb frag racks in 1/48.

     

    I'm also looking for a photo of the jump seat on the right side of the cockpit behind the copilot/navigators seat. I assume it's just a seat cushion with a lap belt, but I can't find a photo.

     

    I also suggest the book "The Nimrods." It's a good narrative on B-26K operations over Laos.

     

    Mig

    M32 Funny Bombs.JPG

    It looks like there is also a fuel tank at the top of the bomb bay.

  7. 3 hours ago, aircal62 said:

    Another possible new subject at least to 1/144 scale would be the C-46 now that Wolfpack will be releasing the Platz kit under the Wolfpack label.  Should get better distribution than the Platz kit did.  Might have some room on the sheet to add the Iconic Flying Tiger Airlines aircraft 

    Or just scale down 72093.

  8. There is a pic about half way down this site that shows an operational load in the bomb bay.

    B-26K - Invader Historical Foundation (claybornglobal.com)

     

    There is a really nice build over on a Japanese website.   If the OP is doing a 1/72 build, he can use many of the examples scaled down to fit.   I plan to bookmark this site as I still have the Cutting Edge conversion that I may use for a second B-26K.

    A B-26K model in 1/48 scale (fc2.com)

  9. 6 hours ago, GW8345 said:

    As for what was carried on the bomb bay, I *think* they didn't carry anything on the bomb bay except for an extra fuel cell.

     

     

    Pretty sure they did carry a bomb load during the war.   I have a book somewhere that discusses Nimrod missions and there were some pics inside that showed bomb bay with bombs loaded.   Also, the B-26K flight manual showed loads of info pertaining to internal bomb bay.   The internal fuel tank was used for long range ferry flights.

    b26kflightmanual.pdf (tripod.com)

  10. I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the passing of Lt Col Bob Pardo on Dec 5, 2023.   Col Pardo is known for his Pardo's Push where he saved his wingman from probable capture after they were hit by ground fire on a mission over North Vietnam in 1967.   The story can be found here.   Remembering Pardo’s Push | Air & Space Forces Magazine (airandspaceforces.com)

    Veteran Tributes\

     

    RIP Col Pardo.

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