Fellow Hobbyist Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Though late to the party I'm going to build a B-52H. Presently I have a 1/200 Scale kit by Dragon so that is what I will be using for this GB. As I want to do a 1960's era B-52H the pods for the nose and vertical tail have been omitted. Fuselage assembly was straight forward. Paint cockpit pieces and glue the fuselage halves, "crew", and canopy together. Likewise the wings went together with little problems. One of them (I can't remember which) needed as thin strip of plastic added to the bottom plate to ensure the surfaces of the plate and wing would be level along the join. As an 1960's era B-52H is what I am looking to build I also needed to remove the blisters on the very end of the tail; forward of cannon. As you see the blisters are carefully carved and sanded away on one of the two sides. The process was repeated for the other half. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Built one of these years ago, will yours be in the anti-flash white scheme? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fellow Hobbyist Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 I plan on trying to depict a B-52H used in testing. The test birds with the dayglow orange sections are appealing and unique. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Very nice, definitely looking forward to seeing how this one turns out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Cool a different BUFF Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fellow Hobbyist Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) A particular place needing to address is the area where the bottom fuselage (which represents the landing gear bays and bomb bay area) joins to the upper fuselage. There was a thin; but noticeable, step along the join on either side of the fuselage. To correct this I cut thin strips of card stock and bonded along that step with Tamiya cement In this picture the grafts also extend out the the rear gear well. The strip was scrapped and sanded to blend the strip. Presently I'm perfecting the repairs to remove the gaps between strips and pock marks in the preliminary filler (Thought I had a photo but I don't right now). I was scared this repair would not work but I'm pleased it has. Filling on the fuselage is nearly complete now. Some panel lines will need etching but thankfully not many. Edited February 15, 2017 by Fellow Hobbyist Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GretarBill Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Looking good so far. Grétar W. G. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Some good work here. Can't wait to see it in the test colors. Keep it up even though the GB is finished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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