1/144 Hobbycraft RB-47H-from the shelf of doom

[jonwinn]

I was suppose to build one in 2013. never did. Then got this as a bargain and started it and it went dead a year ago. In between I bought the new 1/144 Academy B-47E with Cartograph decals, why, no clue, I just did. So I found that the Academy had parts and decals for a B-47B and E  AND RB-47H so I will use the decals from the new Academy kit for this and there are still enough Cartograph decals left to do the B-47B from MacDill I had planned. I live about 10 miles from MacDill. Any ways I just added the engine pylons to the wings, I will now mask and do the black for the ECM lumps and bumps then do the NMF and add the engines lastly.

 

[Dutch]

Great start!  

[jonwinn]

Dutch, or anyone else in "the know", on the Academy repop of this they have a decal, black, that goes around the canopy and to the nose, an anti glare area. Do you know if the canopy cut out area on the decal is oversized and should I paint a small area around the canopy on the model before I put the decal down?

[Gator52]

Very nice, I built this particular kit when Hobbycraft first released it...have three copies of the B/E versions in the stash...despite the well-printed Cartograf decals in the latest Academy release, I probably won't start one until Caracal scales down 72091.

 

I don't have any insight on the antiglare decal though...

 

Chris

[Dutch]

Jon,  I am pretty sure you place the anti-glare black decal on top of the fuselage/cockpit area BEFORE installing the canopy. Or you could use it as a template to mask the anti-glare area.  I have a few of the Hobbycraft kits in the stash, but none that include this decal.   So I guess that the outer edge is accurate for an anti-glare border, but you may indeed have to touch up paint black around the cockpit combing along the inside edge. HTH, Dutch

[jonwinn]

Thanks, I bought the Academy kit with the canopy anti glare panels after I had the canopy on the Hobbycraft kit installed. The Academy kit has 2 anti glare decals, one for a standard B-47, such as a B or E model, and one for the RB-47H model. I may try prying the canopy off and that will 100% tell me if there needs to be some touch up. Thanks for the input.

[Mr.Happy]

Great start to a now hard to find kit.

 

Cool subject matter as not to many people know about the RB-47H.

 

I’m looking forward to your updates.

 

Keep building my friends,

 

Mr. Happy

[jonwinn]

Thanks, sad that the Minicraft kits will soon be hard to find too, at a decent price, also. Hopefully someone acquires the molds such as Hobby2000.

[Dutch]

Jon,

BTW, the anti-glare decal (#14) with the four yellow stripes is the correct one for the RB-47H version.

K/r, Dutch

 

[jonwinn]

Yup, I have removed the canopy and will paint the black lumps and bumps then mask them and paint the NMF then add anti glare decal # 14 to the cockpit area and after it is all set up add the canopy back on. Sounds like a plan to me.

[Dutch]

You're all over it like a hobo on a ham sandwich! 🤪 

[aircal62]

Nice work on this kit.  You did a great job on getting the warping out of the wing.  Looking forward to  your posting photos when done.  I am currently building the Academy boxing as a B-47B updated to an E from the 22BW at March AFB.  Planes I saw growing up and it was always a bit scary watching a MITO takeoff as our elementary school was about 2 miles from the end of the runway (direction of take off) and just about 1/2 mile off the runway center line.  

[jonwinn]

Thanks, masking is moving right along, almost done then I can spray black.

 

[jonwinn]

The black is done, just like a "ham on rye"!  NMF next!

 

[Gator52]

Looking great!

 

Chris