rosspribbs

82Whitey51, I had a set of old and I mean old decals from Superscale that I scanned on my computer for the Enola Gay specific markings. The Curtis Electric prop markings were from a pic I found on line and reduced and printed out on clear decal paper. The rest were kit decals. Since I had the old decals I did not look for them on line. There was an article in FSM a few months ago, in which a gentlemen built a regular B-29, but I thought he addressed most of the construction problems concerning the Revell kit pretty well.

OK, here are a few more pics. The last one shows the stand I built to hold her while I finished her up.

To all who have this kit in their stash, check the decals for the correct national markings, i.e. "Stars and Bars". The kit I received had no red bar on the US national insignia. I contacted Heller and they were aware of the problem and were supposedly ordering corrected decals. I did not wait for them, I purchased aftermarket decals so I could complete the build. Again thanks for all the complements. Ross

This is the 1/72 scale Heller E-3 Sentry kit I built for a former squadron-mate and friend. He was a member of the mission crew in the back, flying many missions during the Second Iraq war. He had seen some of my previous builds and requested that I build an AWACS for him. After discussing what he wanted and what options were available, he provided a photo of the A/C that he flew the majority of his missions on. I suggested that adding some AGE and maintenance personnel would provide scale reference. The kit was supplemented with Flight Path resin engines. The Flight Path set included photo-et

Thanks to all for the kind words. The finish is a combination of two types of Bare Metal foil, regular kitchen aluminum foil, Testors Model Master Metalizer laquers and enamel paints. I removed the raised panel lines then scribed and riveted new ones. I completely removed the upper and lower gun positions by cutting them away. I backed the resulting large holes with thin aluminum sheet curved to match the fuselage. After the fuselage halves were assembled, plastic sheeting was placed over the aluminum sheet and blended in using thick super glue as a filler. If anyone would like, I h

My third attempt at converting the Revell (Monogram) B-29 to the Enola Gay. I think I may have finally succeeded.