Monogram B-29's

[sharkman]

Going to poke at these when I have time. Plan is to do the complete kit as "Kee Bird" (before the crash in Greenland) and the basket case kit as an SB-29.

The cockpits were already painted green so I played with them today while the Do 217 paint was drying.

Their big but honestly, most of it won't be seen once closed up so I concentrated on the forward areas for detail.

 

[moon puppy]

you're going to need a lot of room.

 

[jeaton01]

He'll put floats on them and keep them in the bathtub, Bob.

 

[RichB]

Anything is possible.

During the Pacific campaign, trials of a DUKW barge for ferrying aircraft ashore from freighters were conducted in the event they couldn't be flown to their island base. The P-38 trials were conducted Sep-Nov 1943 but was never used operationally. David Doyle's book "The Complete DUKW" has photos of the many vehicles that were tested using this method.

Cheers,
RichB

 

[centaur567]

I watched the PBS documentary about this aircraft a long time ago and cried. Gary S.

 

[sharkman]

So, as I mentioned, I plan for one of these kits to be "Kee Bird" and the other as an SB-29.

SInce there is no available 1/48 scale A3 lifeboat that I can find (and I don't have access to a 3D scanner and printer).

A-3 lifeboat - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I thought I'd have to try and scratch one! While scanning the internet for some possible hulls that might be of use, I came across the Glencoe boat. A quick measure and the hull looks like it will be a perfect starting block to modify! At least it is about the right length compared to the fuselage.

We'll see how it goes!

 

[moon puppy]

Woo, that'll be interesting. Guess you couldn't figure out how to put floats on it huh?