Sanger B-52 First preparations
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Marking the contours with a black marker
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Cutting
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the white part under the black line must be sanded away
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First parts cut, the vertical stabiliser
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Really, that is big
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Vertical stabiliser
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Making small peices of plastic to position parts
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Aft fuselage
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Reinforcements in the aft fuselage with lots of white glue
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The aft part of the fuselage dry fitted
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Fits quite well thanks to the little position parts
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A book for reference, believe it
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horizontal stabilisers, bigger than an F_16 wing
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some holes for metal reinforcements
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Aft fuselage with drilled in metal tubes for fixing horizontal stabilisers
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Aft fuselage with dry fitted horizontal stabilisers
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dry fitting the metal parts in the engines
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The cockpit ssection is badly shaped, so completely removed
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Making a cockpit shape
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with glass part
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Magic sculpt dots to position wing halfs
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Is saving a lot of time during numerous dry fits
Komentáře
1 13 January 2019, 21:21
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I admit, masochism is certainly part of it: no details, no fit, no position pens, no … but with some patience a fantastic kit, given a new all new meaning to "modelling"
3 March 2019, 20:32
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@Francky Talking of modelling and masochism, try free-flight balsa models next then... 😄
4 March 2019, 00:13
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Humongus kit, with quite a dose of masochism as the previous guys said. Definately in!
4 March 2019, 04:51
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I'm also in to watch some suffering :-D But you're going strong, keep it up!
4 March 2019, 08:41
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Oh the masochism we shall see, imagine the weeping and wailing, this is going to be an awesome build!!!
4 March 2019, 21:31
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Oh lord what were you thinking Frankcy? I'm to watch the torturous process. Looking good so far by the way.
8 May 2019, 16:20
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Salute to the brave! 👍 Flashback to the days of childhood frustration... 🙂
8 May 2019, 20:01
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This kit is a strange combination of modelling, scratch building, and ... strategy.
It is uttely important NOT to join any of the parts together too soon but to patiently add detail, take measurements, align parts ... and scan pictures on the net. Being impatient and joining two pieces permanently only leads to dispear as in the next step you will definitively need to be able to go to the "inside" of those parts.
In addtion, it helps when you know all the available sizes and sheet thickness of the entire evergreen range by heart.
I work on this BUFF in between other projects, not only to avoid frustration (modelling is about fun, isn't it) but mostly to allow me to think about the next step from a distance and that unhelpful urge to glue things together. I have an "I have all the time in the world" attitude on this one. After all, there was a tiny 10 years in between ordering the kit and receiving it, so a year more or less is not that important anymore.
Being overly ambitious and wanting to construct this thing with the flaps and airbrakes open doesn't help fast progress either
If all goes well I will be able to upload another album in a few weeks time.
@Bryn: I am pretty sure I was NOT thinking when buying this thing. I could just FEEL the roar again of 4 B-52 thundering over the public at Fairford Air Tattoo sometime in the early 1980's.
13 May 2019, 08:20