PhantomBigStu Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) Started this on Christmas day, a big one but quite simple, though I fudged the placing of the internal wing box so got a task fixing the wing on one side (the root is thicker then the wing parts are, they have to have a gap, so got to fudge spacers to attach the wing. [ Edited April 30, 2018 by PhantomBigStu 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I would love one of these , but I've no where to display when finished it. Looks a good kit can't wait to see some more progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 NOICE build, Stu! This is surely the oddest way to fly the Buff, but just for the giggles. Odd, ain't it? Cheers, Unc2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I had a teacher that was a crew chief on buffs back in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. His favorite story was when the B-52 he was riding in over long island sound at about 100 feet. They were on an anti-shipping mine dropping practice run out of griffiss AFB. The B-52 wings tend to flap a little in the low altitude ground effect. They were on the mission and decided to strafe a large yacht that had ignored the coast guard warnings. He said it was the funniest thing seeing a bunch of rich snobs jump over board. They saw a B-52 come out of the haze, flapping its wings and smoking like a dragon. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 No progress on this one, not least a superglue did not prove sufficent to get the wing one and I couldn’t locate the araldite, now found it but the wing is too heavy, going to discuss it with my old man, see if we can find a strategy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmashedGlass Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Your best bet is probably going to involve fabricating a longer wing spar for it, either brass or aluminum tube or square section, or from wood dowel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) plasticard has arrived, daunting task creating new spars Edited January 10, 2018 by PhantomBigStu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 28/12/2017 at 9:57 PM, Uncle Uncool said: NOICE build, Stu! This is surely the oddest way to fly the Buff, but just for the giggles. Odd, ain't it? Cheers, Unc2 That is just plane weird, B52 kamakazi tactics and some of the Battleships were British and American ! I do do hope that a rescue mission is being launched for this build, any chance of an update leading to a happy ending ? cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 9 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: That is just plane weird, B52 kamakazi tactics and some of the Battleships were British and American ! I do do hope that a rescue mission is being launched for this build, any chance of an update leading to a happy ending ? cheers Pat Rescue is ongoing, looks a quite a complex task, at the moment looks like the best way of doing it is too separate the wing halves, how ill do that I don’t know, well and triply cemented Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Had a visitor at Mildenhall this week 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 Some progress, the wing at least now stays on unsupported 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 On 12/01/2018 at 5:01 AM, JOCKNEY said: That is just plane weird, B52 kamakazi tactics and some of the Battleships were British and American ! Yeh, Pat; and what about the friendly fire at 2:17? A Buff in its bombing run succumbs to the raining bombs falling from another Buff above! Your Buff is looking great, Stu! Cheers, Unc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Couple of coats of grey painted all over, now for many hours of sanding ahead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Not been in the mood for sanding the main aircraft but have done the engines, pylons and tanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 sone sanding done, hopefully one more session with the coarse paper will be enough for the wingroot, then can progress with the finer grades and then do the underside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Quite a bit more sanding required, can still see some sand marks, and I'm not happy with that stbd wing root. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Looks like you are beating this one into submission Stu. I usually get to a point where I have had enough sanding and carry on with the rest of the build, only to come back later and resand the problem areas. It will be great when finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) ran into a problem, in that it’s so big the paint start shifting in colour as the pot runs out, a few weeks later thanks to tardyness in ordering, the first round of snow and royal fail, I fixed the paint issue using a Tamiya 48ml mixing pot full of several pots worth of paint. A few minor points to clear up here and there but getting there Edited March 17, 2018 by PhantomBigStu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Almost there, just to sort the engine pod joins underneath and it’ll be ready for decals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) Utterly devestated, was just cleaning up th canopy ready for the gloss coat and the glazing broke, now a big old hole in the middle of one of the panels Edited March 30, 2018 by PhantomBigStu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Ruskin Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 i might have a spare perspex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Krystal Kleer also works well, as does PVA glue. Coat with whatever your equivalent of Future is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 I've contacted italeri spares so fingers crossed a replacement will be sourced, still annoyed as would be nice to spend easter decalling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 19 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said: Utterly devestated, was just cleaning up th canopy ready for the gloss coat and the glazing broke, now a big old hole in the middle of one of the panels Blimey what are you cleaning it with, PE4 ? Rather than painting the the whole thing have you not thought about masking it up , it only takes a few minutes to cut some Tamiya tape and apply it. It will save you a heap of heart ache in the long run. You could cut out the damaged section and replace it with clear plastic ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 On 31/03/2018 at 1:46 PM, Dads203 said: Blimey what are you cleaning it with, PE4 ? Rather than painting the the whole thing have you not thought about masking it up , it only takes a few minutes to cut some Tamiya tape and apply it. It will save you a heap of heart ache in the long run. You could cut out the damaged section and replace it with clear plastic ? Usual method of carefully scrapping with a cocktail stick, anway all is not lost, italeri spares has replied and I have a replacement for a small fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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