SallysDad Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 On 31/03/2017 at 4:52 PM, Sten Ekedahl said: Thanks, Sten. I will enjoy your build also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) I am back guys. I stopped posting the build on this model nearly a year ago so that I could concentrate on it and other things. But I persevered and the model was finally completed late summer last year. I managed to photograph every stage and so I will continue this build as though it is current. So here we go.....................let's carry on The first coat of green has been applied. Revell SM362 Green. Interior finally painted. Edited February 21, 2018 by adey m 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I've never seen inside a Stratojet before, I had no idea they were so "busy". Thanks for sharing these photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Hello Adey ! What a stunning job, you did it great ! Congratulations Dear ! I must restart mine, I'm engraving the structure lines ! I have the Pavla resin set but you gave me ideas to improve the resin kit ! Sincerely. Corsaircorp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 The completed crew compartment Pilots trying cockpit for size. Second pilot on swivelling ejector seat. White painted chemical toilet. Downward firing navigators ejector seat in nose . Three different shades of Green used in the cockpit. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Okay guys, after a walk along the seafront on a cold winters day I am ready to carry on with my contract to Boeing.......... The time had finally arrived to join up the fuselage. Cable ties hold the fuselage together hopefully while the glue welds it together. Sub assemblies have been sprayed from a can of Humbrol Chrome Silver. The kit cockpit canopy has been carefully cut with a modelling saw so that I can display it open. Note the tabs fixed to the canopy. Time to test the join of the wings to the fuselage. Seemed great at this stage. Good old Mr Hasegawa. Fortunately I later discovered that Hasegawa had unfortunately ( can you use fortunately and unfortunately in the same sentence ) designed the angle of the wings to be at something between parked up and airborne ( at rotation stage on the runway) This is why many models of the B-47 I have seen look to be too lanky on their wheels with the outriggers extended too much and the wing tips too high off the ground. Oh dear, I want the posture of my models to look right when stood at rest. It became apparent that now my wings would not fit to the fuselage smartly. I had to do some major carving and filling of the resultant gaps at the top of the wing roots when I lowered the angle of the wings. Getting the angle of the wings at rest correctly would involve supporting the aircraft on its main wheels and adjusting the wings until they looked to be at the correct angle as seen in photographs of the real ones. In this photo taken earlier I had strapped the fuselage together and clipped the wings on so that I could fit the engine pylons at the correct angle. Everything seemed to be going well at this stage. I would later find out that the wings here are set at too high an angle for an aircraft at rest and that the pylons would need removing as they would also be at the wrong angle relative to the ground. Fuselage joined and filler applied where required. Openings sealed with bits of packing sponge and masking tape. I can see in photographs that the skinning fore and aft of the wings wrinkled in service. I came up with the idea of using PVA glue to try and replicate this. A coat of grey primer has been applied. Edited February 19, 2018 by adey m 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondor44 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Ouch about the wing angle. Gondor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) The completed undercarriage assemblies. The outriggers have not been altered in length yet. Now stood on its main wheels and given a coat of Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver from a spray can . Matt black anti-glare panel and Squadron stripe painted on. Out of picture are my completed wings which I had sprayed with Humbrol Chrome Silver. Edited February 21, 2018 by adey m 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) An earlier photo of the completed wings having been sprayed with HUMBROL Chrome Silver. The join of the engine pylons to the wings was very bad and it took some work to get them to blend in together. Edited February 20, 2018 by adey m 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 2/18/2018 at 8:30 PM, adey m said: That is just what I need to go and do my shopping over 70 km of bad gravel road and 40 km of potholed tar... The cops would for sure leave me in peace! Plenty of room in the bomb bay for the bread... By the way, I love your take on this impressive model. JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Wings have been attached and blended into the fuselage. Inboard jet pylons can now be reattached at the correct angle. Wing joins have been sprayed. A bit more priming of the wing joins going on here Edited February 20, 2018 by adey m 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) Respraying of the wing centre sections. Various home made spraying masks in background. Airframe painting stage finally completed. Wing walkway lines drawn on with a Sharpie permanent marker pen using a straight edge and a very nervously steady hand............ Tailplanes being installed. The nosewheel bay and the empty bomb bay awaiting its weapon load. Rescribed navigator's ejection hatch under nose. Slipstream deflector plates just in front of bomb bay. Edited February 21, 2018 by adey m 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallysDad Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 This looks beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Weapons load being assembled. 24 bombs comprising 3 parts each.............okay let's just get on with it. Bombs assembled and bomb carriers painted. Full complement of conventional bombs laid out. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) Red warning lines under the rear fuselage warn to keep clear of the blast zone of the jettisonable take-off rockets when fitted. Braking parachute bay is open under the tail. The outrigger wheels on a B-47 are always in contact with the ground whether the aircraft is loaded or empty. This creates a problem with models which I have seen a number of times where the outriggers lift the model off its main wheels when the base it is displayed on is not level or warps. To get around this I made my outriggers to be telescopic. The lower part of the leg can slide up and down on a brass rod which is glued into the upper leg. The completed bombs mounted on their carriages await installing into the bomb bay. A card spacer keeps the bomb load spaced apart while the carriages set. Outrigger wheel can swivel as well as telescope. Single-point refuelling inlet. Edited February 23, 2018 by adey m 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Full weapon complement of 24 bombs installed. Back on the table. The big 154 on the tail has been hand painted on with the help of home made stencils. Rear gun turret has been installed and now the aerial wire is being readied from invisible thread. Remote controlled defensive rear guns. Braking parachute bay with open doors. Aerial wire installed. Edited February 26, 2018 by adey m 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 That is looking beautiful, great job mate 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 The adapted kit cockpit access steps and detail added to rear of hatch. Finally completed. Finally ready for hand-over to USAF. Pictures of my B-47 in 'operational service ' will now appear in the Aircraft Ready For Inspection topic. See you there. Thank you. adey 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Ive always liked the B-47’s and B-52’s. In fact the BUFF is my favorite jet. I just wish Curtis LeMay had allowed boeing to leave the original cockpit style like that of the B-47’s. It really does improve the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 I almost forgot something. At the beginning of this Topic I mentioned that there were three members of our model club that had each decided to build a Stratojet as a sort of Group Build. I was the last one to complete the project but we were able to display all three of our Stratojets together at the Southwell model show last October. and here they are ........ Kevin's B-47E trials aircraft used for developing Toss Bombing Techniques. Pavla Resin upgrades and Warbird decals. Tony's RB-47H electronic reconnaissance aircraft. Flightpath resin parts conversion. My B-47E standard bomber. On display at Scale Model World 2017. adey 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 This has been great to follow. I have a very sorry B-47 that my other half found at a car boot sale. Poorly assembled but, hopefully not beyond redemption so it now sits in my workshop waiting for the day when I can rub it down and get the scriber out and then bring it back from the brink. I've already had tremendous help from a friend in the USA who sent me half a kits worth of parts to make up for all the missing buts. I hope mine ends up looking as good as yours one day! Simon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpl Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I just found your topic - great done! I also like B-47 and I tried to found some info about Hasegawa kit quality; that way I "landed" here. Pretty done job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Fantastic outcome Adey! And may I also compliment you on the tidiness, cleanliness and beautiful simplicity of your work area. I aspire to a workspace like that but just cannot ever manage it. 🙁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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