donalyah00 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Hi, A small blast from the past. The model represents JB-2 Loon, #902 belonging to the newly formed USAF, Alamogordo proving grounds (later Holloman AFB), New Mexico ca. 1948. The launcher with RATO bottles, front propeller, finer surface details and engine pipe plus its front support were scratch built. The wing was also repositioned - moved to the rear a little bit. It was my first approach to the glossy white paint (Gunze Sangyo C series) and it is a bit overdone. The panel lines (in fact welds) on the engine were drawn with very sharp pencil on matt Olive Drab paint and then the whole thing was weathered with artistic oils. First, a photo of the original airframe: Source: The Internet A few shots from production hall... ... and the final result: Enjoy! Marek 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Nice, so USSR and USA both had different approaches to improve the V1. Nice and intriguing model... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmm Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Nice to see this here. I do like this build. Very inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 God damn that's beautiful, a high quality finish that would be appreciated in a model much bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Nice job converting a V-1 into a JB-1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donalyah00 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Thank you gents! On 12/10/2018 at 4:03 PM, Silenoz said: Nice, so USSR and USA both had different approaches to improve the V1. I think JB-2 was only slightly updated version of the original V1. Russians went a bit further with their 10Kh aircraft. Hope that Brengun someday will scale down to 1/144 their offering of Chelomey 16KhA in 1/48. Regards, Marek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Very good model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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