Monogram 1:72 Convair B-36 Peacemaker

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I've done something. At last. Well I could make an excuse about the weather, being too hot to spray etc, err, no actually, that'll do nicely. Yes, too hot to spray, but this morning things cooled and the monster was primed. Now, the wings are off at the moment, this will just make preshading etc easier. Once that's done, I'll stick it all together for spraying.I'm not working at my normal bench at the moment, I've had to kick the car out of the garage to prime the monster. It's a bit odd that with this model, I walk around it, instead of me turning the model around, and that's before the wings are attached.

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............... That is gonna be epic............. Where are you going to keep it ????

Peter

[Dave W]

I know the real aircraft was huge.But I didn't realise it would be this big in 1/72.My local hobby shop has one on sale for £64.im tempted...

[colin m]

Not such a bad price Dave. I paid just under £50.00, but with about £10.00 postage. Also if they have the later Revel version, the decals are a bit better then my Monogram version.

[papa 695]

You can se just how big that is next to the body board. Great work Colin once its done I take it the car is out of the garage all the time :laughing:

[john i am]

Wow that's big Colin! Good look with the paint

[Guest]

Missed the start of this one Colin, but will be watching from now on. Hope you have started your planning application for the parking space. Cheers Derek

[Ian M]

Seriously?!?!

Your Mad! LOL

Looking good and we will all know when you have painted it as the cost of silver paint will sky rocket due to the high demand. :Laughing:

Ian M

[tanktrack]

he will have to strap it to the car roof to get it to a club meet , maybe the car will glide with a wingspan that big

[colin m]

Ian,

I wasn't going to be caught out like that. I started buying in silver paint some time ago, just to make sure I didn't upset the markets !

Derek,

No worries there, the car and the model will share the same place. The model will be hung from the garage ceiling, just like when I was a kid, except it was the bedroom.

Steve,

Can you imagine the looks if I do that - might be a laugh!

Anyway, Pre-shading has been done. The underside got some dark grey lines, but I think I might be doing them again, they may not be dark enough. Which is a bit of a shame as I hate doing a job twice.

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So, after pre-shading, I stuck the giant wings on with the assistance of the daughters. It now has some serious weight.

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It took ages to do the pre-shading. Much longer than I normally take to spray an average model. I had to give the compressor a couple of rests. And a beer for me !

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[Guest]

Hi Colin!!!

Looks great.....hope your house is big enough for this "little" model!!

[Guest]

You must have the patience of a saint to do all that pre-shading. Cheers Derek

[yak face]

Hope the garage roofs up to it colin , and youre going to need some strong wire!! Looking excellent mate , loving the pre-shading . I always thought one of these would look wicked in the SEAC Vietnam era camo , although it looks just as good in shiny silver , kind of like the B29 's bigger ,uglier sister !!! cheers tony

[ojays]

Looks like it's parked at Davis Monthan sealed and in storage!

Gregg

[flyjoe180]

It's impressive now Colin, but it will be amazing once done. Good luck with the overall silver paint job.

[colin m]

Time for an update. I knew my pre-shading was in great danger of being lost under a spray can. I mean, a spray can seems to be a way of applying a lot of paint quickly, so yes I sort of lost my pre-shading. I say sort of because, I suffered a big reaction with my enamel pre-shading. So all my pre-shading shows up as rough looking horrible paint. What went wrong ? Well I though, no, just assumed that the Tamiya spray can was acrylic, it wasn't, it was lacquer - hence my reaction, well I won't tell you what MY reaction was, but the model's reaction was a bit ugly.

I have now started sanding, sanding etc and more sanding, when I can be bothered. Such fun...................