monogram b-52 stratofortress

[Guest]

well, finally marking this one as finished because it is doing my head in, in my tiny modelling room.kit is about 43 years old (thanks stona) and the fit off most of the parts was pretty bad as well as the fuselage and wings being twisted so mad e the best i could of it. decals fell to bits as soon as they touched water so i just used a few bits that i had. only just realised that i glossed the whole plane and only the bottom should be gloss, might respray the top with a matt finish at some point.also the seam along the top of the fuselage has slightly cracked as it was so twisted but this happened after it had been virtually finished and i just cant bring myself to fix and repaint the bloody thing. dont know where the hell i am going to put it.

all comments welcomed.

i struggled to build this in my space and i am about to start the revell gato class sub, i must be stupid.

forgot to mention the wing roots are left like that because i have not glued the wings on yet for storage reasons.just a couple of dots of superglue to keep em in place for now.

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[Guest]

that is a great big lump of a model. love it. i love making big models but it is a bitch when they are to big for your work bench.

Cheers

Si

[Dave W]

Looks good.I love building big models as well.I know what you mean about the old Monogram decals as ive built a few of their kits recently that ive had in the loft since the early 90's.Had a lot of trouble with the decals.If you think its big there's a company in Wales called Sanger who do a 1/48 vacform B52.That ones 36 inches long with a 43 inch wing span !!.

[Tommy]

Great work with the camouflage, it looks very good!

[Vaughan]

Hi Andrew

That is one big bird very nice finish love the camo.

Vaughan.

[Guest]

That is a beast, good work!

[Guest]

thanks guys

[Ian M]

Dude thats big! Very nice job on the paint work too!

Ian M

[Guest]

My flabber is ghasted! Nice work under trying circumstances!

Now imagine hanging that up from the bedroom ceiling with thread...

[Guest]

its actually got little lugs on the wings for the purpose of hanging but my missus was having none of it lol

[Guest]

Great looking BUFF, brings back memories as a kid watching them fly in and out of Mcoy AFB (now Orlando International ) they have one on stactic at the entrance.You did it justice,nicely done Sir!

[yak face]

Nice job andrew, but where is it going to go! Great paintwork too , the se asia scheme always looks great but is a pain to do, but youve cracked it. cheers tony

[papa 695]

A big plane and a big5 to go with it

[Guest]

thanks a lot guys for your nice comments.