Large B52 PSS

[billscottni]

You’re welcome to use my mountain any time you like gentlemen.  

K.

ssssssssssh Keith,

don't let the Irish hear an Englishman claiming the hills as "his"

 :twisted:  :twisted:

[Happy Days]

Yes,….. upon reflection, that was a little indelicate of me wasn’t it. :oops:  

Apologies to all for my flippant comment.

Keith

[JohnPearson]

Hi all

The B52 is now painted and the decals added. I may add extra detail later such as panel lines and weathering once the model has had its first test flight.
Next step is to get the engines finished and fitted.



The windows masked off and painted black.



USA stars and bars added to the fuselage and wings.

Thats it for now !!.

[Alan_Perse]

Nice job John. It looks great. Looking forward to seeing it fly.

[billscottni]

Will you stop adding WEIGHT to that model! My poor back is groaning already  :shock:

[Fred]

Superbe !

[JohnPearson]

Hi all

Just received today, a set of facuum formed engines from Plastic Products.



The quality of the plastic is excellent (1mm) thick and very strong, much better than the products I get from across the water and a hell of alot cheaper. I will post the details of this company later, just e-mail them with your requirements.


quick cut out to give an idea of the size of the engine pods.

Next step is to get the engines finished and painted.

JohnP

[JohnPearson]

Hi all

Well, short update on the engines for the B52. I used expanding foam to fill the two halves of the engines, then sanded both sides, to give a flat surface for joining.Next the two halves where glued together with a hot glue gun, then a light sanding around the edges and the engines are ready to be painted. This method does add a little weight,i.e. each engine completed, slightly under 1/2ld, however the engine moulds are very strong. The wing pylons just need to be shaped and sanded, then covered in solartext and painted black.





O.k.thats it now.

JohnP

[Fred]

:clap:  :clap: Very good John !
Almost done right ?  :?:

[JohnPearson]

Hi Fred

Nearly there Fred, just can't get the time to work on the model at present, therefore hopefully mid January for first test flight if we get the weather.

[JohnPearson]

Hi all

Quick post tonight, I have just finished the four engines, see below, next paint.


Four engines ready for painting


first engine in place, just needs a little sanding to blend with the top of the wing.

more later, cheers for now!


JohnP

[billscottni]

Looking good John  :clap:  :clap:

Picked up the foam for the frogfoot wings yesterday. Hope to get them cut this weekend. Will try and film the swing arm cutter in action  :?:

[joe]

Ya go away for 7 weeks and when you get back John has a B52 built!
Looks fantastic John. Can't wait to see it fly  :clap:  :clap:

[JohnPearson]

Hi all

Joe, good to hear from you, well I have done a little more work on the model, I have fitted the second engine, shaped the top section to blend with the top wing surface, and also installed the quick release on the engine plyons, It took me almost two hours the get the quick release working, hopefully if the engines hit the ground, they should break away clean from the plyon, that's the plan.



Photo of the port wing with both engines in place, you can just see on the first plyon, the quick release design.

O.K. that's it for now.

JohnP

[Alan_Perse]

Looks great John. Will you be putting an aerotow release so you can aerotow it?