Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"

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January 24, 2022
201011: B-29 Project (Starting Point). Nice kit, but rough moldings.
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January 24, 2022
201011: B-29 Project (Starting Point). Nice kit, but rough moldings.
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January 24, 2022
201011: B-29 Project (Starting Point). Nice kit, but rough moldings.
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January 24, 2022
201011: B-29 Project (Starting Point). Nice kit, but rough moldings.
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January 24, 2022
201011: B-29 Project (Starting Point). Decals look good. Later I learned they wouild not come off the paper.
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January 24, 2022
201011: B-29 Project (Starting Point). Zero detail in wheel wells.
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January 24, 2022
201011: B-29 Project (Starting Point). Fine raised detail, somewhat liberally scribed.
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January 24, 2022
210006 B-29 center pedestal for in-flight mounting.
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January 24, 2022
210006 B-29 center pedestal for in-flight mounting.
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January 24, 2022
210006 B-29 center pedestal for in-flight mounting. Mounting angle 3 deg off vertical.
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January 24, 2022
210006 B-29 center pedestal for in-flight mounting. Notice the retaining wall to flood with 5-min Epoxy,
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January 24, 2022
210008 B-29 Note spar installed to help set dihedral.
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January 24, 2022
210008 B-29 is starting to look like something.
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January 24, 2022
210008 B-29 in-flight display
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January 24, 2022
210008 B-29 Note spar installed to help set dihedral.
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January 24, 2022
210011 One problem with this old kit by Crown is the shape of the tail.
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January 24, 2022
210011 One problem with this old kit by Crown is the shape of the tail.
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January 24, 2022
201012: Adding material to the tip leading edge. (CA and talcum powder on a styrene spine)
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January 24, 2022
201012: Adding material to the tip leading edge. (CA and talcum powder on a styrene spine)
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January 24, 2022
201012: Tail profile improvement
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January 24, 2022
201011: filled the gunners' blisters with 5-min Epoxy.
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January 24, 2022
201011: filled the gunners' blisters and turret foundations with 5-min Epoxy.
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January 24, 2022
201012: Added a shim to improve the canopy fit.
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January 24, 2022
201012: added 10gr lead tire weights flooded in 5-min Epoxy
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January 24, 2022
201012: Added a shim to improve fit of nose gear doors and nose glazing.
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January 24, 2022
201012: Added a shim to improve fit of nose gear doors and nose glazing.
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January 24, 2022
201012: Faired-in the pedestal for in-flight mounting.
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January 24, 2022
201012: Canopy installed
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January 24, 2022
201024: Coming together.
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January 24, 2022
201024: Fashioned removable undercarriage for alternate display mode.
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January 24, 2022
201025: Tail gunner's station will be done with decal film.
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January 24, 2022
201025: Tail gunner's station will be done with decal film.
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January 24, 2022
201025: Setting dihedral angle before securing wings in place.
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January 24, 2022
201025: Had to fashion a solution for the nose glazing. These will be printed on clear decal film.
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January 24, 2022
201025: Had to fashion a solution for the nose glazing. These will be printed on clear decal film.
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January 24, 2022
201030: Initial primer coat is WalMart rattlecan Grey Primer.
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January 24, 2022
201030: Initial primer coat is WalMart rattlecan Grey Primer.
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January 24, 2022
201030: Initial primer coat is WalMart rattlecan Grey Primer.
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January 24, 2022
201031: Under the wary eye of the Production Supervisor.
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January 24, 2022
201031: A day after grey primer coat.
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January 24, 2022
201031: A day after grey primer coat.
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January 24, 2022
201031: Focus on the wing roots. Filler was exclusively Dollar Store CA (Superglue).
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January 24, 2022
201031: Nose glazing and gun turret foundations completely feathered in.
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January 24, 2022
201031: Gloss white primer coat (WM Rattlecan!). Note anachronistic fighter excort.
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January 24, 2022
201031: Gloss white primer coat (WM Rattlecan!).
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January 24, 2022
201031: Gloss white primer coat (WM Rattlecan!).
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January 24, 2022
201101 Alclad II in various shades.
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January 24, 2022
201101 Alclad II in various shades.
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January 24, 2022
201101 Alclad II in various shades.
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January 24, 2022
201101 Alclad II in various shades.
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January 24, 2022
201101: I needed a solution to the nose glazing. These shapes were done in PowerPoint and printed. Final version will be printed in black.
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January 24, 2022
201110: Nose cone airbrushed in black.
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January 24, 2022
210207: Finishing the windscreen with strips of chrome and black Bare-Metal Foil.
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January 24, 2022
210207: Finishing the windscreen with strips of chrome and black Bare-Metal Foil.
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January 24, 2022
210207: Progress Review. Applying decals.
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January 24, 2022
210211: Progress Review.
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January 24, 2022
210304: Nearly complete.
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January 24, 2022
2104: Construction Complete
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January 24, 2022
2104: Construction Complete
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January 24, 2022
2104: Construction Complete
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight in Flak (or leaves)
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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January 24, 2022
2104: Test flight
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April 15, 2023
At the IP.

Comments

11 24 January 2022, 22:00

Hanno Kleinecke
Beautiful NMF and a sleek result, almost like an artdeco sculpture 👍

24 January 2022, 22:30

Spanjaard
Wonderful NMF

24 January 2022, 22:57

Spanjaard
I really like what you have done with the nose windows, excellent

15 April 2023, 21:16

Album info

B-29-45-MO (Silverplate) serial 44-86292 “Enola Gay” assigned to 393 BS(H), 509th Comp. Gr., circa August 1945.
(Minicraft B-29 in 1/144 scale, kit #14488, c. 2002, re-issued from original Crown models released 1976)

The aircraft needs no introduction.

Molding was a mixed bag, with excellent detailed engines but crappy props, and a problematic shape to the vertical stabilized that called for action. Fit wasn’t horrible, though.

Markings were Xeroxed from the included decal sheet and re-printed on clear film because the carrier film on the kit decals was too fond of the decals themselves. Just wouldn’t let go. Windows (Especially the nose glazing) were all custom printed or cut from decal film. Nose framing is Bare-Metal Foil.

Paint is mostly shades of Alclad II with rattlecan sprays as primer coats.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"

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