I think there will be a 1/48 scale B-36 kitted this coming year------Anyone know about this???
I think that would just be silly.
The size of the 72nd kit turns a lot of people away. I’m sure there’d be a few that would love to see it in 48th, but I think that market would be relatively small and not very profitable for the manufacturer.
That said…I’d love to see one built…by someone else!!!
That would have almost a five foot wingspan. Where would you put it?
HpH manufactorer and made in fiberglass
I think you would need to hang it on a wall like a picture.
Oh, no, pleeeaaaseee noooo…
But think about all that detail!! 5 ft wingspan isn’t that big! It would fit on a ceiling!!!
Several guys in our model club are ready to take this on as a group project----
This is my Revell Germany 1/72nd B-36 to give you some idea of the size. I had to strip it and I’m waiting for the energy to one day get back to it. I have another new in the box, and Revell sent me a replacement massive #1092 aircraft decal sheet. It’s on ladder hangers for the mean time.
On You Tube is a video called “B-36 Buzz Job”. This video has quite a story behind it.
In October 1954, when I was 7, I was recovering from polio and at home in bed. I lived in Ft Worth, Texas at the time. One day I heard a B-36 take off from Carswell AFB, 3 miles away. I always liked the sound of those engines but didn’t pay much attention. But this plane kept getting louder and louder! Within seconds the roar was shaking the bed, floor, pictures were falling off the walls, and the floor was vibrating. The window blinds were jumping up and down in my bedroom window. I thought “this guy is coming right down my street and is not just above the houses but between the houses, Wow!!!”(Of course impossible) I jumped out of bed, ran through the living room and out the front door in my jammies, so excited about the buzz job, but so scared I would meet the monster nose to nose in the front yard!
I ran clear to the middle of the street and looked all around. By then the engines were beginning to fade and it was though nothing had happened. I’d missed it!! Really mad at myself and so disappointed. It was hot from the afternoon sun and dead calm, and not a soul or car was in the street. I thought "Where are these people!!! They just missed the show of the century and nobody cares!!!(Actually the houses were full of young moms raising baby boomers and could have cared less—Probably upset at the racket that lasted for 10 seconds)
Throughout the years, this has been one of my great regrets of childhood. But, about 4 years ago, I found the 8mm film of the Buzz Job while surfing on You Tube—in 1954, the pilots wives had known before hand what was going to happen and filmed it!!! Somehow it found its way to You Tube. So I did get to see it after all!!!
In the film, it is interesting to note it was dead calm that afternoon, but the small trees, bushes are being blown by the monsters prop wash. The plane passed down the street next to mine. (I found the houses and street by looking at Google maps street view and matching to the film.)
Mom was upset the monster knocked pictures off the walls and broke dishes from the display rack----and really upset that I’d run outside at a dead run. But I didn’t care—I had at least heard the monster. My dad who worked at Convair thought the buzz was really swell! He also knew that the CO at the airfield thought it was a nice touch!!!
Ah—What a different world back then!
I agree that I’d love to see someone else build a 1/48 B-36. A photographer friend of mine who died a couple of decades ago used to fly in them when he was in the Air Force. It’s always been my favorite big bomber - not sure why - just the look of the beast.
Here’s a link to the U-tube clip:
Andy, I was reading about the pending 1/48 scale B-36 on a different chat forum. For the life of me, I can’t remember the name of the manufacturer that’s coming out with this beast. I did check out the manufacturer’s web site and, sure enough, they are working on a 1/48 scale B-36. I’m going to see if I can find the info and post it back in this thread in a few moments…
Eric
Edit: It’s supposed to be HpH Models, the same company that brought us the 1/48 scale XB-70. I couldn’t find anything on the HpH web site nor their Facebook page but I found the chat forum (am I allowed to say the name or attach the link to the chat thread?) and the guy who posted it said he had taken a tour of the HpH facilities. He posted a picture of the alleged box art for the B-36.
I would think that every modeler who saw, heard and felt a B-36 as a kid would have to have the model. Even the 1/72 with its 38" wingspan takes up quite a bit of space. Mine lives in my office where I can enjoy it every day. OK, I measured and it’s going to take a bigger office. I’m off to measure the living room! [:)]
Max
Yes, the 1/72 model is really big. I just build a “gear up” version for my barber. He has a retro 1950s barber shop and the bomber looks right at home hanging from the ceiling. It is flying in formation with a F-51 to show size and it carries a nice 1/72 Mk 17 hydrodgen bomb in the open bomb bay.
Was a tough build but worked out well! (Will post pic if I can figure out how)
The model looks like it means business and in 1954, the bomber was never called “Peacemaker” just simply B-36.
I remember a discussion, too, Eric, and a Facebook post, but I can’t remember where it was. Maybe Agape Models. But I thought the Facebook post did state that the kit is in the works. If I can find the reference, I’ll post it back here. And yes, it was HpH.
OK, yes, it was at Agape, here’s the URL to the discussion:
http://agapemodels.com/forums/index.php?topic=20804.msg287823#new
The Facebook post was from History in Scale’s Facebook page:
Much like the 1/32 B-17, I would want to build a 1/48 B-36. But with its size and likely price tag, I am afraid I would be able to even consider it. I have a good-sized work shop in my garage, with a fleet of big kits hanging on the ceiling out there. 1/48 Monogram PBY Catalina, 1/48 Monogram B-24, 1/48 Monogram B-17, 1/48 Monogram B-58, 1/72 Monogram B-52, 1/72 Monogram B-36, 1/48 Tamiya Lancaster, and 1/48 Monogram B-1, to go along with many smaller kits like medium bombers or some single engine fighters. i still have several big kits in my stash such as Monogram’s B-17, B-24, B-29, C-47 and others. Where would I put a 1/48 B-36???
Hey Andy, cool story on “Buzz job”, After memories as a kid of B-36s approaching with that unique drone that you could feel, I can’t imagine a low level attack on your neighborhood! What a good story.
Max
When I was a kid in the mid/late 1950’s, Monogram sold kits of the B-17, B-29 and B-36. As I recall, they were all about the same size because they were made to “box scale”. In other words, they were not to any scale and were made so that they could fit into the same size box. Am I recalling this correctly or is my brain making up things?
Bring it on, I’d build one. Thats if I can afford it of course. 
Built the 1/72 decades ago, I wouldn’t mind doing one again.
Chris
You are correct.