Figures look great! Nice detail on on the bomb!
I just want you all to know that I have not given up on this project. Although progress (read modeling time) has been slower than I would prefer; it moves on. Closeing up the turrent holes and dealing with huge seams is a slow process. I am currently modifying the nacalles to Silverplate specs. Todays portions are four views of the mostly completed forward bombay. The Enola Gay had the hardware to carry a Little Boy or Fat Boy. The aft bombay, which is closed, contains two fuel cells. It is painted, but is not detaliled!
Everything done thus far is of a high quality build. I’m very excited to see the completion of your B-29 Superfortress. What a fantastic historival lesson this is!
Thank you for sharing this build with FSM forum members,
Toshi
This looks great! I’m following this project with great interest as I’m considering doing something simiilar with my B-29, but instead doing the aircraft that dropped Chuck Yeager’s X-1.
Where did you get the crew members from?
Man,shipwreck, that looks incredable !
This is outstanding! Well-done!
Dmk, the crew is from various sources. All are modified to fit their rolls on the Hiroshima flight. Some have been pieced together from several other figures. You may notice the standing figure from the Revell B-25J kit; here he is representing Navy Captain William “Deak” Parsons who was the Bomb Commander. He more than anyone else on board understood the weapon that was just released. If you could hear him speak, as he is standing there in dismay, he would be saying, “what have I done.”
Shipwreck, that’s looking nice. Don’t rush those seams. Do it right. =] You’re gonna have something great!!
Looks great so far…SO detailed! Man that cockpit is jam-packed full of people! Kep up the good work. 
Nice detail, Shipwreck.
Looking great…
I have been trying to finish my Enola Gay project. The following is a turrret area that was cut out and filled with milliput.
The four engins were wired with Eduard photo etch!
I built the wings seperate from the fuselage. The wings are setting in a jig that I made for them.
The wings were attached by setting the fuselag in a box so that the glue had time to set up.
Basically complete except for props and antenna cable.
After about forever, I finally finished my B-29 conversion to the Silverplate Enola Gay. This was the biggest, most complicated, and troublesome kit that I have built. The kit part total is 105; and I did not use the landing gears, turrets, bombs, and a bunch of miscellaneous items; however I scratch built upwards of 200 parts plus I used a bunch of photo etch. The project should be titled Re, as in rebuild and repaint. If I did not have to re-do so much, I probably could have built at least 6 standard fortresses out of the boxes in the time I spent on this.
To paint this thing I used Mr. Surfacer and Tamiya primers, decanted Tamiya TS rattle cans, Alclad II, Tamiya acrylics, Future, Testors Dullcote, plus. For putties I used Milliput and Perfect Putty. The blurred props are an experiment. They look OK from a distance; but I may revisit them or use the Curtis Electric Props that are painted and stored in a container!
So here is the semi-finished product. The bomber is sitting on 3 Flight Pose stands until I decide how to display it. There are 8 antenna on this bird, besides open bombay doors, that makes it hard to handle! You can see that I have a somewhat different concept of a NMF!
These photos are the botttom of the port wing.
You will notice the wing root seams. They required no work, but slipped right into place!
In flight with landing gear up!
This is my version of a B-29 exhaust system.
The kit reflects lots of enthusiasm and little skill; but over all I am satisfied with the results. Questions and comments are welcome. Thanks for taking a look!
What a project and what a nice job you’re doing on it. I’ve looked at this kit for years but the Museum is out of room. At least I got to see your extensive build. Good work!
Max
Thanks for the comment Max, I think I have found the display for my B-29. An old entertainment cabinet. I have kept it for the purpose of displaying models; but my wife seems to be taking it over with her retro sound box and a menagerie of stuffed animals.
For the bomber to fit, it extends about 3 inches out of the back of the cabinet.
What an extensive detailed B-29 version you created! Absolutely inspiring and fantastic. I am excited for the final reveal. Thank you so much for taking the time out in sharing your project with us!
Toshi