Well, I got my “REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT” flags in yesterdays mail. I added them to the pylons, the head knockers on the fuselage, and the outrigger wheels. I think I may still add them to the main gear too. I hope you enjoy the rest of the pictures. I’m glad it’s done and I can move on to something smaller, like two B-17’s, a G and an F, in 1/48 scale.
And here’s the last of the pictures from today. Whew! Gary
Gary, that is one beautiful Buff, at least as beautiful as a Buff can be. [:D]
Outstanding work! [bow]
Great looking build, and bloody huge to boot!
Karl
[tup] Beautiful work on the old BUFF! I really like the shading and variations in the black!
You did a first rate job on this. Very well done sir[tup][tup][tup]
Beautiful work Gary! This one was well worth the wait. Thanks for sharing! [bow]
that is one gorgeous build, love the outdoors pic… huge boy! Thanks for sharing, truly a nice build
That is something special youv’e made there![bow]
I still say this is unquestionaly the best BUFF model I have ever seen!! You did all us ex SAC guys well. Thanks for sharing it with us…Harv
Stunningly beautiful work on the BUFF. The weathering is ultra realistic.[tup] [:D]
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
Gary,
Beautiful job!
What brand of paints and colors did you use? The zinc chromate looks pretty close. I once got a piece of the bomb bay paint in my eye while loading. Man did that hurt. I had to go to the base hosiptal to have it removed.
If you have anymore flags left stick one in the end of each MER. They were attached to the MER electrical safety pins. Also, there was a mechanical pin/flag in each of the bottom bombs in the bomb bay.
Your work is an inspiration for me to do my kit. I’ll be sure to use yours as a refernce.
Jack
UT Load Crew 40
That is a beautiful model. Ready to try the B-36?
Good work!
Breathtaking build Gary![tup][tup][tup] Thanks!
This is no BS guys, I am humbled by your kind words! When I started this model about seven weeks ago I was just building a BUFF. I had some ideas of what I wanted to do with it, but I wasn’t sure if I could do it at all, or do it right either. I joined this forum just about the day I started the build. It has been the experience of all the builders on THIS FORUM that have inspired me and given me ideas on how to accomplish aspects I wasn’t sure I could handle. So, with your unsuspecting help, you’ve built this model, just used me as your surrogate model builder. So thanks to all of you, GREAT JOB!!! Gary
The paints were all Tamiya, both rattle cans and bottles for brushing. I thought about putting some RBF flags in the bomb bay but figured they wouldn’t be very visible if they were of the appropriate length. Though not too clear in the bomb bay picture, I did use the plate in the kit to represent the bomb load. I did add the actuator rods for the doors and also representation of the bomb racks. This was as close as I felt I could come to a detailed bomb bay. Thanks again, my 39th MMS hat’s off to you! Gary
You used the plate! Thats funny, I recently threw my BUFF into my neighbors dumpster because it disgusted me, but I kept THE PLATE. It represented everything about that model that made me sick. No wheel wells, no bomb bay, echh.
I wondered about yours, but it looks really good.
The actuators on the wheel well doors are a great touch.
Really if you feel up to it, the R/M B-36 is in every way a much better BIG kit. It has to be built as an RB-36 otherwise the bomb bay doors are all wrong, but I recommend it. Look at Lucien Harpnesses recent post about displays, he’s got a nice one. And buy “Magnesium Overcast” one of the best a/c books out there.
Bravo on the BUFF.
Excellent work!!! Thats a beast of a model. And the pic with the shed in the background…makes it look even bigger. Kinda like a big RC -52.
This is excellent work on a beast of a kit. Looks similar to my recently-completed BUFF in terms of the paint scheme, but your execution blows mine away like Luke Skywalker vs the Death Star [:)]
It also appears that you have done a bit of scratch-building on this kit. It didn’t really have much in the way of an interior - just a standard detail-less cockpit typical of Monogram kits of the '60s-'70s - but your bomb bay is most definitely not the one-piece set of bombs, is it? Looks fantastic!
That thing is a monster. Where the heck are you going to keep it? Above the bed? LOL