Monogram B-26 Marauder: Construction Continues!
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Another few days of work and we finally have a completed airframe! In this video, I offer a few more ideas for those keen to build one of those ancient kits, discussing construction, some additional detailing and a mammoth amount of nose weight! Shall we begin!
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Building and correcting older molding issues is part of the fun and skill building. Who wants to build many of these newer kits with no challenge? Not me, I like a challenge.
Great progress on this vintage beautiful B26.
That looks to be a great build it would have to be one of the ' sports cars ' of US WWII bombers, looking forward to the next update, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia
On the issue of the strength of the nose gear, it’s the main gear you have to worry about. If the model is exactly balanced there is effectively no weight on the nose gear, it’s all on the mains.
Also, you can cheat a bit on the balancing point by sanding flat spots on the main gear tires to represent the weight on them; it moves the pivot point backwards with respect to the C.G. It may move it only a fraction of an inch but that’s all you may need if the model is nearly balanced.
Love the tip on removing the upper roof of the bomb bay first. I would have liked to have seen how you tackled the fit of the air intakes to the cowling.
Cool model. 🛩
Excellent! I found some of the same issues with the Monogram B-25 nacelles. Not only underwing gaps but a step that is lower than the lower wing surfaces.
Really following these Marauder videos with great interest. Thanks Spence.
I think it's great that you're "bothering" to build this old kit despite there being a new version now available from ICM - you already had this kit so why not build it and building it doesn't preclude you from building the ICM one too.
Great progress. Slow and easy goes it.
Good stuff Spencer - thanks for the updates!
Lead nose wheel casting would be nice.
Love your videos Spencer. Did I see a gap on the underside where the nacelle meets the wing? Is that a normal seam line? Bill
Why not putting some weight into engine nacelles?