Monogram 1/48 B-26B WIP- Completed 7/18

[Thomas_M]

Curious to see how you will get one fuselage half transparent to see all this work...

[Stikpusher]

Not very likely to happen...

[Stikpusher]

Today I added the external framwork to the waist guns ammo bin mount and came up with a way to suspend it from the tail- using a spacer between the cans that runs up into the tail made from 1mm strips

external framing on the bin









ammo cans with the spacer and suspender mount



the whole assembly glued together


and test fitted in place

[Handiabled]

Just outstanding work sir !!!

[Reasoned]

Great work Stik, some might call that gizmology.

[Stikpusher]

Thank you old freind. Up front I used a bit of gizmology, this is just simple replication in smaller size.

[CallSignOWL]

duuuuuuude

[Stikpusher]

You like Owl? Now that my K-200 is done, this one has moved back to the front of my workbench. I have been nickle and diming work on it this week before I go to work. Earlier in the week, I created the gunners footrest for teh turret with some brass wire




then I started work on the engine nacelles- I opened up the vents just ahead of the wheel well and cleaned up the mold ejection pin parks before gluing them together. Lots of test fitting and sanding is gonna reduce, but not completely eliminat the gaps where these fit onto the wings. That is probably the roughest fit area on the kit. But it can be minimized I am finding.





and lastly I added some strip styrene to catch the overhead waist gun ammo bins mount in the vertical tail. Unfortunately during the sanding/fitting process I damaged one of the tail gun ammo chutes... forward three step, back one...



I am on days off after today so more progress soon...

[LyleW]

neat-o! Glad this one is back on the bench.

[Stikpusher]

Thanks Lyle. I am happy to have it up front as well! I already was researching what I might need to add in to the wheel wells...