Out2gtcha Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Looks great! brahman104 and patricksparks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Put some filler caps on the wing tip tanks... Started to move the wing roots, I cut the kit fuselage from the front of the gunner's window all the way forward to about the point where the instrument panel mounts, this point on the kit is very close to the correct shape in cross section, I ground some material off the inside of the fuselage pieces from the wing leading edge forward so that I could re-shape the cockpit walls to a more curved shape to match the cross section at the instrument panel. When I cut out the fuselage sides I left about a 1/16 of an inch below the bottom of the wing and I cut horizontally based on drawings and photos, the kit wing root fairing flange is wrong on the bottom of the wing it should be straight/horizontal and curve up at the front and back edges of the wing. I raised the cut out parts 9/32 of an inch(the white styrene strips) I will go back and cut the cockpit sill back down. I will make a small pattern and form a new fuselage top cap... Greg W, scvrobeson, Troy Molitor and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Love seeing your corrective work in progress here Pat! Looks like a nifty solution to correct a fairly glaring error. Craig patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 3 hours ago, brahman104 said: Love seeing your corrective work in progress here Pat! Looks like a nifty solution to correct a fairly glaring error. Craig Thanks Craig, your B-17 is looking awesome !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Very interesting solution to the wing position error. Keep up the excellent work! Alain patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 On 11/13/2020 at 8:52 AM, patricksparks said: Put some filler caps on the wing tip tanks... Started to move the wing roots, I cut the kit fuselage from the front of the gunner's window all the way forward to about the point where the instrument panel mounts, this point on the kit is very close to the correct shape in cross section, I ground some material off the inside of the fuselage pieces from the wing leading edge forward so that I could re-shape the cockpit walls to a more curved shape to match the cross section at the instrument panel. When I cut out the fuselage sides I left about a 1/16 of an inch below the bottom of the wing and I cut horizontally based on drawings and photos, the kit wing root fairing flange is wrong on the bottom of the wing it should be straight/horizontal and curve up at the front and back edges of the wing. I raised the cut out parts 9/32 of an inch(the white styrene strips) I will go back and cut the cockpit sill back down. I will make a small pattern and form a new fuselage top cap... Wow, scary chopping up, but superb result so far....brilliant! patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Whatever happened to this build? It looked like it was coming along nicely. I have one of these 'A-26ish' kits myself. Regards, Jason patricksparks, Paul in Napier and John1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Great work so far on correcting all the issues with the kit. The A26 was the best looking of the medium bombers that the US produced during the war. Looking forward to seeing your progress and the finished model. patricksparks and Learstang 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 18 hours ago, Learstang said: Whatever happened to this build? It looked like it was coming along nicely. I have one of these 'A-26ish' kits myself. Regards, Jason I have too many other builds started to devote myself to this one, there are just so many issues to correct on the kit to get it done. John1, Learstang and Youngtiger1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Very sad decision as it looks you had already gone through close to all the major steps of that correction/conversion work. Learstang and patricksparks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) For what it's worth, click2detail are supposed to be coming out with a new wing root and top of the fuselage insert, new cowlings, and new landing gear, all in 3-D printed resin. I don't know what these are going to be like (or what they are going to cost), but I can attest that their replacement R-2800 engines are brilliant, even coming complete with wiring, all as one moulding (and with 18 cylinders per engine!). It even sounds like they may make a B-26K conversion (by the way folks, it's either 'A-26A' or 'B-26K'; there was no 'A-26K'). Regards, Jason Edited July 12, 2022 by Learstang Additional comment added. Oldbaldguy and patricksparks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Learstang said: For what it's worth, click2detail [...] I know RESIN2detail is doing so, but not sure about click2detail (weird how their names are so similar). Kev patricksparks, Daniel Leduc and Learstang 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) You are correct, sir! I checked my correspondence regarding the A/B-26 upgrade bits, and they are indeed to be done by RESIN2detail. I'm allowed to make a mistake (very occasionally!). Best Regards, Jason Edited July 17, 2022 by Learstang Additional comment added. Youngtiger1 and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 a friend and I recently took numerous and measurements of the KC-135 tires on a B-26. He is making cad drawings and is going to print the tires. If all goes well I'll try to pot pictures Bruce thierry laurent, Learstang, patricksparks and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Well, RESIN2detail have now released both their nacelle/main landing gear upgrade (which I have - looks nice), and their mid-fuselage/wing root correction set, which I've ordered. They were also going to release a cowling upgrade, which I will no doubt buy once it's released. I am very interested to see what the fuselage/wing root set looks like. I may post some quick impressions regarding that when I receive it. At this point I feel like a gambler who's already bet too much - I can't quit now (on trying to make this chimera of a kit into something reasonably A-26ish). Now about that canopy... Regards, Jason johncrow and Daniel Leduc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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