I've never had a lot of luck with aircraft but...

Why not try something different. The B-36 has been my favourite aircraft since I was 12 - the idea of six massive pushers and 4 jets on an air craft the size of a really big thing with a special reason to be really big just appeals. I made a B-36 kit when I was 13 (literally last century) and as a kid you never have the resources or the skills. Over the last couple of years I've mostly been in SciFi working with a lot of resin kits and figuring out my airbrush technique. So I started on the Atlantis B36 kit - which is THE WORST kit I have ever done in terms of fit, but its turned out pretty well given the wing roots are mostly putty, the canopy didn't fit (not just a little, but AT ALL) and is mostly putty. I'm used to gaps in resin kits, but this was the 'gappiest' kit I've ever done.



However, I saw a Monogram B-36 on trademe a while back - the same kit I has a kid but it was open, may not have all the parts and had no decals which was disappointing for the $250 starting bid. But then, in a twist of fate an ebay seller for Oregon had a factory sealed kit for NZD $230 including shipping...so whats a guy to do...

Dry fits with a 1/72 airfix Squawk for scale

yup

That looks great!

A bit of dry fitting of the wings. I am not looking forward to dealing with the seam line at the top but some sanding sticks are on the way

1/72 Squawk for scale...



This kit is huge, well detailed - but surprisingly view parts. The only thing I am not happy with is the rear turret and 20mm cannon need to be in place before the fuselage is joined together (the front cannon I can leave out). Seeing as there is going to be a lot of handling for filling and sanding I'm going to make a little cardboard cone to fit over the end to protect them.

Wings on, fuselage seems and 'shoulders' are puttied

Wings on, fuselage seams and 'shoulders' are puttied

Sanding, tidying and priming and more sanding on the wings


Followed by some more priming, and first coat of silver on the nose

let the masking and flat aluminum begin