Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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The H has low bypass turbofans. All previous versions had pure turbojets which were smokey at the best of times. When water injection was used then the smoke got even worse. Early Boeing 707s and DC-8s displayed similar characteristics, although only had four engines each, rather than the B-52's eight.
My dad bought me the huge silver/white Monogram B52D kit back in around 1980 or so. It was far too complex and precious for my clumsy pre-teen skill-set, so he took on the challenge and did a magnificent job.
In comparison I had recently assembled a B17G and, after glueing the fuselage together, realised that I had forgotten to include the cockpit and crew section. Pulling the two halves of fuselage apart again and re-assembling the whole thing did not leave it looking very serviceable!
Anyway the lovely B52 held pride of place hanging from my bedroom ceiling for a few years and was the only one of my many plastic models not to end up being shot to smithereens by my air-rifle, when I got a bit older.
In comparison I had recently assembled a B17G and, after glueing the fuselage together, realised that I had forgotten to include the cockpit and crew section. Pulling the two halves of fuselage apart again and re-assembling the whole thing did not leave it looking very serviceable!
Anyway the lovely B52 held pride of place hanging from my bedroom ceiling for a few years and was the only one of my many plastic models not to end up being shot to smithereens by my air-rifle, when I got a bit older.
LotusOmega375D said:
My dad bought me the huge silver/white Monogram B52D kit back in around 1980 or so. It was far too complex and precious for my clumsy pre-teen skill-set, so he took on the challenge and did a magnificent job.
In comparison I had recently assembled a B17G and, after glueing the fuselage together, realised that I had forgotten to include the cockpit and crew section. Pulling the two halves of fuselage apart again and re-assembling the whole thing did not leave it looking very serviceable!
Anyway the lovely B52 held pride of place hanging from my bedroom ceiling for a few years and was the only one of my many plastic models not to end up being shot to smithereens by my air-rifle, when I got a bit older.
I have two Monogram B-52s on standby for this project. If I manage not to butcher one of them when doing the conversion, I'll do the other in Vietnam era markings.In comparison I had recently assembled a B17G and, after glueing the fuselage together, realised that I had forgotten to include the cockpit and crew section. Pulling the two halves of fuselage apart again and re-assembling the whole thing did not leave it looking very serviceable!
Anyway the lovely B52 held pride of place hanging from my bedroom ceiling for a few years and was the only one of my many plastic models not to end up being shot to smithereens by my air-rifle, when I got a bit older.
Monogram did release the B-52 as the X-15 lifter but it is now very rare and quite difficult and expensive to get hold of. The Monogram X-15 is quite a nice kit in itself and it can be bought separately.
Lily the Pink said:
That photograph is playing with my brain. The left wing looks all wrong; I know that it's to do with perspective and the coincidence of the line of the right wing's shadow on the fuselage, but it has a really weird effect.
I never noticed it till you pointed out but it is weird when you see it 
Lily the Pink said:
That photograph is playing with my brain. The left wing looks all wrong; I know that it's to do with perspective and the coincidence of the line of the right wing's shadow on the fuselage, but it has a really weird effect.
Bendy Boeing wings don't help, the B47 was even worse.DJFish said:
Is that the museum opposite the boneyard in Arizona?
The B-52A pictured is 'The High and Mighty One' or 'Balls three' the oldest airframe to survive
Next to the pylon on the fuselage there is a stencilled X-15 for each test flight flown with subtle variations depending on the success or not of each test flight.
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