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World War II: USA
Aircraft of the United States in WWII.
Hosted by Rowan Baylis
Northrop XB-35 in 72 scale
Siderius
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Posted: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 06:34 PM UTC
I have done a cleaning job on the old XB-35 and thought I would take some photos of the old girl again.
Hope you all like it. I had problems with the finish and ended up sanding with fine sandpaper, the whole model down. As a result I lost some surface detail, but got a second chance at a finish; which, still didn't turn out as well I would of liked.
Oh well. Take a look and enjoy. Russell






The last time I showed this model, several years back I think, Rowan commented "what a beast"! LOL
Jessie_C
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Posted: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 07:41 PM UTC
I was less than thrilled by the decals on mine, and the intakes above the propeller shafts could fit better, but it's still quite impressive when it's finished. Sitting it beside a B-36 is illuminating.
Joel_W
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Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 02:47 AM UTC
Russell, The size is over whelming to say the least. The NMF looks good. and I just love those 8 bladed props.
Joel
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Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 05:03 AM UTC
Thanks Joel, yes, it is probably the largest model I have in my collection!! 1/72 scale is large enough, LOL. Jessica, would you like to share some photos of your build of this kit, I would be interested in seeing them. Thanks, Russell.

P.S. Joel, you probably know this already, but those are four bladed props, two sets on each engine mount! I believe that this aircraft was using the Wasp Major engine, which developed something around 4,000 hp, made by Pratt & Whitney too.
Each set of props counter rotated, to negate any torque effects and gave the XB-35 pretty good speed.
md72
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Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 05:08 AM UTC
Guy was at build night last night working on one. Lots of filler going on small sinks, he'd already done the wing joins. Apparently they were very painful but he's already sanded and primed them, so I couldn't verify that he'd had 3" wide bands of filler on them....

Beast may be an understatement.
Joel_W
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Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 05:26 AM UTC

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Thanks Joel, yes, it is probably the largest model I have in my collection!! 1/72 scale is large enough, LOL. Jessica, would you like to share some photos of your build of this kit, I would be interested in seeing them. Thanks, Russell.

P.S. Joel, you probably know this already, but those are four bladed props, two sets on each engine mount! I believe that this aircraft was using the Wasp Major engine, which developed something around 4,000 hp, made by Pratt & Whitney too.
Each set of props counter rotated, to negate any torque effects and gave the XB-35 pretty good speed.


Russell,
Yep, I knew that. Just looks impressive as one usually doesn't see an aircraft with double screws, yet alone 4 pairs of them.

Joel
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