Hi all, This is my take on what might have been if the YB-49 had made it into service.
I imagined that it would have received the anti-flash white under side finish as well as some radar bulges, one for bomb aiming, the other for self defense in conjunction with the quad 20mm cannon tail stinger.
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Oooh yeah. :thumbsup:
Looks very good :thumbsup:
Looks great, good to add the bulges.
And like the white undersides- congratulations on the two hardest colors to paint (at least for me) natural metal and white!
Well done.
Congrats man :thumbsup:
Thanks all
Paint used
Tamiya acrylic XF-2 for the underside
Humbrol Enamel 27002 Metalcote Polished Aluminium for the top with some panels picked out with Hum 191 Chrome Silver (although after a Tamiya acrylic clear gloss coat it was hard too spot the differance :banghead: )
Very nice indeed! :thumbsup:
I chickened out when I built mine and did it all over anti-flash white from a rattle can. Nice metalwork :thumbsup:
Excellent work :thumbsup:
Shiny! Great work, I like it a lot. :thumbsup:
Quote from: wikxie on September 09, 2017, 03:37:45 PM
Thanks all
Paint used
Tamiya acrylic XF-2 for the underside
Humbrol Enamel 27002 Metalcote Polished Aluminium for the top with some panels picked out with Hum 191 Chrome Silver (although after a Tamiya acrylic clear gloss coat it was hard too spot the differance :banghead: )
I can see enough of a difference in the panels, but understand how the clear coat can wash that out. it is a lot of work to do natural metal panels in slightly different colors, but usually worth the effort. Well done.