LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Warplane Art => Topic started by: No.1 on January 12, 2021, 05:26:08 PM
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One f the giants originated in WW2, not much known about it and it will be real challenge to make it good and detailed. This is very start, with several basic shapes done ;)
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This is one of my favorite airplanes! Really it wasn't successful in the original concept but for some reason the AAF continued developing it.
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Nice to hear you like this one :-razz tell me please, is any sample preserved in USA? continue of work :))
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Star work on panels :))
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nice start mate !
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Thanks :)) now all panels done... next to go is rivets :-razz
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About the only thing left of the entire B-32 production is one outer wing panel that is part of a monument/memorial in Southern California and a couple of the nose and tail ball turrets. When the war ended the AAF got rid of the B-32s pretty quickly, sending the survivors either to Kingman or Walnut Ridge for scrapping. There must be some remains out in the Pacific since a couple of them crashed during the final days of the war.
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Also, I started a 1/48 Dominator project back when I was a contest modeler. I planned to use a Monogram B-24 as inspiration but the airplane would have been mostly scratch-built. Several months after I started collecting components to build mine I went to a contest and someone had built a beautiful 1/48 B-32, so mine went into semi-permanent hibernation.......
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This is the Dominator in full color, showing the first production model with the final enlarged vertical tail.
It was a fail-safe project for a long-range heavy bomber in case the B-29 Superfortress would run into insolvable problems.
The B-29 did not fail; in spite of a number of teething problems and with large-scale production of the B-29 only a relative small number of B-32's was built.
The type was just in time operational to be used on a small scale during the last months of the war against Japan.
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Thank you for constructive comments and useful info :-ok I am now in stage of rivets... and still not completed :-wall
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Rivets and bolts completed, next stage- shadows :-razz
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Moving along nicely!
Although I love the B-32 myself, it really is an ugly duckling compared to the B-29, isn't it!?
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Agree, not that refined shape :-razz
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Nice progress mate !
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Thanks :))
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I always liked the Dominator. Nice work!!! :)
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Thank you :)) and glory moment when start work on shadows and form start to appear :-love
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Work on shadows continues ;)
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Really nice progress!!
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Thank you :))
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Great progress mate !
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Thanks :))
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Almost all shadows done
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Great :-cool
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Thank you :)) let me guess that in this moment I pass 2/3 of what have to be made here :-wise
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Start fight with details :-cool
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excellent work!
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Lovely!
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Thanks :))
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Excellent mate !
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Thanks! Now last stand... various tiny details...
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In this moment a lot of work with a little visible. Detail by detail is add and most challenge present gun turrets, mostly because not proper photo is available. But will solve that...
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Indeed a lot of work, but splendid done :-cool
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The first two Dominator prototypes were quite different from the final production version with a twin fin layout and a cockpit type that wat later used for the B-36 bomber.
The third prototype already had a single fin, although in combination with the original glazed cockpit.
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Thank you friends :-razz obviously that it was complicated with number of variations comparing with total production. Most pf this day work was dedicated to sharpen and correct gun turret details and make propellers. To regret, no precise info of its size and shape so I decide to make em running. This mean that I will need to add some silhouette of crew inside.
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:-ok :-ok
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:-razz :))
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Basic development completed :-tri
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And to see it completed :))
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Excellent work! :-cool :-cool
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:-razz :-ok :-tri
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Excellent !
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Thanks :))
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Update with TB version :))
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Very good job. Nice to see the shape of those rare planes :-salut :-salut
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Thank you :))
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Book just arrived at my desk!! It presents all you need to know on the B-32 Dominator.
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:-razz :-razz :-ok :-clap :-clap :-clap :-tri
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Nice work Srecko, as always!
Nice to be back on the Let Let Let forum. My last message was from ages ago!
Regards,
Edwin
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Dank u wel for comment and welcome back, glad you are alive :-ok :-flo