I made a set of 40mm x 40mm flight stands for the B-29 bombers in MiG Alley ages ago, only to find that the models were so big that they just kept falling off. To sort this out, I pulled out all of the offending spindly panel pins and replaced them with hefty round wire nails, which have a larger surface area on the head that prevents the 'falling off' problem. Rather than waste the old panel pins, I made some new 30mm x 30mm bases and added the pins, to create some more 20mm and 30mm high flight stands, as these are the ones most often used in the game. I now have to decide if I'm going to repaint, detail or just leave the rather boring B-29's as they are, while I finish off the painted B-26 bombers with some decals.
Maybe they could stand some work on the co most glazing? Not much other detail to play with.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of some black lining on the cockpit and some black on the wing leading edge and tailplane, plus a bit of colour on the engine cowlings?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good plan to me.
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