RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted July 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 30/07/2020 at 11:30, gwrrob said: At eight fifteen I assume. Should be August 6th at 8.15 am for Little Boy and Enola Gay, August 9th at 11.02 am was Fat Man and Bockscar.. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2020 She's back from the shelf of Doom... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: She's back from the shelf of Doom... She's a Registered Trademark? (we know a song about her!) Edited August 3, 2020 by Hroth (What a dreadful cardi!) 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 4, 2020 What a band and I've probably seen them 20 times since 1980. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, gwrrob said: What a band and I've probably seen them 20 times since 1980. Never seen them, but I do have the Factory single of Electricity, with the raised black ink on the black sleeve, which I bought from Probe Records in Button St, Liverpool. 1979, such a long time ago... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2020 What if on August 6th 1945 at 08.15 hours Little Boy had been dropped by a Lancaster. Hiroshima 1945 - The British Atomic Attack 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 15 hours ago, toboldlygo said: What if on August 6th 1945 at 08.15 hours Little Boy had been dropped by a Lancaster. Hiroshima 1945 - The British Atomic Attack An interesting "what if". I would suppose that Lancs selected for the task would have been upengined and "lightened" to improve altitude/speed, though the job for the bombing aircraft would be pretty hairy! The nukes weight about 5 tons, about the same as Tallboy and half the weight of Grand Slam, so they were well within the capabilities of a Lanc. I'm glad the Yanks got the opprobrium for dropping the nukes, considering the stick the RAF got in later years for Dresden. Its interesting that settled US policy was to firebomb most Japanese cities to ash, though little fuss seems to have been made about that post-war! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Hroth said: An interesting "what if". I would suppose that Lancs selected for the task would have been upengined and "lightened" to improve altitude/speed, though the job for the bombing aircraft would be pretty hairy! The nukes weight about 5 tons, about the same as Tallboy and half the weight of Grand Slam, so they were well within the capabilities of a Lanc. I'm glad the Yanks got the opprobrium for dropping the nukes, considering the stick the RAF got in later years for Dresden. Its interesting that settled US policy was to firebomb most Japanese cities to ash, though little fuss seems to have been made about that post-war! I'd heard rumours about it, way back in the 90's at Aerospace. The Lancaster's would I assume have been B.I Specials, like those used for the Tallboy and Grand Slam Missions, so no front turret or bomb bay doors, plus refuelling apparatus (Avro had mastered in-flight refuelling as part of the planning the year before, to get round the Lancaster's shorter operating range). What they couldn't get around was the lower surface ceiling and top-speed and whether they'd have got out of the blast radius in time. The irony is, the RAF did pay a small part in the raids, the B-29's used the bomb release mechanisms that were used on the B.I Specials 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2020 Yep she's back on the bench. And getting some undercoat on to to check the seams.. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2020 I know a forum member will probably come up with a musical YouTube reference for this post... Enola needed some work on her seams... But she's back in (Nato) Black.. Nearly whole jar too... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2020 Condition's normal and we're coming home. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 This is intriguing about the Lancaster. Lancasters were going to be sent to the Far East as part of "Tiger Force", I believe. From what I've read earlier, the B-29 had 2 bomb bays neither of which would take the original design of "little boy" bomb which was too long. It would have fitted in a Lancaster B.1 special which had a 33' long bomb bay, and which could also have carried the weight easily. That apparently was the only allied bomber which could have done this, also had a 2500 mile range. However the 3200 mile range B-29 that could fly at 31000 ft with a pressurised fuselage and was already being used for strategic bombing against Japan must have been a better choice when modified, even if the Americans wanted a US aircraft to be used. When the "little boy" gun barrel type bomb was changed to use uranium-235 rather than plutonium, it was much shorter anyway, "Fat boy" was a different design implosion fired weapon. Both types of bomb then fitted B-29s with modified bomb bays. B-29s built to carry atomic weapons were code named "silver plate", eventually there were 149 of them post war. Since the RAF used B-29s in the early 1950s, they seem to have been a better aircraft for the "cold war" era than Lancaster technology in the shape of the Lincoln. But the jet era was there then. You've got me looking a lot of stuff up now with your B-29 model - interesting to see what natural metal finish you use. V-J day soon, 75 years... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2020 21 hours ago, railroadbill said: This is intriguing about the Lancaster. Lancasters were going to be sent to the Far East as part of "Tiger Force", I believe. From what I've read earlier, the B-29 had 2 bomb bays neither of which would take the original design of "little boy" bomb which was too long. It would have fitted in a Lancaster B.1 special which had a 33' long bomb bay, and which could also have carried the weight easily. That apparently was the only allied bomber which could have done this, also had a 2500 mile range. However the 3200 mile range B-29 that could fly at 31000 ft with a pressurised fuselage and was already being used for strategic bombing against Japan must have been a better choice when modified, even if the Americans wanted a US aircraft to be used. When the "little boy" gun barrel type bomb was changed to use uranium-235 rather than plutonium, it was much shorter anyway, "Fat boy" was a different design implosion fired weapon. Both types of bomb then fitted B-29s with modified bomb bays. B-29s built to carry atomic weapons were code named "silver plate", eventually there were 149 of them post war. Since the RAF used B-29s in the early 1950s, they seem to have been a better aircraft for the "cold war" era than Lancaster technology in the shape of the Lincoln. But the jet era was there then. You've got me looking a lot of stuff up now with your B-29 model - interesting to see what natural metal finish you use. V-J day soon, 75 years... Initially I was going to spray the B-29A using Vallejo Metal Color Chrome, but after consulting those with more knowledge of doing natural metal finish. I shall be using Metal Colour Aluminium for the base colour, with other Metal Colour's to break it up - however I'm waiting for the Aluminium & White Aluminium to arrive and it far too hot to paint at present, as I need to put a gloss black coat over the whole thing. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2020 In the meantime there's been a few new arrivals for the stash... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 On 09/08/2020 at 12:22, toboldlygo said: Initially I was going to spray the B-29A using Vallejo Metal Color Chrome, but after consulting those with more knowledge of doing natural metal finish. I shall be using Metal Colour Aluminium for the base colour, with other Metal Colour's to break it up - however I'm waiting for the Aluminium & White Aluminium to arrive and it far too hot to paint at present, as I need to put a gloss black coat over the whole thing. Thanks for info, James, looking forward to seeing how a model of a large aircraft comes out in natural metal. I'm trying applying bare metal foil to a Mustang fuselage, so interested in seeing ways of doing natural metal. p.s. I have a Shackleton fuselage now in primer ( a while after the wings...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2020 19 hours ago, railroadbill said: Thanks for info, James, looking forward to seeing how a model of a large aircraft comes out in natural metal. I'm trying applying bare metal foil to a Mustang fuselage, so interested in seeing ways of doing natural metal. p.s. I have a Shackleton fuselage now in primer ( a while after the wings...) No going back now - the Metal color's have arrived - along with some other goodies.. And she's slowly (due to high temps) being sprayed gloss black (Tamiya X-1) - I found it works best with Mr Hobby SLT Another piece of armour has arrived.. Lot's of machinery's been painted. These two got a medal.. And there's a Bulleid on the bench.. And it's official.. 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted August 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 17:36, toboldlygo said: What if on August 6th 1945 at 08.15 hours Little Boy had been dropped by a Lancaster. Hiroshima 1945 - The British Atomic Attack And now another 25min gem from Mark Felton about the possible use of 3rd A bomb and the complexities of the Japanes surrender 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 The Mark Felton videos were interesting, hadn't realised the Americans had another bomb being assembled that would have been ready not long after the first 2 were dropped. Good luck with Toboldlygo's Model Works, James. (And well done with the P.47/P.51 builds). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2020 Even with all the hot and humid weather, I've managed to complete a few things this week. And a couple more arrivals.. Slight hint in the second photo, as to my next build once the B-29A is finished. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 Ooh, proper Plastic Weld. You're making me jealous... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2020 15 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Ooh, proper Plastic Weld. Smells quite nice, then I read the warning label! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 20, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2020 Busy week.. The Engine Shed is fully lit and the roof is on. A completed build in 5 days - Severn Models Weighbridge.. From this on Sunday. To this today (Thursday). And wrestling with some Skytrex Water Cranes.. More arrivals 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2020 I love the box artwork on the Spitfire kit . 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 11 hours ago, gwrrob said: I love the box artwork on the Spitfire kit . Na, the artwork on the "Karl"is much nicer. And besides that, it's railway related. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 21, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 20/08/2020 at 19:36, gwrrob said: I love the box artwork on the Spitfire kit . It would have been better if they'd used Captain Slow (James May) as the pilot The kit with all it's fan-fair's has the same fit issue's, as every other Eduard kit I've built - the wing fit straight from the box isn't the best, judging from a build review I've been watching. 15 hours ago, Trains&armour said: Na, the artwork on the "Karl"is much nicer. And besides that, it's railway related. And it's in Panzer Grey and huge for 1/72nd - the kit's gorgeous. Anyone want to see me do a sprue review blog entry on it? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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