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Superb Matilda, Kimura. Is it the new Tam or the old Tam?
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2nd that, terrific looking 'tilda KIMURA.
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Well, ran into an issue with the BE-6. Checking the net for pictures to insure that I got the tail dihedral and fin angle right, I can across this picture:
More shots here.
Which shows the tail as clearly as I could hope for. But this picture, and others, showed another problem with the kit, one I can't really ignore. Check out the kit nacelles (sorry for the quality):
While the kit isn't the most accurate, most of the problems I can ignore happily, but the nacelle is quite distinctive. So what to do?
I rejected building up the nacelle with putty- too much time and too much variation possible between the two nacelles. So to the spares box to see what might be gluable to the kit nacelle to make it better. The shape of the nacelle was familiar, reminiscent of a P-47. The spares box yielded a B-24 nacelle from the Airfix kit that once cut down would be a good base to mod the kit nacelle. The BE-6 is about the size of a B-17, and has roughly the same power in the form of two 2400hp Shvetsov ASh-73TK radials. I mused that those would be equivalent to late model R2800's or early R3350's, and that's when it hit me- the cowlings are spitting images of the B-29's, just upside down. A quick check showed that the Shvetsov engines are more or less copies of the R3350 (a charge that is denied- the engine is supposedly a parallel development stemming from license-built R1820's, but seeing as parts are interchangable, I'm throwing the bull**** flag and calling it a 3350 clone). Pulling a nacelle from my Airfix B-29 and matching it up showed a near perfect match. Seeing as I still need those for the 29, I'm going to try my hand at resin casting copies that I can graft to my -6. Such fun!
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That broken down gate-guard shot is surreal. Would make a great diorama.
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Maybe the R 3350 is cloned (remember those B-29s that were copied down to the bullet hole repairs and the "Boeing" on the pedals). But it's fair to say that every other Shvetsov design apart from the first R 1820 has been a development.
I noticed those cowlings looked oddly familiar too. Good work on finding out what they were. Resin casting sounds interesting, good luck!
I have noticed however that Be-6 have other engines types, so maybe the given cowlings are not that far from reality.
I love looking at derelict aircraft. It's extremely melancholic, and it really stirs something within you.
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It's funny, the Chinese aircraft that were re-engined with the Wopen WJ-6 turboprop engines, in new nacelles, do look closer to the kit nacelle, but not by much! The kit is mostly right- I wonder why they dropped the ball on the nacelles?
I hear what you're saying about derelict airplanes.
That shot would make an excellent diorama, especially with the little girl reaching up for the prop. One of the other shots showed how much of the oil had leaked out of the right engine and ended up on the side of the fuselage. They didn't even drain the oil before they put her on the pedestal!
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Here the 1st coat of weathering with drybrusching and the 1st coat of pastel chalk Umbra. To tired now to go further steps with weathering.
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@ Kimura