I’ve got a 1/48 B-26 kit to build sometime, and like most of my builds, I don’t want to do it straight out of the box. I’d like to build a machine that has been stripped, sitting out in a desert scrapyard, with faded paint, missing engines etc, but as yet I haven’t found any photos as reference.
I had a search on the net last night, and found nothing. I’ve also been right through the scrapyard thread and didn’t find anything useful there.
So in addition to photos, a little info. Would a B-26 with engines missing, weapons and bomb sight stripped etc., sit on its tail, or would it remain on all three wheels?
By: pagen01 - 23rd August 2011 at 11:59
No worries Paul, you can’t get enough of a good thing, or is it bad thing as they’re being scrapped – heck you know what I mean:D
It is a fascinating Marauder picture site for sure.
By: ozjag - 23rd August 2011 at 11:56
Hi Pagen
Sorry I didn’t look at your link properly and reposted the same one. I found that site very good though with all the photos of nearly every Marauder, some great nose art shots.
Paul
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd August 2011 at 08:55
Thanks guys, that last picture is perfect. Just what I was looking for.
By: Dan Johnson - 23rd August 2011 at 04:30
From Jeff Ethell’s book “Air Command”
B26 waiting for the scrapper in Germany postwar
By: ozjag - 23rd August 2011 at 03:59
A fair way down this link is a photo of a B-26 fuselage being used as some type of trainer
http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2004.htm
and I also found this very interesting photo of scrapped B-26’s in Germany, it appears that their nose legs have been cut off, could be good for your model. The photo is too large to post here.
Paul
By: ozjag - 23rd August 2011 at 03:36
There are a few distant photos of scrapyard B-26’s in the book ‘Military Aircraft Boneyards’ at the Cal-Aero field in California. It confirms that they do indeed become tail sitters.
Paul
By: Martin Garrett - 22nd August 2011 at 19:31
Rather a clever use of mirrors to replicate the production line.
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd August 2011 at 19:28
Yes I have. It’s nicely done.
By: Martin Garrett - 22nd August 2011 at 19:27
Have you seen pictures of this diorama before ?
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd August 2011 at 19:07
I quite like the idea of bare firewalls with just a few pipes etc hanging out. Or even the dismantling crew stripping one of the engines out.
By: pagen01 - 22nd August 2011 at 19:04
Probably more interesting with the engines attached, super detail heaven – or hell!
Finding shots of B-26s being scrapped does seem quite difficult.
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd August 2011 at 19:02
Thanks for that. It’s a start, and still an interesting pose for a diorama.
By: pagen01 - 22nd August 2011 at 19:00
These aren’t, but then the engines are fitted and I’m guessing the nosegears retracted/lopped off! http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/B-26-Marauder/B-26-Photos/pages/43-34342-B-26G-Marauder-322BG450BS-ER-W-scrapped-Landsberg-Germany-1945-01.html
I can’t help thinking that they become tail sitters without those mighty engines attached.
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