Niice model! The full sized jet powered Horten IX V2 also flew well -and up to close on 600mph with very good handling characteristics , enough for the RLM to commit to production. As this was at the end of 15 years of development of a series of tailless glider and powered aircraft by the brothers Horten , perhaps it wasn’t surprising.
Like the Hortens , Northrop dispensed successfully with vertical surfaces ( see N1M and N 9M) in his designs.
The fins on the YB 49 were evidently to compensate aerodynamically for the removal of the prop drive fairings from the XB-35 design,from which the jet bomber was of course directly derived.

I think this a very pertinent point.
Over the years , I have experienced acute and helpless discomfort in watching the way families have disposed of seriously significant individual archives. Ignorance, theft, greed and bonfires at the bottom of the garden have taken toll of many collections of material of historical value.
In my case I have already donated my and , more significantly, my late father’s unique and rare material ( Blue prints , Tech docs, manuals and photos) to two formal U.K. collections. One of these, at least, has already properly catalogued and accommodated the material delivered into their safekeeping.
I’ve kept most of my widely published books ( Putnams , Harboroughs, Macdonalds etc. plus mags) as with the additional use of the Internet these suffice to keep me with plenty to reread and to assist with small scale modelling projects.
When these are thrown on the fire in a few years time, there will then be no great loss to the wider community.

It was an old joke when I joined but others may recall it.

“Bader’s flying this Hurricane today, Corporal”

” Oh Sh*t , could we get him out early for another compass swing , Sir?”

Oh, for goodness sake!
TSR 2 had grown into a monster at the time of its fully justified cancellation.
It was the price of a destroyer and hardly able to be considered as a “Tactical “asset. Guys, it was the length of a Vulcan!
If Labour wouldn’t have cancelled it, the incoming Conservative Government would have had to. It was based on supporting an Empire that had dissolved and was a nonsense in a NATO environment.
There were a lot af sighs of relief all round from many in Industry when the thing was finally put out of its misery.

Agreed totally pagen01. The sun’s within a few degrees of being overhead with its nadir slightly towards the bottom left of the image as displayed. The fin fillet’s shadow also shows this to good effect.
The dark triangular mark on the starboard flap is also now clearly evident.

Do try this , because I just have.
Run off a couple of prints of the image.
Take one and cut out out the shape of Superfortress.
Lay this over the other image shadow area in question.
All lines up pretty well I would say , including the rear fuselage over the area on the tailplane.

One point for consideration during any restoration .
I went in the RAFM Wellington in 1967 at Biggin Hill. IIRC the navigator training stations were still all in place down the fuselage.

Although one could mutilate the 110, 88 and 111, the Ju 87 in the video presentation is meant to be a “B”, so I think we can presume that the graphics team were just uninformed ( or considered it irrrelevant) as to the implications.
Or perhaps the aircraft in the cooling tower charade will be plastic models after all.