So, I figured a few months ago that I'd try something easy and I got a B-52.  This particular one is huge and represents the launch platform NASA used for the X-15.  It is about 3ft long and 3ft wide.  More info on the B-52 in general can be found via wikipedia. An interesting fact about the B-52 is that in normal level flight it has a slightly nose-down attitude.

Construction of this hulk was very straight forward.  The parts shaped up pretty well and then various assembiles fit together nicely. This is a FG model, so it is not for the super advanced builder crowd and there is not a plethora of intricte details.  Looking back on things I should have created a set of internal formers for the fuselage as I didn't quite get the cross sectional shape right.  But, this model went together quickly, it was fun, and the result still looks large and impressive.  The hardest part was trying to get the engine pylons properly attached to the wings in the space allocated... that step could have been documented a little bit better.  In the end I finally just got the paper slightly damp and molded it into the spot for the pylon on the wing and glued it in.  It isn't the greatest, but it got it attached.

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