Around 2 months ago, I picked up an LX twin 64 B-2 Airframe Kit on sale from Banana. I’ve wanted to give this one a shot for a long time now, and the price was right. However, every time I looked at the model, it looked like a cartoon version of a B-2. The outer wing panels were oversized, and the canopy/engines didn’t look right. I finally pulled the overhead view into PowerPoint and overlayed the 3 view of the real thing:
The oversized outer wing panels were definitely the most noticeable, but the canopy also appeared to be significantly oversized for the airframe, and the intakes were too far outboard. Out of curiosity, I stretched the 3 view out until the canopy size and endings spacing was correct:
Now this started to get me thinking.. At this larger size, the outer wing panels are nearly perfectly sized. I printed off the 3 view scaled to the larger wingspan and started planning. A 3” spacer added straight through the center section would stretch it to scale size:
After a few days of debating how to proceed, I got out my jigsaw and cut the airplane in half:
I then fabricated 2 spacers from 1.5” pink foam to fill in the gap.
Next up will be the challenging part: Integrating the landing gear, structure, bomb bay, and battery compartment into the new sections. For propulsion, I picked up 2 of the new 6S 64mm units from the Eflite A-10. Hopefully they will be up to moving this guy once the rebuild is complete.
The oversized outer wing panels were definitely the most noticeable, but the canopy also appeared to be significantly oversized for the airframe, and the intakes were too far outboard. Out of curiosity, I stretched the 3 view out until the canopy size and endings spacing was correct:
Now this started to get me thinking.. At this larger size, the outer wing panels are nearly perfectly sized. I printed off the 3 view scaled to the larger wingspan and started planning. A 3” spacer added straight through the center section would stretch it to scale size:
After a few days of debating how to proceed, I got out my jigsaw and cut the airplane in half:
I then fabricated 2 spacers from 1.5” pink foam to fill in the gap.
Next up will be the challenging part: Integrating the landing gear, structure, bomb bay, and battery compartment into the new sections. For propulsion, I picked up 2 of the new 6S 64mm units from the Eflite A-10. Hopefully they will be up to moving this guy once the rebuild is complete.
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