Papertrade 1:33 YB-49 Flying Wing

[mspacemike]

One of my favorite bombers. Love all the books and materials. Didn't see a material parts list though.

[mspacemike]

Oh, yes....33 scale wingspan would be approximately 62.545 inches. Good size.

[Erik Zwaan]

I'll be following this interesting project. Looking forward to the cockpit details.

Erik

[Diderick A. den Bakker]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

That is really one of the most elegant planes that ever flew. I am really looking forward to following this build. I didn't know that Ecard models had this in a kit.

Beard

Look for Papertrade in the Ecardmodels index - You may find several other interesting models. For ready printed, come to zeistbouwplaten.nl/ Don't worry: the site is almost completely bilingual.

[Diderick A. den Bakker]

Originally Posted by Isaac

Always like the unusual!!!!
Separate ailerons I hope?
Isaac

Oh yes, and retractable landing gear and all. Designer Cor van Haasteren never goes for the simple version - but the really difficult parts are generally optional. See my site zeistbouwplaten.nl and Ecardmodels.com for more of his models (F102A Delta Dagger, Lockheed U2, Lockheed XFV Salmon, Douglas X3 Stiletto, Northrop X-4 Stiletto, Fokker G1, Fokker F27 Friendship). More pictures on my Collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zeist_bouwplaten/

The picture shows the Wing taking off, retracting the landing gear. This and other pictures are of the 1:50 prototype.

[billy.leliveld]

A little experiment ;
Because of it's size and thickness of the paper I printed on, it needs to be laminated anyway,so I have printed a second set of parts on metallic paper, using Golden Digital ground, then sprayed it with matt-varnish, giving just the right feeling of aluminum.
I've cut each of the panels and with the "riveter" I'm able to give them rivets and laminate the surface in one go

[richkat]

That is very cool Billy, looks great........Rich

[MacSongLi]

Now I really like that. Great job Billy.

Gary

[scon10]

That's an interesting riveter, where did you find that? Or did you make it yourself? It looks very effective.

[billy.leliveld]

It came in set of 3, Aviation Megastore, Aalsmeer
AviationMegastore.com