Stuff I make: Hobbycraft 1/144 RB-36
I finished a new model: a 1/144 scale RB-36, the reconnaissance version of the B-36. It marks both the first time I've made a kit from Canada's lone manufacturer, Hobbycraft (if you've ever seen a scale model of the Avro Arrow, you can thank them) and I've faced an old foe of mine, silver paint. The R in RB-36 makes this the reconnaissance version of the B-36. It was very good at the role, as it could fly high and carry gigantic cameras Ten engines, six piston and four jet. Yes it was a bit complex For comedy reasons named the "Peacemaker" by its manufacturer, the B-36 was the only airplane that could carry America's first hydrogen bombs without modification. Let me explain: when I was a kid making models silver paint (coming in those little square Testors jars) was just vile. It was very slow to dry, and almost impossible to make visually pleasing on a silver aircraft. (Thinner would have helped here, but that was beyond my then-m...