jjuwana Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Guys, I'm building academy's 1/72 b-29 enola gay, what is the differences between the standard specs b-29 and this particular a/c ? Regards JAhja Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Sidharta Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Deletion of side windows, upper guns and of course, THE BOMB.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jjuwana Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 what about the rear most turret ? JAhja Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pingu1 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 (edited) Gun-aiming windows blanked off, with tiny windows in the middle. gun-aiming equipment removed. Turrets removed and blanked off. Aerials on uppersurfaces. The Academy kit has it pretty much right. Not too difficult seeing that the real thing still exists. A Google Image Search on 'Enola Gay' results in more piccies than you can wave a krill at. The shiny bits of the airframe (which is most of it, except the wing uppersurfaces) were very shiny - a good candidate for Bare Metal Foil of Alclad II Chroime. Cheers, Chris. Edited February 17, 2007 by pingu1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrallman Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 rear turret retained two .50 cal guns only. I did a fair bit or research into the Enola Gay and Bockscar for markings and configuration during and post nuke missions. PM if you want more info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kitnut617 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 (edited) They had uprated engines and visually, the propellers had cuffs plus the crawl way was repositioned to one side which was neccersary because they had modified bomb racks. They were designated B-29A Robert Edited February 17, 2007 by kitnut617 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timc Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 (edited) Props were changed from Hamilton Standard to Curtiss Electric on Silverplate B-29s. (the atom bombers). Don't be misled by thinking that they cuffed the ham standard props on these machines. I don't recall if the R-3350's were turbocompound engines or not. Regular B-29's were not. As was previously mentioned, gun turrets removed, as were the obligatory sighting blisters. Tail turret remained but the 20mm gun was removed. (lot's of B-29 groups removed the 20mm due to the difference in the trajectory between the 20mm round and the 50 cal. round). Sorry kitnut but your information is lacking. The atom bombers didn't have their tunnels moved to one side. See the attached photo of the Enola Gay's after fuselage. Note the attachment point for the tunnel, it's smack dab in the center of the fuselage, upper side. That's where they all were. You're looking at the aft bulkhead of the bomb bay. I do belive that your information on the B-29A designation is also incorrect. IIRC, the designation B-29A was given to those B-29's built in Wichita, KS but I'll have to check my sources on that before committing 100% to it. It's been awhile since I've dabbled in B-29's. I've also attached a picture of Enola Gay's tail turret. These two photos are of the actual Enola Gay, not some restored wannabe. This is "THE" aircraft that flew over Hiroshima and dropped little boy. HTH TimC Edited February 17, 2007 by timc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kitnut617 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Sorry kitnut but your information is lacking. The atom bombers didn't have their tunnels moved to one side. See the attached photo of the Enola Gay's after fuselage. Note the attachment point for the tunnel, it's smack dab in the center of the fuselage, upper side. That's where they all were. You're looking at the aft bulkhead of the bomb bay. I do belive that your information on the B-29A designation is also incorrect. IIRC, the designation B-29A was given to those B-29's built in Wichita, KS but I'll have to check my sources on that before committing 100% to it. It's been awhile since I've dabbled in B-29's. HTH TimC Great pics Tim, hmm! it does show the tunnel dead center doesn't it. I wonder where I got that bit wrong, I'm sure I read or was told that it was offset. Also I think you are right about the A designation, they were built in Wichita. In the book Ruin from the Air it mentions that Tibbets went to Wichita to personally pick out the bomber he was going to use on the first raid. Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve N Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 The B-36 had the bombay tunnel offset to one side..maybe that's what you were thinking of. I don't know about the B-50, which was essentially a B-29 on steroids. SM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 ...the B-50, which was essentially a B-29 on steroids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryt Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 According to my references B-29As were built at the Boeing Renton plant The Silverplate (Atomic Bombers) were built at the Martin-Omaha plant. The B-29B was built at the Bell-Marietta plant. The other B-29s were built at the Boeing Seattle or Wichita plant. The noticable changes were Curtis Electric propellers and deletion of all but the tail armaments. The other modifications were internal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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