discussion B-52G-Griffiss AFB 1990s-1/200 DML

[Thunderstick]

While waiting for the F-105D to show up I started work on my Dragon 1/200 B-52G, it will be in it's final scheme of overall gunship gray with an image of the Statue of Liberty on the tail. I have 16 grams of weight in the forward fuselage and have the fuselage halves glued up.

 

[Thunderstick]

Here is a B-52C of the 99th BW of SAC at Westover Air Force Base in early 60s. About 50 miles from where I grew up in western Massachusetts. We use to see B-52Ds when they upgraded, and I saw them in the late 60s-early 70s when we drove to UMASS to visit my older brother at college. I remember seeing one, black belly and SEA camo on top, taking off. I think they frequented Andersen in Guam.

 

[flyjoe180]

Looking forward to seeing the BUFF evolve John. The B-52s you saw in the late 1960s/early 70s would probably have been off to Guam for Operation Arc Light in Vietnam