@venusflytrap99 Each B-17 is cast in polyester resin, and even with the cost of making the silicone mould, the cost was peanuts; very like the real B-17's after the war which were being sold off for about US$17,000. The building was all made from scratch using plasticard sheet over a balsawood frame.
I live in Kingman. The man who bought the planes for scrap paid what the fuel in the tanks was worth. Government waste, who'da thunk? People today still metal detect out there and find bits of history. Check out the Kingman Auto and Air Show which takes place at the old Kingman Army Air Field this October.
@aiawods The layout is set around late 1945 so the aircraft are still pretty new. With the war over, there are military trains running bringing troops, tanks and other military vehicles back from the West coast of the US, now that an invasion of Japan is no longer needed.
Aircraft are made of Aluminum, and do not "rust" . They do however get a greyish white, powdery coating, "Aluminum oxidation". This slows the corrosion process by sealing the
metal from Oxygen, Which is the main cause of oxidation
I nearly vomited when i saw the cutter! Why they destroy such great machines is truly a comment on how shallow they are. They care only for petty money.
With all the money they waste they should make great underground shelters and store all the serviceable machines down there. And they should always leave 10 of each type for posterity!.
@astrialkil - They were scrapped because they were obsolete with the development of the jet engine. The world was tired of war and the people wanted to move onwards to peace. The planes were cut up and recycled. A few found other uses and survived, but with over 300,000 US warplanes alone, what did the world need with them any more? It is a sad sight, but understandable.
@astrialkil We were moving into the "nuclear age" of ICBM's and jet engines; they were scraped and recycled. Sure it's a shame today that a few more don't exist, but if they all existed then there would be no fascination with them at all, they wouldn't be a rarity.
Each machine is part of the history...people pay for that....why they dont put each war machine and even old war airplanes with the history of the heroes that fight giving sometimes his own lives. As a monument in each city of the U.S......i think that the history will be more rich,and the war effects and facts will remains for the next generations.
Vultee, I'm in total agree with you, 99% of all crashes are pilot error. Jack Rouse, whom is a very good pilot, almost bit the dust, when the engine on his P-51 give up the ghost. Them engines can't be rebuilt but so many times. they might go through tough inspections, but the metal has to be wearing out. every thing has an expiration date, even us!
@TownBranchDandy Of course, in many warbirds flying today, there isn't a great deal of old original metal left in them. Many are younger than your average family car. Things do wear out, but they are probably better looked after than most armed forces fighter aircraft.
@TownBranchDandy I'd say the biggest problem is a pilots lack of recent flying hours on a type, so if an emergency does happen, they are less familiar with how to deal with it. With some airframes flying 40 hours a year, it isn't a huge amount of air time to stay sharp.
Hey awesome modeling job. Everyone whines & cries because so many WWII aircraft where scrapped. I like warbirds as much as the next fellow, but get a grip people, why in the world would we need a thousand's worn out and obsolete airplanes. Out with the old and in with the new. Have anyone thought of how many folks have been killed flying 65 - 75 year old aircraft. Not a year goes by without a news story about the crash of a ww II vintage aircraft.
@TownBranchDandy I'd argue the fact of airframe age having anything to do with Warbird losses. I'd put money on the fact that far more people are killed or injured in general aviation accidents. Flying is a dangerous activity, and most crashes are pilot error or pilot induced error, rather than a failure of the aircraft itself.
Nice touch with the crane and the "BLADE" for chopping the planes. All too sad because it's so true. Well done modeling job ! THANKS for sharing with all !!!
More like the wholesale murder of beautiful machines, it happened all over the world after the war. British Airways did it again to the Concorde. Machines give good service to those who either own or operate them only to treated like piles of 5h1t. They deserve to at least be lovingly and respectfully dismantled even if they are just going to be melted down for recycled materials.
I bought one B-17 and B-24 and took silicone moulds off them. The other aircraft were cast in polyester resin. All the markings were hand painted. Steve
I wish they'd kept a plane for every base as a gate guardian. To remind passers by that the fields and decaying buildings were once home to a thriving base of thousands, many of whom never came back.
Nice one. Either that, or given that Weta Workshops have contracted a company in China to make fake Lancaster bombers for the new Dambusters film, perhaps they could make some B-17's and 24's as well and we'll use them, instead?
I used to have tons of models when I was growing up and never had space to do anything with them! Now my brother has them (those that I hung from the ceiling anyway) and I know they're still hanging in their dogfights and bomber pursuits... but this is exactly the kind of stuff I had wanted to do for the longest time. I'm very impressed :)
wow very real looking. how much did the scrapping and the convader belt and one of those planes cost you?
venusflytrap99 3 days ago
@venusflytrap99 Each B-17 is cast in polyester resin, and even with the cost of making the silicone mould, the cost was peanuts; very like the real B-17's after the war which were being sold off for about US$17,000. The building was all made from scratch using plasticard sheet over a balsawood frame.
vultee35 3 days ago
If we kept every plane we ever produced that survived the war, I don't suppose they'd be a rarity today.
TheLimbReaper 2 months ago
LOL...loved the cutter!
AKcharger 4 months ago
Very good, an inspiration.
tarzanzardoz007 5 months ago
Amaazing!
4crevis 6 months ago
Awesome layout! Kinda sad to watch good b-17s meet the end.
CaptnDave69u 6 months ago
I live in Kingman. The man who bought the planes for scrap paid what the fuel in the tanks was worth. Government waste, who'da thunk? People today still metal detect out there and find bits of history. Check out the Kingman Auto and Air Show which takes place at the old Kingman Army Air Field this October.
ihavebeenawakened 6 months ago
very cool...
72Z15SS 8 months ago
very nice model. what era is this layout? my first thought was 'these planes need some rust!'
aiawods 10 months ago 2
@aiawods The layout is set around late 1945 so the aircraft are still pretty new. With the war over, there are military trains running bringing troops, tanks and other military vehicles back from the West coast of the US, now that an invasion of Japan is no longer needed.
vultee35 10 months ago
Aircraft are made of Aluminum, and do not "rust" . They do however get a greyish white, powdery coating, "Aluminum oxidation". This slows the corrosion process by sealing the
metal from Oxygen, Which is the main cause of oxidation
flightLdr1 5 months ago
en este ideo se inspiro Lorena Bobbitt...
centauro22ar 11 months ago
I nearly vomited when i saw the cutter! Why they destroy such great machines is truly a comment on how shallow they are. They care only for petty money.
With all the money they waste they should make great underground shelters and store all the serviceable machines down there. And they should always leave 10 of each type for posterity!.
astrialkil 1 year ago
@astrialkil - They were scrapped because they were obsolete with the development of the jet engine. The world was tired of war and the people wanted to move onwards to peace. The planes were cut up and recycled. A few found other uses and survived, but with over 300,000 US warplanes alone, what did the world need with them any more? It is a sad sight, but understandable.
vultee35 1 year ago
@astrialkil We were moving into the "nuclear age" of ICBM's and jet engines; they were scraped and recycled. Sure it's a shame today that a few more don't exist, but if they all existed then there would be no fascination with them at all, they wouldn't be a rarity.
TheLimbReaper 10 months ago
Each machine is part of the history...people pay for that....why they dont put each war machine and even old war airplanes with the history of the heroes that fight giving sometimes his own lives. As a monument in each city of the U.S......i think that the history will be more rich,and the war effects and facts will remains for the next generations.
papapardal1 1 year ago
Nice job, where's the smelter?
carlosmurphy4u 1 year ago
@carlosmurphy4u The smelter is to the right of the crane, out of shot.
vultee35 1 year ago
Amazing, I've never seen anything like it!
Strawberry7Lynn 1 year ago
@Strawberry7Lynn cheers!
vultee35 1 year ago
u got a nice cute crane
kamikazeboy123 1 year ago
@kamikazeboy123 Cheers! It's not the length of the jib that counts, but how big your chopper is on the end!!
vultee35 1 year ago
Incredible ingenuinty; great post my friend!!
Greenhornet270 1 year ago
all this bombers i seen fly in willow run airshow this weekend lol now there being recycle noooooooo anyways awesome layout. =)
SaberTanker22 1 year ago
very very cool
chole4me1 1 year ago
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vultee35 1 year ago
nice man!
mastergoksu 1 year ago
c'mon man why did you have to use B-17s... =( lol great vid man...looks awesome
blueflame53 1 year ago
awesome! your work details the end to a lot of military history in scale...
daddyoca69 1 year ago
Vultee, I'm in total agree with you, 99% of all crashes are pilot error. Jack Rouse, whom is a very good pilot, almost bit the dust, when the engine on his P-51 give up the ghost. Them engines can't be rebuilt but so many times. they might go through tough inspections, but the metal has to be wearing out. every thing has an expiration date, even us!
TownBranchDandy 1 year ago
@TownBranchDandy Of course, in many warbirds flying today, there isn't a great deal of old original metal left in them. Many are younger than your average family car. Things do wear out, but they are probably better looked after than most armed forces fighter aircraft.
vultee35 1 year ago
@TownBranchDandy I'd say the biggest problem is a pilots lack of recent flying hours on a type, so if an emergency does happen, they are less familiar with how to deal with it. With some airframes flying 40 hours a year, it isn't a huge amount of air time to stay sharp.
vultee35 1 year ago
N Scale! O_O
Jason80215 1 year ago
Hey awesome modeling job. Everyone whines & cries because so many WWII aircraft where scrapped. I like warbirds as much as the next fellow, but get a grip people, why in the world would we need a thousand's worn out and obsolete airplanes. Out with the old and in with the new. Have anyone thought of how many folks have been killed flying 65 - 75 year old aircraft. Not a year goes by without a news story about the crash of a ww II vintage aircraft.
TownBranchDandy 1 year ago
@TownBranchDandy I'd argue the fact of airframe age having anything to do with Warbird losses. I'd put money on the fact that far more people are killed or injured in general aviation accidents. Flying is a dangerous activity, and most crashes are pilot error or pilot induced error, rather than a failure of the aircraft itself.
vultee35 1 year ago
u hav to much time lol
legomaster335 1 year ago
Nice touch with the crane and the "BLADE" for chopping the planes. All too sad because it's so true. Well done modeling job ! THANKS for sharing with all !!!
scwtrials 2 years ago
cool
IC2720 2 years ago
You're a very creative artist. I thought at first that I was looking at vintage color newsreel.
TralfazConstruction 2 years ago 4
Brilliant model. Very sad what this model represents though. The wholesale destruction of a generation of war birds!
Maxobillion 2 years ago 5
More like the wholesale murder of beautiful machines, it happened all over the world after the war. British Airways did it again to the Concorde. Machines give good service to those who either own or operate them only to treated like piles of 5h1t. They deserve to at least be lovingly and respectfully dismantled even if they are just going to be melted down for recycled materials.
BENGALCHEETA 1 year ago
Man, what a great idea!!! Much better than the usual junk (car) yard!
caseyjones2222 2 years ago
Where can I get these models? (I'm guessing Minicraft/Academy 1:144). Also how did you get the 100th and 458th BG decals for the B-17 and B-24?
Jack
mjtheflyboy95 2 years ago
I bought one B-17 and B-24 and took silicone moulds off them. The other aircraft were cast in polyester resin. All the markings were hand painted. Steve
vultee35 2 years ago
The two bought models were Minicraft/Academy.
vultee35 2 years ago
So did you Custom make the decals, Or just hand paint them?
Jack
mjtheflyboy95 2 years ago
He has 5 B-17 Flying fortresses
CoolKodyP 2 years ago
I also have a 1/10 scale and 1/6 scale R/C B-17's too ;-) Not on this model railroad, they're a bit big!!
vultee35 2 years ago
Wish I had the time, energy and creativity to do somehing like this.
02wlander 2 years ago
Thanks
vultee35 2 years ago
Very cool and never seen anything like it in any layout. Nice job.
boduke70 2 years ago
Very nice.
Phantomrig 3 years ago
I'd like to know what scale was used for the aircraft used. If someone could tell me that, I really would appreciate it, thank you in advance.
michaelmohrmann 3 years ago
The aircraft are all 1:144 scale. They are resin cast, made from rubber moulds, which in turn were made from 1:144 scale plastic kits. Steve
vultee35 3 years ago
I wish they'd kept a plane for every base as a gate guardian. To remind passers by that the fields and decaying buildings were once home to a thriving base of thousands, many of whom never came back.
Wingdoss 3 years ago 3
Just as soon as I invent a time machine, I'll go and fix that
vultee35 3 years ago
Nice one. Either that, or given that Weta Workshops have contracted a company in China to make fake Lancaster bombers for the new Dambusters film, perhaps they could make some B-17's and 24's as well and we'll use them, instead?
Wingdoss 3 years ago
agree it was gool
nolifemerc 3 years ago
fantastic stuff.but sad too know that realy happend.
Film for a bit longer if you can.
Thanks
100thbombgroup 4 years ago
Cheers! Check out my other videos. There some of the layout running, and also some of my R/C 1/6 scale B-17 flying. Steve
vultee35 4 years ago
nice haha people are idiots they say all these hobbies are for kids only and its not thats for adults too and yeah its a hobbie and its awesome
picososo 4 years ago
I used to have tons of models when I was growing up and never had space to do anything with them! Now my brother has them (those that I hung from the ceiling anyway) and I know they're still hanging in their dogfights and bomber pursuits... but this is exactly the kind of stuff I had wanted to do for the longest time. I'm very impressed :)
xtheguyx1 4 years ago
Nooooo!!!!!!!!!!! Save the B-24s!!!!!!!!!
lordvader3215 4 years ago
Splendid stuff! Nice use of all those models.
hirsutetone 4 years ago
awesome
adamc702 4 years ago
Thanks
vultee35 4 years ago