The Marmo Method Modelbuilding Guide #20: Moving The Consolidated B-36J Peacemaker Photo Reference Gallery, Volume 2

By Richard Marmo

The first volume in a series that is focused on the multiyear project where a small group of dedicated men dismantled, moved and reassembled...twice...the last Consolidated B-36 ever built. These photos not only show how it was done, but provide limitless vignette and diorama ideas for the modelbuilder. If you have a passion for the B-36, this E-book series is a must for your B-36 library. Photos were taken mostly on black-and-white film and occasionally color transparencies with a variety of cameras and film types. Those factors, combined with the age of the negatives, weather conditions when the photos were taken and more, results in the quality of the images varying. You will find photos here that are...frankly...lousy, but they've been included for the one piece of information you may find valuable. That said, all images have been optimized to the extent possible with the historian and modelbuilder in mind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rincom Productions
• Release date: Jun 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215044179

Richard Marmo

The author is a freelance writer and professional modelbuilder. He has also spent decades researching his family's genealogy. He has written three print books, several hundred articles and created several CD-ROM photo galleries. Along the way, he has produced well over 1,000 models for clients ranging from Aerospace companies to private collectors. A self-described aircraft/science fiction nut...ahem, enthusiast...he will and has built just about anything you care to name, depending on his client's requirements.A native Southerner who was born in Tennessee, he has spent most of his life in Texas (He got there as soon as he could.). He lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Nelda, his dog, Magnum, and more model kits than he'll ever be able to build in this life.

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A group of loyal and stubborn volunteers spent thirty-five years rescuing the last Consolidated B-36 Peacemaker ever built from the ravages of time and vandals. I was the group's official photographer for the first thirteen or so years of the rescue effort, so most of the photos in this...and subsequent...volumes are mine. Don Pyeatt, Frank Stephenson, Ed Calvert, Caesar 'Jack' Marmo and many others took numerous photos as well and some of their photos will also be found here. No one person could be everywhere all the time and without their photos this reference series would have been less complete. That also results in a number of nearly identical images being included, basically side by side. I make no apologies for this since certain detail can be clearer in one shot than the other.

Photos were taken mostly on black-and-white film and occasionally color transparencies with a variety of cameras and film types. Those factors, combined with the age of the negatives, weather conditions when the photos were taken and more, results in the quality of the images varying. You will find photos here that are...frankly...lousy, but they've been included for the one piece of information you may find valuable. That said, all images have been optimized to the extent possible with the historian and modelbuilder in mind. They have been cropped and adjusted in Corel PaintShop Pro 2018. Each large image has been resized so that they will print to 8 x 10 where feasible...which is most of them. However,