I am not trying to hijack Mike's thread or to sidetrack any attention to his really neat version of his XB-47D.
I have finally figured out how to post pictures, so here are some photos of my 1/2A Profile Scale of the same airplane. This was built several years ago for a contest in Southern California for 1/2 A profile scale models. It has had some success here in the Southwest where there have been some profile scale events. Sort of an afterthought, I took the airplane with me to the 2000 Nats where I competed in the Precision Scale event (with another airplane) and entered this 1/2A model in the Profile Scale event there. (That is the year that Chuck Snyder won Profile Scale with his really neat DeHavilland Hornet, later published in Flying Models. Chuck's Hornet, in my opinion, sets the standard for what profile scale can be.) This XB-47 placed third which was a pleasant surprise.
Some particulars on the model: 1/36 scale, (1" = 3'), works out to be about a 39" span and 36" length. About 180 sq in and 28 ounces. Power is by two Norvel .049 Big Migs with throttles. It uses the Roberts control system with all of the controls inside the model structure, except, of course, the leadouts. (Getting the bellcrank inside the swept wing of a relatively small 1/2A model was a bit of a challenge.)
The photograph shows the flying propellers and spinners. For display, it has similar spinners, but has the 4-blade propellers.
A lot of ideas were taken from the Robert Parks article and plans in the May 1958 issue of Model Airplane News.
I need to apologize for the quality of the photos. I will try to do better in the future.
Keith