Building a WWII fighter from essentially nothing is a feat all its own. What if I were to tell you that someone is doing the very same thing, only for a B-36 Peacemaker? Crazy? Yes. Lofty? Yes.

The B-36 was a flying leviathan. It had a wingspan of 230 feet and was designed to be the largest mass-produced piston-engine aircraft ever built. Combining six Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major ...