S48 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, vppelt68 said: Let's keep it a secret then, that a STGB lasts only three months Welcome! OMG!!!! Only three months? So, I have to start right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Go on, there's a 25% rule that you can put to good use! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 On 09/11/2016 at 5:02 PM, Arniec said: I have got a Matchbox and a Revell one in 1/72 and a 1/48 beast from Monogram as well. So I am in. Cheers, No one likes a show off you know ! As Enzo would say can we put you down to build all 3 of them in this GB ? I'm sure I have one of these in the stash, so I'm in. Last one I built of these was the old "Bit of Lace" from Airfix that had pride of place on the bedroom ceiling, being attacked by "Jerries " on one side and "Japs" on the other ! Cant see the present Mrs Jockney letting me repeat this however..... cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Pop my name down VP, 2018 gives me time to save up.... Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Well done, Rob! Now, who wants to "be #17 in B-17 STGB"!? 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I've long had a desire to build a PB-1W AEW US Navy bird. Resin 2 Detail are offering some useful bits so yep in 48th please. I may take advantage of the 25% rule though.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Think I'd need longer than three months for this TBH.....Several candidates in the stash, but I'm not at all convinced I could finish any of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Sarge, all we need from you is to sign in to start one... When the Boeing gets going, you know you wanna finish it. Just think of all that OD surface you can paint (I prefer the earlier ones over the later NMF). V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 But where would I put a half finished Flying-Fortress.....I'd be tripping over it in no time! I like B-17s and thus (being me) have several (all the significant types) in my stash.....God knows what I'm going to do with them, because if I built one I'd have nowhere to put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Why not build just half-a-Fortress? These new 72nd scale kits got pretty nice interiors oob. Decorate one fuselage half inside and out, add just one wing etc. On the other hand, just skip building most of the interior, button up the fuselage and concentrate on the exterior. Most of the interior is invisible anyway. Of course they can be built with all bells and whistles, but do they have to? Oh, and you can always make it hang from the ceiling and then add little friends, and then Bf 109:s around it, and then... and then... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Not really my cup of tea.....Half a Fortress on the back of an M-26 Dragon Wagon or similar might hold some appeal, but I've seen it done in 1/32 quite recently so mine would feel distinctly inferior right from the start. However I'll sign up provisionally with Mary-Ann from the film Air Force.....Probably live to regret it, but there you go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre_days Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Please count me in. Several options in the stash, I'm currently kicking myself for missing out on the DK Decals RAF and RCAF B-17 sheet with markings for one of the RCAF's transatlantic mail plane Forts from 168 (Heavy Transport) Squadron. Shouldn't be a hard scheme to replicate from spares and generic sheets, though, and next year will just barely reach the 75th anniversary of the first RCAF Fortress mission, flown by 9204 on December 15, 1943...modelling that scheme carries the bonus of not having to replicate the mailbag mission tally symbols from scratch, although it would be a shame not to have them, but if I can't find a copy of the DK sheet it seems the best option. Another possibility, from the Iliad Design "Stars in the Sky" sheet, is "Yankee Doodle" of the 384th BS, 5th BG in the Pacific, flown by 2Lt Gene Roddenberry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobby_23 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I would be keen for this, the RAF Fortress is right up my street! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-WobblyHands Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) I am game add me to the list , 35+ years since my last B-17 build, the new Airfix B-17 is on the shelf winking at me ... hopefully it will be the center attraction to my 1/72 US warbirds based in Essex themed builds. I will also get a Revel B-17F so I can have an OD and NMF finished Fortress !! Both will be in markings of 381st Triangle-L , I will probably have to make my own decals - just to keep things interesting!! Need to convince the boss 'mrs rj' that all those after market additions are really required Edited March 26, 2017 by RJ-WobblyHands 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 On 16/03/2017 at 11:31 AM, Sobby_23 said: I would be keen for this, the RAF Fortress is right up my street! Is that one of the very early ones with no rear turret, bright blue underneath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobby_23 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Not sure, I was just planning on picking up the Airfix RAF B-17 when it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 On 16/03/2017 at 11:31 AM, Sobby_23 said: I would be keen for this, the RAF Fortress is right up my street! Is that one of the very early ones with no rear turret, bright blue underneath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzapaolo Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I'd love to participate, got 4 or 5 in the stash. If I had to only make one type of aircraft for the rest of time, it would be B-17s 😀Think I would go with Academy b-17g as already built two from Revell and 1 Hasegawa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham77 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I'd love to join I have one of the rescue variants with a lifeboat underneath, SB 17 I think. I'll pop a pic up when I have a photobucket replacement sorted cheers Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Glad to add you to the list, Graham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafwaffe Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Sign me up I've got some in the stash that need building 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Welcome Rafwaffe, will we see ein Festung mit Balkenkreuzen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarylH Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 It would be a good time to do my Heavy Weather Recon mod B-17G so I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thank you, @DarylH! @Enzo Matrix, please pick us a slot in the GB calender, because we are 25 and we're going in V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 PM inbound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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