bentwaters81tfw Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Revell 1/48 B-17F 42-3441 assembly ship from 384BG Grafton Underwood. HAD Models decals. The 'Spotted Cow' 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Great model!!! That is really an assembly ship difficult to miss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Hello,Bentwaters 81 tfw - My full compliments to you on this fine-looking build of your 'B-17'. I know 'assembly ships' wore spectacular schemes and to achieve this as well as you have done is testament to your finishing skills and also your patience.The end result speaks for itself.Great work. 😉👍 All the best,Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Brilliant, and my favourite WW2 aircraft of the month, really good 😇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king daddy Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 love it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Certainly is different and very nice too! A few more spots and it could almost be an early version of today's 'digital' camo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janremco Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Attractive and fine looiihg color scheme. Great idea to do something different beside the olive greenish bombers. Jan Remco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Cracking variation from NMF or OD. If you stare at it long enough you can actually see a cow emerge in 3D from the spots. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Lovely job. Formation ships had some schemes. No set pattern ..can't be missed ! My dad told me about these garish bright yellow, red and white stripes, checker board etc. B-17s going over RAF Halton out of Cheddington near Tring and Bovingdon ,other side of Berkhamsted during the War along with hundreds of others, barely clearing the Chiltern Hills full loaded. Later seeing them coming back with spluttering dead engine (s) on fire , shot up,daylight through wings etc. and no doubt a few missing. A handful diverted to Halton, in the war, couldn't fly on any longer.. When the Mighty 8th went home in 45 the sky went black with the local 8th units flying low including Mustangs and Thunderbolts flying over. In 1970/71 we found wreckage way up on the hills behind our block in the thick trees from 1940 odd. It was a C-47 trying to make RAF Bovingdon in Fog , my dad was there then too. Well done, great subject, thanks for showing ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Can you dance Polka? Great finish. Like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 That is very nice indeed..... nice to see an assembly ship and a lesser known one at that! I bet it looks very imressive in 48th scale too. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Wow! Like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Admit it, those are just little blue sticky labels made by Blick No chance of missing that one in the sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, Mike said: Admit it, those are just little blue sticky labels made by Blick No chance of missing that one in the sky No. I used a Bingo marker. All told there are just under 500 decals on that - 470 or so blue spots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: All told there are just under 500 decals on that - 470 or so blue spots. That's cheating - you should have masked them all off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just now, Mike said: That's cheating - you should have masked them all off I tell everyone I masked the white!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 You could have painted her blue and then applied a load of Blick stickers... then overlaid dozens of coats of white to completely obliterate all the detail and removed the stickers (if you could still see them). If it were white dots on a blue ship, it would have been doable, but with the coverage of white, it would have been a nightmare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Mike said: You could have painted her blue and then applied a load of Blick stickers... then overlaid dozens of coats of white to completely obliterate all the detail and removed the stickers (if you could still see them). If it were white dots on a blue ship, it would have been doable, but with the coverage of white, it would have been a nightmare I did that for an airbrushed picture on Bristol Board involving a woman in Polka Dot pedal pushers and some other paintings. Mine was white dots and covering in Blue. Too easy and worked like a charm. With this I would think the white coats required would build up way above the base Blue and build up around the Dot sticker edges wouldn't work, not smooth. Removing the stickers is something else and so time consuming. The model would have to be held down securely because the thing would move around with the picking off action. I've used rub down symbols/lettering like Letraset. I pick the lettering/Dot off with masking tape after spraying, it comes off in bits, not too messy to do, but is crisp when done and leaves a clean ground/base colour. Thats with Acrylics never done Letraset with enamel though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Tasty, but I think you've missed one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) Well what a cracking build,love it! Edited March 29, 2017 by stevej60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 wow ! Wouldn't miss that would you? Then that was the idea, great work. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Looks great mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Wow that looks fantastic. Bet you went cross eyed decalling that!!!@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Some of those assembly birds were real optical artworks were'nt they? This is a real gobsmacker of a paint scheme bw, nice one! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Very cool indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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