gunpowder17 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I want to build a stinger tail turret for my B-17. Does anyone have any good side by side type drawings/photos of the stinger and cheyenne please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Eisenman Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) What do you mean by stinger? The regular tail gun before the Cheyenne? They were totally different. Cheyenne Edited August 10, 2013 by Steven Eisenman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_UK Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Is it just me or is that Life B17 not sitting on its tail wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) I think the CG is wrong and the airman is trying to hold the tail down Edited August 10, 2013 by Steve27752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 No, he not holding the tail down, he's very carefully adding that 1/2oz needed according to Boeing instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 The tailwheel is not straight fore-and-aft, and is aligned with the cameraman so that it's hard to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I want to build a stinger tail turret for my B-17. Does anyone have any good side by side type drawings/photos of the stinger and cheyenne please? Hmm, this for the HK 1/32nd B-17? Given the parts breakdown, with a separate rear section, I presume they will do one with the stinger tail in time. I may be stating the bliinkin' obvious, but thre are lots of little variations on B-17's, and you need to check what serail block has what if your not doing the supplied scheme. A an aside, the HK models kit hs had some serious input by Subject Matter Experts. http://www.modelingmadness.com/spl/hk17.htm What is in the box is essentially a Boeing-built B-17G-50-BO or later series aircraft, with the staggered one-piece waist windows and “Cheyenne” tail turret. Outside of the Vega-built B-17s which had a more pointed nose cone, one can get away wit making a model of the Boeing and Douglas-Long Beach B-17G sub-series aircraft that constituted the majority of the B-17Gs built. Given the parts breakdown of the fuselage, different versions can be expected in later releases. Changing the waist window in the right fuselage half to one that is unstaggered will allow any earlier-production B-17 to be done, while the separate Cheyenne tail turret will allow its replacement by the earlier style of tail “stinger.” The separate forward fuselage ahead of the cockpit means that a B-17F could also be done in the future. With the amount of very petite surface detail, it is not advisable for an impatient modeler to go hacking up the right fuselage half to change the position of the waist window, since replacing all that detail would be extremely difficult. HTH T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder17 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thanks. I think i will wait for the F models. 2 B-17s in one house may be a bit cramped though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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