PlaStix Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Absolutely stunning work!! The work you are putting into even the smallest details is fantastic. Superb skills!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Wood element looks great !! Other too ,-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I would love to see this in the flesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Damn, this is good. I look at the pics and keep expecting to see flack bursts outside the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Many thanks to everyone who have commented Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Fozzy I really do not understand this model... Human beans just can't DO this stuff on a model. As my childhood hero, Hurree Jamset Ram Singh used to say... "The doingfullness of this is most impossible." perfect just got betterrer nice one mate, Have fun with the .50 cals I've just knocked out a pair to suit my Catalina. Shall I trash them now or next week? Detail confined to cocking handles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBranco Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 This is art! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Once again thanks chaps! ....Bill......yep ,I will try to have fun with the 50 cals!!.....show me yours and I'll show you mine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I am simply speechless by the craftsmanship here. Well done Fozzy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thanks Alan.....and Good afternoon one and all. I have eventually managed to do the rest of the small detail before I make the 50 Cals...so here is a small update. ASTRODOME DETAIL Here are a couple of photos of the detail ....most of it being guess work as lack of info ! CHEEK GUN ATTACHMENT CABLES AND PULLEYS Here is the detail I have done for the attachment cables and pulleys for the cheek guns.......... really fidely work Ok then ...so its on with the Guns....this is going to take some time so I wouldnt hold your breath! ....I have to make two identical guns (should be fun!!)...and I'll get back to you when I have made some progress Thanks again for all your support Fozzy 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I simply can't believe what I have just been looking at throughout this posting - my mind has been boomshankered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgregor Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Fozzy you are kidding us with this one aren't you? Images of a real B17 being passed of a scratchbuild model? I've got you sussed!!! AWESOME.........................Just AWESOME! Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 cheers guys ...appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Fozzy, I reckon you just have too much time on your hands - had you thought of taking up a hobby?? This is by far your best work to date (and the others were all amazing). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Hello againIts time for another update...............THE CHEEK GUNSSo I have started on the 50 cal cheek guns and first off here are a few photos of them during construction.................as per usual ...I have made them out of scrap plastic ,a few cuttings from a coke can and wire.Here they are painted (not completed yet as I have to make the gun mounts which the MG slips into and the loading handle etc etc) ...............................I have been informed from a good source that maybe the barrells are a little on the short side....so I will look into that!. Now onto the hardest thing to date...the chuffing window that the MG pokes through!!! What a nightmare!! For those of you who have been following this will know that I have already pre constructed the window frames...see below.........how ever......I suddenly thought that it was going to be really difficult to attach the gun through the bottom aperture ....not to mention attaching the ammo belt!....whilst at the same time gluing it to the fuselage side.....I visualized my self committing suicide whilst attempting to do it! ....there had to be an easier way.Well I decided to build the window frame for the gun onto the top half of the fuselage....then set the gun through the aperture and then fix the ammo belt.......well this is all well and good but it means the frame is not as accurate as what I would like.....but there really is no other way!...it will just have to do!! Here is the Port side frame finished ready to take the MG............................... ....all I have to do now is do the exact same thing for the Starboard side!!! The wife is calling me to do shed loads of concreting around the garden and the my band keep saying ("learn the bloody set!")...and so there will be a bit of a wait until the next post.... .......but I'll be back! Cheers for looking in Fozzy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) This is well worth waiting for K Edit: spelling Edited April 9, 2014 by kwaterous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiking Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 What stunning work. Amazingly brilliant!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 - Excuse me Sir, from which planet are you coming from ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusty one Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 he from the planet....omg how the hell!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Thanks for your comments chaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Totally bloomin' awesome. Hat well & truly off, sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Hi all Thanks for all your interest in this model saga!!! Well a few days have gone by and most of that time was spent plastering the front of my house ready for painting ......but I did find time to continue with this build I decided to fix some of the windows before finishing of the cheek guns. I have also fixed the astrodome perspex.......here they are....................... Looking at these photo's reminds me that I have a shed load of work to do on the fuselage skin....ie...filling gaps/rubbing down areas etc ! .......but that all comes later. Next up is to finish off the guns and install them in the windows. Cheers for looking in 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Still looking pretty darn good to me. BTW, Did a Martian explode in the cockpit? Keep them coming, Fozzy. Seriously impressive. Shame the house DIY gets in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Still looking pretty darn good to me. BTW, Did a Martian explode in the cockpit? Keep them coming, Fozzy. Seriously impressive. Shame the house DIY gets in the way. Cheers Pete.......yes its a real green mess in the cockpit!......as for the house DIY...I have counted approx 20 odd jobs queuing up for my attention !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Don't talk to me about green messes The inside of my Catalina looks 'orrible, why on earth didn't they paint their 'planes grey inside As you have been talking about making 50cals I thought I'd show you the ones I made for the Cat in 72th scale Nowhere as detailed as yours ARE GOING to be of course but look OK in 72 in a bubble Barrels from the shop in Lowestoft, they sell two makes of barrel at two different prices, I can't find any difference in quality Bubble not fitted yet, this is just to spur you on Domestic tasks, pah I speet on my domestic tasks damn them USUAL RIDER, I will pull the pic if you like I'm loving this Fort more each time you do summat, amazing work b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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