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Airwar over Austria...1/48 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 99th BG 15th AF - NEW PICS ADDED


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To quote an old Rap song from the early 90ies....Whoomp, there it is!
After the Lancaster this is the second 4-Mot my dad built.
Revell USA kit with Superscale decals and Gunze/Tamiya acrylics. Regarding that the molds are 39 years old the fit was surprisingly good, only the clear parts aren´t the best anymore.

The model shows an aircraft of the 416th BS in Italy 1944. Respect for those young men who climbed into these flying coffins mission for mission.....the Luftwaffe was not that threat anymore but the Vienna area (to which they often headed) had the second dense flak defence after Berlin.
After being awarded with a Distinguished Unit Citation while serving with the 12th AF for a mission during the Big Week, the 99th BG earned a second one with the 15th AF for a successful bombing mission against the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke (20km away from our hometown) on April 23 1944 without any losses.

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After a fellow modeller pointed out that the oil streaks in the hot air outlet area on the upper wings don´t go with the openings but the small space between the openings because the oil gets divided by the air, I did a quick fix with the help of Tamiya´s weathering sets. Does not look optimal but ok. Gotta fix this maybe someday with airbrush.

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very nice work, great job on the scheme and finish, looks great with the vehicles long side it....... just picked up 1/48 one for my mum, as shes always been a fan of the sally 'b and asked for one lol,,, hope comes out as good.

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Overall it's a success and it's great to see one in the markings of 15th AF.

However I miss more colorfull markings and some putty on the waist windows. I' ll get that right on mine;-)

Josip

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there were only 2 or 3 15th AF 1/48 B-17 decals, all from Super Scale and this was the only one which hadn´t staggered waist guns, so this scheme was the only choice for my dad

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Very nicely done - personally I preferred the look of the exhaust staining before you fixed it, but I'm always looking at what's visually appealing over what might be accurate.

I built a B-17F in this scale, and then found I had nowhere to put it - it's just too big!

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Now that looks amazing and nice some vehicles are included as well. It's one of my ultimate aims to do a good build of the Lanc and B-17. Quite envious your dad managed to achieve his in 1/48.

I did know a modeller with a 1/72 B-52 in the stash. We were always asking "when are you going to build it?" and the reply always being "can't start building until I found somewhere to display it". It was still in the stash after I quit the hobby.

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38662676234_a7517e53c2_b.jpgDSC_0019 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

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Fantastic plane!  I love the B-17!!  For me, it is the best plane!

Nice work... I have the same kit (ehmmm... a pair :D)... unfortunately, this is the only kit on 48th scale but I agree with you... it is old but it is good yet

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On 30.12.2017 at 2:48 PM, Bob Henry said:

Reini, this is another one that is really neat .... WELL DONE...            Bob H.

 

3 hours ago, matteo44 said:

Fantastic plane!  I love the B-17!!  For me, it is the best plane!

Nice work... I have the same kit (ehmmm... a pair :D)... unfortunately, this is the only kit on 48th scale but I agree with you... it is old but it is good yet

thanks!

have also a Revell Germany "F" and a ProModeler "G" with the Cheyenne rear gun position...think we won´t see a new 1/48 B-17 in the nearer future

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