Azgaron Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Amazing work! Looks great! Håkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 Thank you again fellow modelers!😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 Hi everyone Just when you thought that it was impossible to cram any more equipment into the turret Mr Sperry thought it was best to install the K4 gun sight!....and it isn't a small piece of equipment either!...it sat just above the gunners rib cage!😲 I made the gun sight by shaping a small piece of balsa wood and then covering it with some plastic card....then all the bits and bobs were simply glued on! Here it is before being painted...... ....and here are some different angles of the K 4 gun sight before being placed into the turret..... So here are some photos of the gun sight squeezed into the turret.......poor gunner! Looking through the gunners hatch....... Here is a shot through the front glass on the ball turret showing the (blue) sight glass....... Its a slow old process but I think I am getting there! Next up is....yep you guessed it .....more equipment!! Till then thanks for taking a look...always appreciated😉 Fozzy 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 And your posts are always appreciated, Fozzy. A lovely little bombsight. Of course the details are still secret, so expect a knock on your door soon! I wonder what a ball turret weighed, and how many more bombs could have been carried without it? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 I'd like to know how they even managed to shoe-horn a person in there as well! Had to have been a jockey in peace-time, surely! I am starting to gain a greater respect for 'Rascal' in 'Memphis Belle'... Stupendous modelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 How can it be that I missed such an artwork. Following! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Very nice work with the sight! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 Thanks a lot guys😉 Here is a photo I found that shows just how tight it was inside the turret....no wonder the gunner had to be short!....... I certainly wouldn't relish the thought of climbing in there for a few hours of combat! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Or getting someone wounded out...... Brave boys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 (edited) Gordon Bennett! Even by your high standards, Fozzy, this is amazing stuff! Edited May 13, 2018 by Ex-FAAWAFU 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 All relevant expletives discarded In all my sixtyish years of aero modelling this part of this wonderful model has completely struck my AWE supply Never seen anything as damned wonderful Fozzy, think I'll make that two vodkandcokes mate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Spectacular as usual. I knew the ball was a tight fit, but had no idea it was THAT tight. I have heard stories of Infantrymen taunting flight crews and offering to swap jobs, saying they'd love to be home in a warm billet every night, only to rescind the offer when they found out the subject of their challenge was a ball gunner! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Cheers chaps!.... Thanks for all your great comments! I have never been so challenged and having fun at the same time with this turret. I started this project well over 2 years now and even with all the cockpit work , upper turret and bomb bay I have done so far .....it hasn't come near to the interest that this ball is giving me! I think when you scratch build something you get to really know the subject ....hardly surprising really as I have been staring at hundreds of photos trying to figure out what goes where....the size of each part and how it attaches to the next part...and hopefully get it right!....and in turn it helps you understand how the real thing is put together!....I know I keep banging on about the bravery of these boys who had to climb into these coffins......it would scare the living daylights out of me! Fozzy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 Good afternoon chaps May I just say before I start on this post....... Has anyone else noticed that some of the photos are coming back on the posts from Photobucket?...really odd as there was no warning....all the photos from some of my old posts from other models I have made years ago are returning!...please let me know if you are experiencing the same thing....not complaining but don't trust the beggers and I won't be returning to them!😠 Any how..onto the old ball turret! I have added yet another layer of equipment that is found in the turret!....this time its the control pack for the gunner to move the turret from left to right and up and down and also the firing buttons for the 50 cals! The control box was difficult as I really didn't have many photos of different angles of it , so some of it was guess work I am afraid!....twice I got the scale wrong because of lack of photos but got there in the end and I think it looks reasonably accurate! I also built a chain gear box for the movement of the ball which I will show you first....... Here it is completely made from plastic scrap...... ....and here is the difficult to build control unit!....... The next set of photos show the two parts built placed in their position in the turret.......... So here we have the parts painted ................... Now.....your be pleased to know that were on the last push for finishing the internal construction...I know I will be!!!....just a box and cable here and there and then it will be the time to try and fit the top of the turret on and to start building the external detail. I will be back with the last bit of detail soon.....till then...thanks a lot for looking in guys ☺️ Fozzy 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Just how much more can you fit into there Fozzy? Looking superb sir. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 41 minutes ago, Spookytooth said: Just how much more can you fit into there Fozzy? Looking superb sir. Simon. Just one more post worth Simon!😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas2542 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I can't believe how much detail you've crammed in there. Its so cramped i don't know how gunners managed to get themselves in. The amount of effort you are putting in is a fitting tribute to their bravery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Awesome amout of detail you're putting in that turret! Håkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Totally amazed at this ongoing build. You're putting more work into that ball turret than most of us I put into a complete model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 Thank you very much for your comments guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Amazing work! CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 On 23/05/2018 at 12:43, Fozzy said: Has anyone else noticed that some of the photos are coming back on the posts from Photobucket?...really odd as there was no warning....all the photos from some of my old posts from other models I have made years ago are returning!...please let me know if you are experiencing the same thing....not complaining but don't trust the beggers and I won't be returning to them!😠 Mine are still blocked Fozzy, even with the FireFox 'fix'. Ho hum... Great detail (as usual) - that control box is just amazing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Hi guys I am pleased to announce that the ball turret construction has come to an end! leaving me with just the detail above the ball that will be shown inside the fuselage. I have to say that although it was a challenge.... I thoroughly enjoyed this part of the B17G build!......I didn't realize from the offset how much equipment there was inside the turret😮 and I have learn' t a lot about the operation of the turret along the way. Since my last post I finished off by placing an electrical box and cable on top of all the other detail!...and had to make the gunners hatch door that I will show you first......... the next photo shows the inside of the door..... I have temporarily blue tacked the gunners door in its place on the turret for these next set of photos..... So here is the completed turret at different angles placed on a medicine dispenser I found that held it steady whilst photographing!!....took me ages to scratch build this so no apologies for the amount of photos!!😉 Here it is turned upside down so you can see the detail!..... Here is the turret temporarily placed in the fuselage to get some idea of what it might look like when finished!.... Well done for sticking around to look at all the photos!😀 So now its back to the Radio room section of the fuselage which will incorporate this ball turret. I will start by skinning the interior of the bottom section half and will post again when I have made some progress. Thanks a lot for looking in Fozzy 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Wow Fozzy, well worth the pics sir. Damn fine stuff, scratch built as well. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Spookytooth said: Wow Fozzy, well worth the pics sir. Damn fine stuff, scratch built as well. Simon. Thanks Simon.....when I started out with getting the turret done I thought that this would kill the whole project...so I'm pleased that it all came together in the end!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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