Fozzy Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 6 hours ago, perdu said: Good fortune go with you and we will see you later Ill get the beer in when you come back Make it a Vodka and coke my man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Just caught up. WOW!! For both the dexterity and attention to detail, but also the realisation of what it actually meant to be a ball gunner... Hope Mrs Fozzy is soon on the mend. Christian, exiled to africa, but granted a return home very shortly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Fozzy said: Make it a Vodka and coke my man! That's the real deal, y'ron 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 5 years time you'll have the whole of the B17 done I would put LOL, but not sure that would be correct LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Lost in admiration, an example of the true model maker's art! I'll keep watching..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 Afternoon guys! I have just returned from UK and I am now back in my office and can get to my bench!....the last time I posted was 15 March and of course not being able to do any modelling this post is going to be a small update. So its the continuation of the Ball turret that seems to get more and more complicated the more I look at the photos. I have many photos of different angles of the interior of the turret that I have collected over the months and its a real slow process of interpreting what I see!....not to mention that some of the equipment I have scratch built will be able to be seen but only if you look carefully in all the nooks and crannies!.....as in the real turret there isn't a spare scrap of space! So I continued with building an electrical control box that sits on the front of the ammo cans.....here it is..... I painted the said object and before placing into the turret I built the manual elevation shaft control that the gunner would use if there was no power to the controls....this sits somehow on the front of the electrical control box!....... The last 3 photos show the progress I have made by looking at the white un painted parts....... So as you can see....real slow progress for such a small part in this B17G project! When I have made a bit more progress I will post again....so until then... Thanks for taking a look Fozzy 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Nice to have you back Fozzy. I hope everything went okay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, Bigdave22014 said: Nice to have you back Fozzy. I hope everything went okay. Thanks for asking Bigdave!.....everything is now fine! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Good and good to have you back, there not here Looks amazing of course 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, perdu said: Good and good to have you back, there not here Looks amazing of course Cheers Bill! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas2542 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Looks great. Its amazing how much detail you can cram into such small places 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Welcome home! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) I’m throwing myself on the train of impressed spectators. Amazing work and creativity, absolutely top notch! If possible you should have left the upper ball half transparent . I’ve you’ve ever seen a Star Wars movie, you’ll quickly spot how the Martin ball turret inspired the tie fighters, also on Harrison Ford’s spaceship you spot elements from B-17’s Not to forget the troopers running around waving with white painted MG42’s, in a galaxy far away...... hehe Edited April 21, 2018 by Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Nils said: I’m throwing myself on the train of impressed spectators. Amazing work and creativity, absolutely top notch! If possible you should have left the upper ball half transparent . I’ve you’ve ever seen a Star Wars movie, you’ll quickly spot how the Martin ball turret inspired the tie fighters, also on Harrison Ford’s spaceship you spot elements from B-17’s Not to forget the troopers running around waving with white painted MG42’s, in a galaxy far away...... hehe Cheers Nils.....I know what you mean about Star Wars....although I'm not a big fan ..my age you see!!...I am more of a Trekkie and am really enjoying Lost in Space at the moment as I grew up with the original! Also I have plans for the top half of the turret to be exposed which will be in keeping with the rest of this project! BTW lads.....is anyone having problems with Postimage at the moment (if you use them that is)...my photos keep disappearing...seems to be some sort of link problem!....anyone know what the problem is? Cheers Fozzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 We have had postimage.org problems they had an identity crisis/hack/thingy but after a discussion Mike has run a database fix which ought to sort it Delete your links/bookmarks for postimage.org and search postimg.cc, then save that in your favourites That should sort it for you 😬Its been quite irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 1 hour ago, perdu said: We have had postimage.org problems they had an identity crisis/hack/thingy but after a discussion Mike has run a database fix which ought to sort it Delete your links/bookmarks for postimage.org and search postimg.cc, then save that in your favourites That should sort it for you 😬Its been quite irritating. Bill your a star mate!.......i will get onto this tomorrow and hope to God it works as "irritating" is not the word I was looking for!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Wow, I have just caught up with this thread Fozzy and I am very impressed indeed sir. I will sit at the back and watch the progress of this masterpiece. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Hi there chaps Been a while since I last posted due to the fact that Spring is here and every year I have to fix house problems tend to the garden etc etc also add to the mix that this turret build is pretty complicated!😕 I have a method in scratch building this turret now and that is to build it in layers!...from the top of the ammo cans to the next piece of equipment and then the next layer would be another part of the system to the next part and so forth. ....because of the amount of stuff that's packed into the ball its the only way I seem to be able to do it! So here is the next layer!😉..... As you can see all the white parts are the detail that I have added since my last post....... This shot is looking in through the gunners hatch......... So with a bit of paint added here is what it looks like so far........ So now I have to put another layer of detail on....probably the last bit hopefully!...then I can get on with the Radio room! Thanks for looking in Cheers Fozzy 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Fantastic work Fozzy. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Pretty darned marvelous as always, Fozzy. Imagine being crammed in there for up to eight hours! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Stunning (as always). How did they fit a human in there with all that stuff, and how did he see anything? I never realised how much was in those ball turrets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Blimey... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Cheers lads......and there's more equipment to go in....including the huge gun site box! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 10 hours ago, perdu said: Blimey... What he said. Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 (edited) Looks fantastic - really brings homed what a cramped workplace it was. Edited May 5, 2018 by brianthemodeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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