Boeing B-17 Gallery and Poll

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Vote for Your favorite subject in the Poll before 23:59 next Sunday, 10.2.2019. No prizes, I´m afraid, but lots of honour and glory!

[JWM]

Boeing 307 in C-75 variant, model by Russian company Maquette (1/72) based on Frog B-17 E. Some scratch build done.

 

 

Cheers

Jerzy-Wojtek

[pizzapaolo]

Academy B-17G "Thunderbird"

 

[theplasticsurgeon]

Tim's Revell B-17F build as Shamrock Special of 91BG.

 

 

 

 

 

[vppelt68]

DREAMBABY VP*P 42-32025

B-17G-35-BO (I had no idea what all that meant before I started this build)

533rd Bombardment Squadron

381st Bombardment Group

1st Combat Bombardment Wing

Ridgewell, England 1944

 

Kit is Revell 1:72 B-17G, built almost oob with no aftermarket except decals

(Brush-)painted with Humbrol enamels

 

Build thread here

Prototype info at IWM AAM here

Thanks to @DaveyGair for popping up the idea for a plane with my initials; I found it and built it too

Thanks to @Enzo Matrix for running the show for us all👍

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nice way to end year 2018 - happy new year, everybody V-P

[modelling minion]

Boeing Fortress Mk.II 206 Sqn RAF June 1943.

Revell 1/72 B-17F, decals by DK Decals, paints, Halfords, Gunze and Aeromaster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Craig.

[TonyW]

My backdated Airfix B17 is done enough for the Gallery now. Here it is, in all it's completely inauthentic glory!

 

An eighties Airfix kit, bought with no clear parts from ebay. It's been finished in the style of a wartime wooden model, as seen on the box top of my original 1940's Testors paint set. Most of the original Airfix moulding disappeared under quite a bit of filler to get the early look I was after. I'm happy with the result.

 

The build is detailed here:

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235045206-testors-store-display/

 

And here's a few pictures...

 

 

 

 

[Touvdal]

My entry

 

 

 

 

 

[neil5208]

My entry, B17E "old Maid" one of the B17 based at Hawaii just after the attack of Pearl Harbour. The colour scheme was applied at the Hawaiian Air Depot as the aircraft arrived at Hinkley field as it was being attacked by the Japanese.

IMGA0659 by neil Connor, on Flickr

IMGA0663 by neil Connor, on Flickr

IMGA0664 by neil Connor, on Flickr

IMGA0669 by neil Connor, on Flickr

IMGA0667 by neil Connor, on Flickr

[DJJunis]

Here is my entry. 
Kit: Airfix B-17 Mk III of RAF 100 Group

 

All the Best!

Don

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 16, 2019 by DJJunis

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

Suzi Q

B-17E

93rd Bombardment Squadron

19th Bombardment Group

Pacific Theatre 1942

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jabba]

This is my entry for this GB. It is the Airfix Flying Fortress B-17 Mk111 as used by 214 Sqn as part of 100 Group at RAF Oulton in Norfolk 1944.

 

The build thread is here:- 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2019 by Jabba

[MarkSH]

Here is my effort for the GB; Revell 1/72 B-17G-25-BO 42-31636 'OUTHOUSE MOUSE; 323rd Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group. 

 

The build thread is here:

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235044935-b-17g-outhouse-mouse-323rd-squadron-91st-bomb-group-completed/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry about the picture quality let down by technology again....time for a new camera methinks!

 

Great fun STGB, well done everybody!

[Ol' Scrapiron]

I am proud to add my 1/48 B-17 to such a great group of Flying Fortress builds in this Gallery. I would say stumbling onto this STGB changed model building for me, and I'm so glad to finally build a tribute to granddad, his crew and the 447th BG.

 

 

 

 

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[Graham77]

Here she is the Academy 1:72 SB17 Rescue B17.

 

 

Thank you to the Hosts and the Extension, a beautiful fleet of B17’s in this GB, I will definitely be building another!

[qn30jEkPz7]

From the long stalled WIP 

"finished" out of the box - let's just not look too hard for stencils or for any pictures of details or the other side. No weathering or finishing touches as it was a crash project to get it in under the wire

 

 

 

 

[vppelt68]

Betty Lou GD*A 43-37852

B-17G-70-BO

534th Bombardment Squadron

381st Bombardment Group

1st Combat Bombardment Wing

Ridgewell, England 1944

 

Kit is Airfix 1:72 B-17G, built oob with no aftermarket except decals

(Brush-)painted with Humbrol enamels - yep, that´s good old #11 Silver Fox

 

Build thread here

Prototype info at IWM AAM here 

Thanks to Enzo Matrix for running the show for us all

 

 

 

 

Oh a blurry pic up there, but I´ll let that be.

 

Started this build on New Years' Day, a nice way to start year 2019! V-P

 

 

 

 

 

[JOCKNEY]

Delighted to be able to join such esteemed completed builds.

 

This was a scrap kit bought as part of a job lot on Evilbay sometime ago for pennies, decals kindly donated by Craig aka @modelling minion.

 

The aircraft is a B-17C Flying Fortress Mk1 with RAF Coastal Command, servings in Nuts Corner, Northern Ireland 1942.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for all the encouragement and to our hosts for a brilliant job.

 

Finally good luck to anyone racing against the clock to finish, we are all behind you.

 

cheers Pat

[RJ-WobblyHands]

I made it , my build - OOB except for home made decals

 

Airfix new tool  B-17G 

Paints : Ultimate Primer - Gloss Black

             Vallejo Metal Colors : Dull Aluminium, Aluminium

             Tamiya : all other colours.

             Vallejo , Gloss Varnish , Satin Varnish

 Tamiya Weathering Powders

 

Aircraft : Patches / Flak Magnet / Trudies Terror - 43-37675 B-17G 381st BG 532nd BS

 

[DaveyGair]

'Never fear, Hettie's here!'

 

Didn't think I would make the Gallery, lack of modelling mojo at the moment.

 

Academy's B-17E built as an early F to make a B-17 GRIIa FA699 of 251 (MET) Squadron, Reykjavik, Iceland, 44/45.

 

Apart from the tailwheel collapsing during photography everything went OK!

 

 

[TonyW]

Lassie and her Lads is as done as I can get it for the moment. The last week of the build has seen me unavoidably away from my bench. So near, yet so far! Just the tail transparency, prop decals and a gun barrel here and there would have finished it properly. The planned base and additional vehicles also missed the finish line. I'll add finished pictures to the build thread

 

Many thanks to the organisers of the build, it was a joy to take part.

 

An added huge thank you for letting me add the 99.99% done Lassie to the finished models.