B-17G bombed up at dispersal

[AndrewCJ50]

Dear Fellow Modellers

 

Greetings to all!  Please find enclosed my Airfix 1/72 B-17G.  It is loaded with the Eduard PE and Quickboost resin guns and turbochargers.  I did my own representation of riveting.  The decals are for the 306th BG based at Thurleigh in England in 1944-45 from Kits World.  This recent Airfix kit shows a more restrained panel line representation than previous kits.  The transparencies are absolutely outstanding and shape looks spot on.

 

 

 

 

 

Regards

 

Andrew

 

 

[Lootenant Aloominum]

Outstanding work

[Alpha Delta 210]

Lovely model, beautifully photography!

[dogsbody]

Nice! What kit is the car?

 

 

Chris

[Getting Old]

very nice 

[Mark4700]

Nicely done. 

[exdraken]

Looking the part!!

do you have a build thread?

thanks!

[RMCS]

Niiiiiice 

[Baldy]

Very nicely done - particularly like the very neat masking of the OD.

 

Cheers

 

Malcolm

[monsjmse]

Beautiful B-17. Really loving that first picture especially.

[Sky Keg]

Excellent presentation on all levels Andrew!!!!!!!  🙂👍

[kapam]

Looks great - love the cockpit detail.

I too am interested in the car - is it a kit?  A diecast perhaps?

Anyway, the whole display looks sharp.

[Josip]

52 minutes ago, kapam said:

Looks great - love the cockpit detail.

I too am interested in the car - is it a kit?  A diecast perhaps?

Anyway, the whole display looks sharp.

 

[Josip]

Now that is finally a step in to right direction. 

Theis kit needs replacement guns as the desert cries for water.

Also the rivets are another must have.

As for Eduard PE, I think that its as good as invisible. 

Try painting various panels in different shade of metal.

[Farmerboy]

Good to see another  airfix B17 getting built and posted on BM, it’s a lovely kit and you have made a superb looking and detailed model, pleasure to wake up to!

[stevej60]

Great finish love it!

[Paul Alan Bardell]

Hi

 

That's lovely work, she's a great looking B-17.

 

 

BR

 

Paul

 

 

[Steve27752]

What a beauty.

[AndrewCJ50]

Dear Friends

 

Thank you for your kind words!  The car is a kit from ACE.  Some of you may know that they require quite a bit of fettling, but they come out alright.

 

I was interested in your comment Josip about using different metal shades.  I did do this around the engine cowlings (as this heats and gets discoloured on the real thing) but this did not come out very clearly.  Looking at many photos of the real aircraft in WWII you do not see clear variations in metal shades (unlike with some jets) but you certainly can see heavy weathering around the engines.

 

Full marks to Airfix for the undercarriage bays by the way, even though the punter can't see them!

 

Andrew

[FAAMAN]

Nicely done 😎

[IanC]

Brilliant.

 

The resin replacement 50 cals are a huge improvement - worst part of the kit in my opinion.

 

 

[Mark Joyce]

Excellent build and photography, Andrew!  Those clear transparencies help show off the nicely done interior.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

[gazza l]

Outstanding work, the detailed interior is stunning. 

 

gazza l

[AndrewCJ50]

One downside I forgot to mention is the rendering of the engines are rather shallow.  In this case I added my own push rods to the cylinders (thank goodness this is 9 cylinder and not 18) and ignition leads

 

Andrew

[James G]

Looks great, thanks for sharing