Different tail parts on Revell 1/72 B-17G?

[RobL]

Hi there

 

Just looking over the instructions and sprues of a Revell 1/72 B-17G and it seems to have two tail assemblies, one detailed in steps 38 to 41 and the other detailed in steps 42 to 44.

What's the difference?

Thanks.

[Wez]

Are you talking the original Boeing tail gunner position seen here?

 

Or the later, Cheyenne tail gunner position seen and described here?

[RobL]

Thanks, until you posted those two links I didn't know.  Steps 42-44 appear to be for the later Cheyenne tail gunner position.  Steps 38-41 appear to be for the Boeing one.  Shame that the instructions don't appear to indicate that anywhere nor do they state which one goes on which marking option either!?!

 

Lets say you were doing a "Nine o Nine", could you get away with fitting the Cheyenne tail gunner position parts?  The clear parts for that look easier to mask up/paint than the clear part for the Boeing variant...

Edited May 8, 2019 by RobL

[Chuck1945]

Nine O Nine had the original tail position and unstaggered waist windows (I think the Revel kit has the unstaggered ones so ok there)

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8 hours ago, RobL said:

Lets say you were doing a "Nine o Nine", could you get away with fitting the Cheyenne tail gunner position parts?  The clear parts for that look easier to mask up/paint than the clear part for the Boeing variant...

It's your model and we don't have laws on scale accuracy. It will be clearly a different configuration from the full size aircraft, but unless you're intending it for museum display your own opinion on that variation is the only one that matters.

[Wez]

8 hours ago, RobL said:

Lets say you were doing a "Nine o Nine", could you get away with fitting the Cheyenne tail gunner position parts?

It's up to you, as WiP says, it's your model.  Personally, I couldn't bring myself to do that but that's me, I would instead be looking for some aftermarket decals that were appropriate to that configuration.