Airgunner Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 My son very kindly brought me the Revell B-17 for my birthday recently, I have built one of these before so I know it to be a reasonably easy and pleasant build. The last one I did was a NMF aircraft , in the one in the boxart... This time around I want to do a green/grey machine, luckily I have in my decal stash set for 'Thunderbird', so that's what I'm going with... I also shall be using the Eduard masking set, their interior set and Master gun barrels.. So, whenever I start a build, I usually try to get one complete assembly done before anything else as a mojo builder to inspire me to get on with it. One a single engine fighter it's usually the prop, but in this beast I decided on the top turret. First up the Master barrels were added to the kits guns, painted and given a quick dry brush.. Next up the turret transparency was masked, the interior colour painted and then the top colour added.. Turret body and interior doings assembled and painted, not going over board with details as not much can be seen when installed... And all assembled and unmasked.. It's not much, but its a start.... Build will probably glacially slow as I can only build in my shed and its a bit nippy this time of year! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 I do love a B-17 build! Looking forward to seeing your work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 That’s some nice clean work you’ve done there, very nice. looking forward to the progress on this one Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Real nice work on the turret. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airgunner Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) After what seems an age, I am now cracking on again with this having put it on the back-burner after doing a couple of builds for friends... then I have managed to get it built but didn't take any photos as I didn't have a camera and my iPhone camera really doesn't like the lighting in my shed. I am now ready for paint, so first up was the underside. Painted with Tamiya neutral grey, then given a heavily thinned coat with a little white added over salt. Salt was the washed off, I will tone the patchiness down with a wash. The underside was then masked with Tamiya tape and blu-tac worms Preshaded upperside First coat, Tamiya Olive Drab mixed 50-50 with Tamiya Buff Second coat, 2parts O D, one part Buff, heavily thinned again.. Whilst it dried, it went really patchy, it was quite cold and damp in my shed when I was painting, but I've never seen it like this before.. However, Thunderbird was a well used airframe, and I like it, so its staying. That said, unwrapped... Its now in the airing cupboard to cure, then a coat of gloss and on with the weathering.... Edited June 30, 2020 by Airgunner 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Very nice! So this kit is a pleasant build, eh? Most tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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