Popular Post George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2021 Hi there, This is my recent project, a nice Airfix kit. Not my usual scale, but this bird in 1/48 just won’t fit my space here. Except Eduard Masks, a must for all these clear parts, everything else OOB. Fitting is nice in general, except for the clear parts that build into the tail gun structure being too narrow for the fuselage, which causes a step. Also, after glueing the fuselage halves, I ended up with a gap right in front of the windshield. Despite this, the clear part for the “canopy” structure fitted well with the gap. So, instead of forcing the halves to join, I just put some additional plastic between them and the result was fine. Decals a little bit too thick, but with the help of Mr Setter, went really well. Hope you enjoy! Cheers! 88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Wow! Who could possibly resist the allure of a well-crafted B-17 in any of its beautiful forms? Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob K. Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Great looking fortress👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Fantastic, great build and finish, you really have done a good job of blending in the clear forward fuselage parts, impressive stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 One of the better Airfix B-17s! But it could really benefit from extra riveting, 1:72 scale machine gun barrels and some more bombs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 It`s a beauty!!!!!!! Very nice results. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Great painting & weathering! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Really nice job, the weathering looks nice. gazza l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 That’s gorgeous! So well finished and weathered. Cracking bit of detail with the mud on the tyres too. Brilliant looking Fortress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Very well finished indeed. Sometimes it's the little things that make a model. For me the detailing of the bomb bay on your build really does take the model up a notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Excellent piece of modelling well done 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Great work. Which paints did you use for the nmf? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 That's a wonderful B-17. The natural metal finish is just perfect, and the weathering and exhaust staining are just sublime! Fantastic job! 👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Now that is a nice B17. Weathering looks just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 10 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: Wow! Who could possibly resist the allure of a well-crafted B-17 in any of its beautiful forms? Bravo. Thank you! 7 hours ago, Rob K. said: Great looking fortress👍 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 5 hours ago, Farmerboy said: Fantastic, great build and finish, you really have done a good job of blending in the clear forward fuselage parts, impressive stuff! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Josip said: One of the better Airfix B-17s! But it could really benefit from extra riveting, 1:72 scale machine gun barrels and some more bombs. Thank you! 4 hours ago, Sky Keg said: It`s a beauty!!!!!!! Very nice results. Mike Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Konrad said: Great painting & weathering! Congratulations! Thank you! 3 hours ago, gazza l said: Really nice job, the weathering looks nice. gazza l Thank you! 3 hours ago, Lord Riot said: That’s gorgeous! So well finished and weathered. Cracking bit of detail with the mud on the tyres too. Brilliant looking Fortress. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 2 hours ago, TonyW said: Very well finished indeed. Sometimes it's the little things that make a model. For me the detailing of the bomb bay on your build really does take the model up a notch. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Homer said: Excellent piece of modelling well done 👏 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Lovely job there. I noticed that you have had the badly moulded tail turret issue. Both of my Airfix B-17s had this problem too, though others seem to have parts that don’t leave a large step. I have told Airfix of the problem, so at least they’re aware of it. I’m still trying to work out how these parts can be so variable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 2 hours ago, franky boy said: Great work. Which paints did you use for the nmf? James Thank you! I've used local polyester automotive paint, and weathered with oils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 2 hours ago, binbrook87 said: That's a wonderful B-17. The natural metal finish is just perfect, and the weathering and exhaust staining are just sublime! Fantastic job! 👍👍 Thank you! 1 hour ago, Mark4700 said: Now that is a nice B17. Weathering looks just right. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, lasermonkey said: Lovely job there. I noticed that you have had the badly moulded tail turret issue. Both of my Airfix B-17s had this problem too, though others seem to have parts that don’t leave a large step. I have told Airfix of the problem, so at least they’re aware of it. I’m still trying to work out how these parts can be so variable. Thank you! That's good, hope they fix it. As matter of fact, I tried to minimize and glued the cone halves to each of the fuselages halves before put it all together. It worked in a way, leaving me with some manageable gap instead a larger step. But still a headache to make it all flushed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I believe that's the finest looking B-17 I've seen on this web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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