tomthounaojam Posted February 6 Posted February 6 My latest work is an Academy B-17G built as 'Little Miss Chief.' I've always liked nose art with pin-up designs. Building the model was smooth sailing except for a few areas that required extra time and attention, especially the clear parts and wing root. I like the combination of olive drab and silver. For painting, I used Mr. Color for the silver and Tamiya for the rest. It involved a lot of masking, I realized. Without further ado, here it is. Thanks for looking—cheers! 58 6 3
Farmerboy Posted February 6 Posted February 6 That’s so well done, tricky masking indeed! Great collection, good job! 1
georgeusa Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Very nice looking B-17 and I am a fellow aficionado of nose art planes. You picked a good one and did great service to it. Thanks for sharing. 1
Keeff Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Lovely work .... and a great result. It looks fantastic! Keith ☺️ 1
Longhorn Posted February 7 Posted February 7 That’s a lovely looking B-17, great work on the paint job. 1
tomthounaojam Posted February 8 Author Posted February 8 On 2/6/2025 at 3:03 PM, kev67 said: You got love a B17 Indeed, WW2 Bombers from both sides are my fav, more to be added. Thank you On 2/6/2025 at 11:23 PM, Farmerboy said: That’s so well done, tricky masking indeed! Great collection, good job! Much appreciated, the segregation of OD and Silver was cumbersome but the result is worth the efforts, cheers On 2/7/2025 at 12:26 AM, mick said: great work Thanks Mich On 2/7/2025 at 2:45 AM, georgeusa said: Very nice looking B-17 and I am a fellow aficionado of nose art planes. You picked a good one and did great service to it. Thanks for sharing. Thank you, Yeah. Am trying to add as much as pinned up girl in my collections they are such a treat to eyes, cheers On 2/7/2025 at 2:57 AM, Keeff said: Lovely work .... and a great result. It looks fantastic! Keith ☺️ Much appreciated for the kind words, mate, cheers 7 hours ago, Longhorn said: That’s a lovely looking B-17, great work on the paint job. Thank you, really appreciate the kind words. ......................... 2
Sky Keg Posted February 8 Posted February 8 I like how you perfectly applied the masking agent for the distinction between the main colors. The weathering adds to the overall realism and this particular B-17 is the highlight of your collection. Beautifully done!!!! Mike 1
Fred piket Posted February 8 Posted February 8 wow, beautiful result! paintwork is fantastic, and I love the weathering... Well done! 1
Snafu35 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Hello, You've made a beautiful reproduction of an aeroplane with a decoration that we often see.👍 I am very interested in your other flying fortress s/n 42-97265 MS-P of 535BS 381BG. Could you show us some photos? It's a beautiful silver fleet in your last picture, thanks for sharing. Regards, Eric-Snafu35 1
tomthounaojam Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 18 hours ago, Sky Keg said: I like how you perfectly applied the masking agent for the distinction between the main colors. The weathering adds to the overall realism and this particular B-17 is the highlight of your collection. Beautifully done!!!! Mike At first, i didn't think it was going to be hard, I thought it is a really neat-looking B-17, however, when I started painting I realized the amount of masking I had to do. I am happy with how it has turned out, thank you for appreciating my efforts cheers. 18 hours ago, Fred piket said: wow, beautiful result! paintwork is fantastic, and I love the weathering... Well done! Thank you very much, really appreciate the kind words, cheers 9 hours ago, Snafu35 said: Hello, You've made a beautiful reproduction of an aeroplane with a decoration that we often see.👍 I am very interested in your other flying fortress s/n 42-97265 MS-P of 535BS 381BG. Could you show us some photos? It's a beautiful silver fleet in your last picture, thanks for sharing. Regards, Eric-Snafu35 Hey Eric, Yeah, it is one of the favs of the scale modeling community for sure. Here is the pictures of the Hell's Angel, as you requested. It was built 4 years ago. Cheers 3 1
HL-10 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 Very impressive! A visually appealing scheme and some extremely impressive weathering.
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