Johns 1/72 Revell B-17G ,,Flying Fortress " Completed"

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Hi everyone here's my addition to the four engine build it will be completed as shown thanks for looking and as always any help advice and any comments along the way will be gratefully received


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more later................... Cheers John
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Fantastic looking kit I've got nothing but respect for someone taking on a mammoth build like this.
 

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Nice one John. Apart from the flash around the clear parts it looks to be a nice mould.
 

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nice choice Johnn i have always like the bomber,but never got around to building one, ;)
 
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I have this and was tempted to give it a go for this GB but not sure I will finish in time. I also have some Eduard PE for it for the wing flaps but if I did it, not sure I would do that part anyway It is a nice kit, and I know it is not patriotic, but I think the B17 is a far better looking aircraft than the Lanc - o_O


Any idea which scheme yet? [edit] doh, you said as shown. RTFM and all that!
 

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Nice job so far John. A fair amount of glazing on the Flying Fortress, looks like you've done a good job on the masking.
 

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Nice job so far John. A fair amount of glazing on the Flying Fortress, looks like you've done a good job on the masking.
Thanks Joe I lost the my mojo for a while but I've managed to make some progress lately.You kind comments mean a lot many thanks.
 

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Bit more progress on this one alclad next just got to make my mind up which one to go with polished aluminium,chrome or just aluminium mmmm bit of a dilemma View attachment 108796

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Looks good John, nice and clean paint work. For the bare metal, I'd go a mix of polished aluminium and plain old aluminium for different panels if that's the look you're going for . Only preserved aircraft or fresh out the factory B-17s would have looked shiny all over. Lots of images online to ponder, here are some links and a photo of the crew


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http://www.b17bomber.de/eng/schicksale/lmm.php


http://www.fineartofdecals.com/goodies/b-17g-little-miss-mischief/


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And here's how your B-17 got it's old-style aft section: http://www.303rdbg.com/news/2010-09-30.html

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Looks good John, nice and clean paint work. For the bare metal, I'd go a mix of polished aluminium and plain old aluminium for different panels if that's the look you're going for . Only preserved aircraft or fresh out the factory B-17s would have looked shiny all over. Lots of images online to ponder, here are some links and a photo of the crew
http://www.91stbombgroup.com/View attachment 119490


http://www.b17bomber.de/eng/schicksale/lmm.php


http://www.fineartofdecals.com/goodies/b-17g-little-miss-mischief/


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And here's how your B-17 got it's old-style aft section: http://www.303rdbg.com/news/2010-09-30.html
Thanks Joe very interesting story. The best halves of two planes which went onto fly another 29 missions.Great engineering by the mechanics at the time and I now know who to thank for all the masking required on the B-17s paint scheme:eek:" Half n Half "indeed
 
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