Revell B-17F Memphis Belle 1:48

[Deisenaut]

Well this is my first build and its going great and im having great fun doing it. Im 5 days into it now and have had a few disasters all involving clear plastic, masking, enamel paint and scratches as well as poor fitting parts - here it is so far!

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[AlanG]

Looking fine so far Mike. This kit is known for the poor fitting parts so don't worry it's not you. It's an old kit from Revell and their 1/48 B-17G kit was newer and better in all respects.

Keep up the good work and hope to see a few more pics of it

 

[Deisenaut]

And to round off the day wings and landing gears

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[stona]

Good stuff Mike. I built one of these a few :music_whistling: years ago. I remember having a bit of fun with the fit. It makes an impressive and big model.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Deisenaut]

A bit of filling to be done but happy so far!

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[phalinmegob]

looking good so far mate.my first build was covered in gluey fingerprints.

 

[AlanG]

looking good so far mate.my first build was covered in gluey fingerprints.

Some of my builds still are lol. Always need to clean up after i've touched it

 

[dubster72]

That's looking very good Mike. I like seeing a kit come together, and there's always something new to learn as I did using sellotape to hold a fuselage together - what a sticky mess that left!

Patrick

 

[Deisenaut]

i was nearly in tears over the ball turret! Reckon my hand wont be steady enough for any more tommorrow - happy new year everyone and thanks for the feedback

 

[treyzx10r]

Looking good Mike ,nice to see a B-17 build have'nt been many in a while

 

[colin m]

Good start. A big bird indeed.

Colin M......

 

[Deisenaut]

Havent really posted in the last few days as the plane is going through an ugly stage, but its coming together bit by bit. Brush painting the wings is tough going. Heres the latest anyway. 1 more coat to go on the belly and a good bit of tydying before the olive drab

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[treyzx10r]

Mike its looking good,and brush painting that monster has to be a tough job!

 

[Deisenaut]

im learning as im going along and hope this is a model i'll do again in a few years - hopefully with an airbrush! Enjoying seeing it come together though. Going slower and allowing drying time for everything - wish I did that at the very beginning!

 

[AlanG]

You'll get there Mike. We never stop learning in this hobby. Looking good so far

 

[Deisenaut]

Tonights latest

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[papa 695]

Just caught this one Mike looking good keep up the good work

 

[Deisenaut]

Deicing boots, wings and tail first coat - starting to look exciting!

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[James Q]

I like the look of this, one of my favourite WW2 bombers, paint looks good too.

 

[Deisenaut]

thanks guys. Not happy with color of tail so gonna change to OD. Think it is only Revell that have the tail that colour anyway