Revell 1/72 B17-G Flying Fortress.

[spanner570]

Apart from the prospect of some good G.B's or two, this will hopefully be my main winter project.




What an advancement from the B-17 I built in the '60's. which eventually ended up here on Scale Models wrapped around some airfield huts!





The detail on this new kit is terrific. It would be bonkers of me to build it without the internal detail. More bonkers still, to waste my time building it complete, only to button all up! So I intend to build the complete kit and hack off parts of the portside fuselage to show all the otherwise unseen luuurvally detail.

Sprue shot? I'll give you sprue shots- All 237 pieces! All packed into a model around 12" long.......







Closer detail...




















A huge amount of clear plastic means a lot of painting to reveal the windows and general metal framework. (Multi. choice in some cases)


One or two decals.


....and where to stick them! Plenty of different colours too.


...and more!


Simple, straight forward instructions. Follow the arrows and this bit goes there. Can't go wrong



Finally, my work bench / den, all tidied up and ready for some action.


Cheers.
Ron

 

[boatman]

ACTION STATIONS ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE NEXT HALF HR LOL great stuff 570 I WILL be followin
chrisb

 

[boatman]

AN 570 will this go to the chuckerupper for some airbone shots ?

 

[scottie3158]

chair pulled up.

 

[Valeron]

I'm in.

 

[adt70hk]

I'm in just for the view out of your window!

 

[colin m]

A great choice Ron, I built that kit a while back and it is a really nice build. So much detail.

 

[JayCee]

I will follow along, if I may.
John.

 

[stillp]

Watching!
Pete

 

[Mickc1440]

Definitely in for this

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Min too
I'm always in awe of you guys who do the braille scale stuff...
...this is a plane that I'd love to have a crack at,but in 1/48th that just ain't gonna happen

 

[Mini Me]

Not sure about dissecting a perfectly good bomber......but I do recall seeing quite a few of these in film clips that made it back safely after being pretty well ventilated by them kraut flyboys. Might look the part if you can make your surgery look like battle damage 570.... I'm parked in the back to keep from getting pelted with popcorn !!

 

[Gern]

Well that looks enough to keep you busy 'til Xmas! That's Xmas 2023 of course! We shall miss you, so try and drop us a line occasionally please.

 

[Lee Drennen]

I’m in looks like a nice busy winter project.

 

[rtfoe]

I'd be cooked in a set up like yours in my neck of the woods but it looks cosy with a good view.
I'm guessing the kit is manufactured in Germany from the detailed sprues you have laid out. Looks like something worth getting. Pulling up a chair to watch this one Ron.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

 

[Jim R]

That does indeed look very nice Ron. With the very cold weather we are having at the moment that cosy den looks the best place to be. I'll enjoy following along.

 

[spanner570]

Thanks for the humorous and varied posts chaps. All well appreciated for sure.

Rick. Much as it's good thinking, I can't attempt your battle damaged idea simply because to show all of the internal detail, most of the port side fuselage would have to go. Rather too much 'Damage' I fear.

I'm certainly not going down the (To me) daft route of going to the trouble of adding all the inside detail, only to have it all disappear when the two halves of the aircraft are joined. Life is way too short for such things.....


Your good buddy.

1st. Lt. Paul R. McDowell (Pilot)

 

[spanner570]

As it was a bit brisk outside this last week or so, I've made a start on this aircraft.

After a bit of pondering and loads of hesitation, I've decided to go ahead with me 'Exploded' B-17G. The port side will be open to the world.........

Here's where I'm at at the minute.

After seeing where the various bulkheads will go, I marked out the areas to be removed as close as I dared to the aforementioned thingies.






Then, I took a step back. Should I being even contemplating this? So, after consuming a can of best ale to calm me down, I wound up my 'Poundshop' Dremel lookalike, and set too.

Here's the initial surgery. I used a 2mm twist drill and be assured, no animals were hurt during the exercise.....


Damn fine grouping from the A.A. 88's, what!




The initial cleaning up. With the twist drill still pounding away, I ran it along, breaking out the plastic between the drillings.








Then I removed the drill bit, fitted a diddy abrasive wheel into the chuck and went to work smoothing out the cuts.








After a few minor alterations to remove a bit more plastic to increase the viewing area, I brushed on a second coat of Vallejo Air Aluminyuum to obliterate any pencil marks still showing.


There you go. Job done and am I glad that part of the build is behind me.

Now I can follow the instructions.....

Cheers.
I. Ada Swetton

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Sorry I missed the start of this interesting and brave project.
I'll follow your progress with interest.

Andrea

 

[minitnkr]

You make it look easy. Following closely.