Fozzy

Thanks guys

Thanks Pete.....when I get back to the UK I am buying a Paasche air brush as it happens!

Hi guys Well this will definitely be the last post before I return to the UK for a month or so....I will be returning back in September to continue with this project! What I wanted to do was get as much done as possible with the tail /rudder and dorsal fin before my break and so first off I sprayed the tail unit yellow. This was more difficult than I thought as my airbrush decided to give up the ghost!...when I turned the outlet valve on the compressor to send the air flow to the brush the blasted thing kept spraying and I couldn't stop it! the only way was to turn the

Thanks again guys for your input! Yes you're correct!.....this project is based ...roughly!... on the Lyon Foundation "Fuddy Duddy" and when finished will be displayed permanently in the The Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum in Carlsbad California...... not a stones throw away from the Lyon Foundation Museum!

Verification coming up.....just for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmwT8XDU8o0

Morning fellow modelers! I have been doing the laborious task of making up the entire interior with all the ribs etc!....this was only achievable by listening to all my favorite bands on my player ...taking the occasional paracetamol when my head started to ache from staring at hundreds of little pieces of plastic!!....and having the time on my hands to get through it!!..........still needs must and all that! I'm so pleased that this phase is over because from now on the build becomes more interesting ....and hopefully for you guys as well!.......so here are the photos

Although the stinger tail unit would have given me less headaches!!😉 Hi guys I have just about managed to finish the basic construction of the rear fuselage and tail section with just a few details to add at a later stage. So after this post I can get on with working on all the internal detail! So first up I had to think about how I was going to go about making the structure of the Cheyenne rear turret. After measuring up for scale from photos I got a sheet of plastic card and put together the frame work. I won't be glazing the turret or fixing it in place u

Thanks for the tip Chukw!...I'll look into it! Cheers...Fozzy!

Hi everyone I'm still battling away with the construction of the tail section of this B17G..... long old slow process but I have made some good progress! I was about half way through constructing the tail out of balsa wood in my last post ....so here are some photos of where I am at the moment. Here you can see that I have filled with scrap balsa in between the longerons on the section I built in the last post... The next 3 photos show that I have built the rudder and temporarily attached it the the tail ass

....and finally..... Once again I have joined the two halves together to see if all looks ok........ I have to say that I am finding this tail unit very challenging and it's coming together at a snails pace! Next up will be the Rudder construction.... so until then ..look after yourselves and happy modelling! Got there in the end!! Cheers Fozzy

So far so good....don't know why it is working now!!... To continue then...... If the model arrives safely in the UK then I will be happy for the next trip to USA a little later! So on with the progress I have made with the tail section.....here is part of the tail..... ....and the next part added up to the rudder position.... So this tail section will have to be designed so that it can be taken on and off as it will be far too big to fit into the built box for the suitc

now for the photos.....

Well that's crazy.....lets try and start my update!....... I'll start the post without the photos first...here goes nothing...... Time for an update! So I have made some progress on the tail unit but before showing you the photos I thought I would share the other problem that I have with this project!....always problems! ....serves me right for starting this journey! If you didn't know ...I live in S.E Bulgaria and I will eventually need to transport this finished B17 across to UK first and then eventually ship it across to California in the Stat

Hi guys......for some reason I just cant post anymore....if you are reading this then I will try again for an update....any one else experiencing this?

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Not a bad idea mate!.....lets get this fuselage completed first!!

Thanks guys for all your comments!.....I have already done extensive detailing on both wing roots so I don't think I would like to cover that up with two short stubby wings!........but I may think about it!

Cheers Pete!....as for the wing suggestion!....................

Cheers mate!....glad you are on board!

Hi everyone Well it is time to get down and finally attempt to finish this Mammoth B17G project. Some of you may know that I started this 7 years ago with a few breaks in between sections to build other stuff. As a recap : I was originally going to just scratch build the nose section but kind of got hood winked in carrying on down the length of the fuselage! .....so I then built the Bomb bay....followed by the radio room and ball turret section and now it is time to finish this off with the tail section. Just to let you all know that I will not be building the wings and the 4

Thanks Major Walt! 🙂

Thanks Steve🙂

Hi Guys After being away from for a good few months and not being able to do any modelling I finally started scratch building this F-80C and recently managed to finish it ...what with having more time on my hands, now we are all self isolating in these trying times! I really like the late 40/50s jet era and decided to have a go at scratch building this Shooting Star in 1:48 scale. The P/F-80 was the first operational Jet aircraft used by the United States Air Force in combat...although too late for the Second World War it was used extensively during the Korean War. The

Afternoon to you all! Thanks for the replies to yesterdays post.....and here are the remaining photos I took whilst tackling this build! I left off yesterday starting to skin the fuselage and wings with sticky back silver paper and here is the end result!... The main undercarriage wheel wells were next...odd bits of plastic was used for this..... Here are the 6 x 12.7mm machine guns in place in the nose.I drilled out the holes and glued wire in

Good afternoon everyone I haven't been on this forum for a good few months as I have been visiting family and friends in the States and I just got back home to my office before all the lock downs due to Coronavirus!.....what a terrible state of affairs for all of us and I do hope that you all are staying safe in your self isolation! The only positive I can think of whilst isolating for us modellers is of course hopefully more bench time! I am in the process of scratch building a 1:20 scale B17G but I really needed a break from it ....so I thought I would have a go at the