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FUSE PANEL ,RADIO ROOM HATCH AND CONTROL CABLES! Hi guys Hows it all going in the model world? Here we have the next installment of the radio room build for this B17G...as the the title states I managed to get 3 things completed since the last post....so starting with the fuse box here are some photos............ Quite straight forward really...a thickish piece of plastic was cut and manipulated into the fuse box!!  It was then painted and cables added to it ....and here it is installed in it's rightful position! 

Well hi there one and all! After a long long break which included Christmas/New Year and a trip to San Diego to see family I have finally returned to my office and the B17G.......I do hope the start of this year has been kind to you all so far! So what have I done?...well I have done all the basic construction for the top half of the radio room. It took some time as the sky light above the radio room proved to be a bit of a pain to get it together...I just hope that it looks ok! The insides to the Balsa fuselage was covered with the plastic from yogurt pots

Thanks Pete!

Yes it's usually is molded on most kits.....as long as you know where to look....... Not the greatest of photos but "x" marks the spot!

Good afternoon to you all! It's me back to bother you once again!! My last post showed that I had finished the camera pit and so it was on to completing the radio room floor and the floor area that houses the ball turret. So we will start of with the constructing photos I took of the floor area behind the radio room bulk head..... The big hole will be for the ball turret!...eventually! Here you can see the Azimuth gear ring for operating the 360 degree turret swivel....this took some time and patience

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Thanks for the information!....I need people like yourself to educate me on the ins and outs of the operating systems...really appreciate it...cheers!

Well I guess they could be......I do understand that the wastegate activators control the excess gasses to the turbines but wouldn't know why the current would have to be increased ...but then I don't profess to knowing too much about tech stuff and I expect you know a lot more than I do!....Interesting stuff...thanks for your input!

CAMERA PIT PART 2 Hi guys I have now managed to complete the camera pit after rather a difficult week or so trying to find information about the equipment that is found in the pit. I do hope that I have done the area justice and hope that it is realistic enough! Its rather a large post so lets get on with it!.😉... To start with I made the main Junction box and wired it all up.....here's a photo..... Here it is all painted..... I then had to make the Intervallmeter power box which is c

PART 1 OF THE CAMERA PIT Hi guys Not much is known of the contents of the Camera pit and to that end it was difficult to find information and photos but after endless trolling of the internet and many B17 sites I came across just a few photos and info of the area. I don't know why more info and photos (even drawings) are not out there to see as I think its quite important to show how the bombing photos were taken. For me this is frustrating because if you have been following this build you can see that I am trying to show every aspect of the B17. However I have started to

Thanks guys!😉

Hi Guys Back again with another installment!...have had more distractions than you can shake a stick at but found some spare time again to try and continue with this build! I managed to complete both port and starboard Oxygen and Glycol tank bays which are under the floor of the radio room.A bit difficult finding photos of said area but I found a diagram giving the positions of the tanks and decided to roll with that! So here we have the areas prepared for the tank installation....both port and starboard.......... 

Hi there Time for an update. .....its a tad boring though as this part of the build always is!...but it has to be done! Basically I have been shaping the balsa down on the top half of the radio room. Its a little time consuming but it has to be right at this stage else this part of the fuselage (radio room) will not look right! I had to make the extended part on the top as well as cutting aperture's out for the perspex windows on the side and cutting the access doors out. The photos will show what I am waffling on about!😉 Looks a mess

Thanks again guys!

Ha ha!.....cheers Joel.....better not take 4 months!

Good afternoon guys I do hope that everyone is "A" OK and you all had a great summer!...I certainly did!😎 Seems like an age since I last posted on here...in fact it has been nearly 4 months!😮..I went back to Blighty for the summer and when I returned life's little distractions kept me away from my work shop...what with fixing things around the house ...car maintenance etc etc...you all know how it is! Any way I have found a bit of time until I get my family knocking on my door for their yearly visit and until they come lets see if I can continue with this R

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Good afternoon guys! I have had a few months off modelling and my Scratch built B17G as I have been away from my work bench but finally have found the time to build something ...this time OOB! May I present to you my effort of the Nieuport 11...in the markings of Cpl Victor Chapman ,N.124, Lafayette Americane, 1916. This is the Eduard 1:48 scale kit and and a pleasant build it was too!! The lower starboard wing was taken off another camouflaged Nieuport as a replacement ,due to damage!....if your wondering!! 

Afternoon all! Been a while but work on my house was required which didn't give me much time to get on with the radio room...plus I am getting ready to return to the UK for the summer which I do each year due to the extreme hot weather here during the summer months.....which of course means that this will be the last post until I get back to my office at the end of August. So I have made a start on the radio room with the lower half and the flooring. It's nowhere finished but it's a start!  As you can see the fuselage is Balsa based and the floor was b

Thanks Joel for your kind words!

Superb Joel!...congratulations on a fabulous built model!...love it!

Cheers Chip!.....I don't own a lathe.....all parts were copied from photographs and were made with using a ruler ,marker and knife out of the appropriate material......the old school way! Thanks JohnS.......next up will be constructing the fuselage to house the radio room and ball turret...once that's completed I will carry on down the fuselage until I reach the tail!

Cheers Joel!......no matter what Photobucket do or come up with I shall never return to them!...but pleased that some of our photos have returned,...and rightly so! ...anyway.................. Hi to all! I am pleased to announce that the ball turret construction has come to an end! leaving me with just the detail above the ball that will be shown inside the fuselage. I have to say that although it was a challenge.... I thoroughly enjoyed this part of the B17G build!......I didn't realize from the offset how much equipment there was inside the tur

Good afternoon chaps May I just say before I start on this post....... Has anyone else noticed that some of the photos are coming back on the posts from Photobucket?...really odd as there was no warning....all the photos from some of my old posts from other models I have made years ago are returning!...please let me know if you are experiencing the same thing....not complaining but don't trust the beggers and I won't be returning to them!😠 Any how..onto the old ball turret! I have added yet another layer of equipment that is found in the turret!..

Brilliant job Joel!......fabulous looking aircraft....I though about scratch building one once!...might just do that looking at your build!