Prop Duster Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 WOW well done! Now from the "Life is Funny and So Are You" category: Isn't amazing that a plane without all the parts, takes longer to build? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2011 Tell me about it. Still a way to go yet. Landing gear legs, markings, aileron and elevator hinges, plus some details for the diorama, but at least I've got past that primer stage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 I did a little more spraying of olive drab over the muck around the fuel fillers to tone down the dirt. Looks a bit more subtle now, though the camera flash did make it look more harsh than it really was. It's been baking hot here today, and not really the weather to be doing anything until the temp drops a bit! It's never just nice in England, always extremes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 WOW! I love the effects you used for the paint work. VERY impressive all around good Sir! And I'm sorry, I have to agree with you about the weather there... very true. Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 I've done some more detail painting and weathering this morning. Exhausts and superchargers are painted, a little water staining along the bottom of the fuselage, and some Future where the few decals are going. Waiting for the future to harden now so the stars can go on, then a little more weathering over the top and almost there. Landing gear was also painted this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Sit down, fasten your seat belt, find a stiff drink, I think I've finished! I've taken a shed load of photos in the garden, but haven't looked at them yet, but would like to take it somewhere with a better background. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) Just remembered I still have hinge points to make and squadron codes to add, but other than that, it's finished. I've no decals, so the squadron codes will have to be painted. Edited July 9, 2011 by Army_Air_Force Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Jumping back a few steps, here's the painted superchargers. The colour is based on photographs I have of the B-17G on display at RAF Hendon. Once the Future was dry on the wing, the large star was added. It is seen here after about three applications of Microsol, and is still settling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 The national insignia was chipped with a scalpel blade, then dulled down with an over spray of olive drab and grey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) The starboard side star fell right across the flak hole. It was applied as normal and then drowned in tons of Microsol until it conformed to the twisted metal. Once it had hardened off to some degree, the excess overhanging the hole was trimmed away with the scalpel. The landing gear was missing one drag strut. I don't know if this is a kit error or whether they were just knocked off my kit parts. Replacements were made from thin brass wire. Some 1/4 x 1/8 strip wood was cut up on my bandsaw, stained, and glued together to represent the planks seen in the original "Hangar Queen" picture I based the model on. Edited July 9, 2011 by Army_Air_Force Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Now for a few of the almost finished pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) In this picture, you can see one of the main fuel tanks sticking out of the wing tip. I didn't realise this tank spanned the wing joint until I found a picture of the CAF B-17 "Texas Raiders" undergoing its rebuild. Edited July 9, 2011 by Army_Air_Force Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Last one for now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Gorgeous. Way to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prop Duster Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 & other than that, not bad at all! CHEERS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Thanks. Just back in from painting the squadron codes. Pics shortly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 I got some 1 inch masking tape and cut it into 1/8 strips to mask out the lettering ( 100th Bomb Group, 350th Bombardment Squadron ). The letters were brush painted to save masking the whole model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) Done and with a matt coat sprayed over. Just the aileron and elevator hinges to go. Edited July 9, 2011 by Army_Air_Force Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kid Charlemagne Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Well done!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Being so close to the finish line now, I got straight back on to the B-17 this morning. Elevator hinges were made from thin copper wire, bent into a V shape, and inserted into two small holes drilled in the tailplane trailing edge. Because the wing section is thinner, and hinges smaller for the ailerons, the copper wire was doubled back on itself like a split pin, but with one very short leg, and one long. The long leg was inserted into a drilled hole, leaving about 3/32 inch of length sticking out of the wing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Now for four general views of the finished model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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