Scott R Wilson Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) Hole in the cockpit floor for going up to the nose compartment: Edited July 5, 2011 by Scott R Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The EAA B-17 won't have a top turret mechanism installed because squeezing past it by some of their, ahem, larger passengers might prove difficult to impossible. Here's all the top turret she'll ever have: View from the nose compartment across the bomb bay to the rear. The yellow oxygen bottle is on the ball turret mechanism: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Duuuuuuuuude! My jaw hurts from repeatedly hitting the floor! Thank you for these pictures!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Weird that they painted everything green inside. The cockpit is super authentic but there's no way everything else was painted green. Maybe they did that just to preserve it now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Duuuuuuuuude! My jaw hurts from repeatedly hitting the floor! Thank you for these pictures!!! I take it these photos will be useful to you? I'm glad I could help. I have no idea how wartime B-17s were painted inside; I'm personally more into jets. I believe Aluminum Overcast had a pretty long history of owners before EAA acquired it, perhaps one of them painted the interior green. Scott W. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 Oh it most certainly will be a huge help. Thanks again for posting! Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 From the Collings B-24 but still very similar. Engine from 909 909's ball turret Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4232041 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 These photos are amazing. Are there any pictures of the astrodome? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I saw a colour Youtube video the other day of B-17 'A Bit O Lace' and other Forts from the group. A couple of the shots of a Natural Metal B-17 showed the wing walkway lines to be Red, rather than black. I still can't find an answer as to when red and black was used, either by manufacturer, date etc. Comments earlier in the thread stated that people had seen black and red on OD B-17's. I've only seen photos of black on OD aircraft and red and black on NM aircraft. Has anyone got any photos of red on OD planes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AbramJ Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hi all, I'm new to the forum and I love the B-17! Heres a link to a photo survey I did of the Sentimental Journey. I think she's still out on tour for the summer, but should be back this winter and I could go back and take specific photos if you guys want something not covered in my existing pictures. http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc184/AbramJ/B-17G/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 A wealth of information there, thank you very much for posting the link! I know I'll certainly be using it to help. Cheers, Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Cooper Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Love those photos of Mary Alice from Duxford. Thanks. I've dug this out of the archive - it's Mary Alice at Duxford from the 1980s. Cheers Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richdlc Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Hi everyone so glad I found this great thread! I am scratchbuilding a 1/32 B-17G based on the combat models vacform model. I am currently working on the top turret & what I really need are detailed pics - I've been through this entire thread & found some good ones.....but what I really lack are images of all the gubbins in front of / behind the hand controls & gunsight - ie the stuff you see forward of you when standing upright in the turret - so the mounting points for the guns, the stuff directly in front of you such as the mount for the gunsight, the feed mechanism for the guns, wiring and cogs and gears behind the hand conrol / grip & underneath the gunsight etc also the outside features of the railings / mounts for the ammo boxes - the inside of the longest rail has a kind of hash pattern thusly # but does the outside? any help greatly appreciated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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