Nightfighter Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Building a few aircraft at the moment and one of them is Revells 1/72 B17G (4? 231909 OR R Nine O Nine 8th Air Force 1st Air Division, 1st Combat Wing 91st bomb group 323rd bomb sqn Bassingbourn UK April 1945). Doing the wings first and it says to paint the wells an overal mix of 360 green silky matt 80% and 65 bronze green 20%. Not sure I can get Revells paints but is there an equivalent in Humbrol or Tamiya paints? I've as usual done some photo reference surfaces without much luck so any photo's and references etc of this particular aircraft would be most appreciated. Edited February 2 by Nightfighter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cubs2jets Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 I'd paint them silver then apply a heavy coat of "oily grime". C2j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nightfighter Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 On 2/2/2024 at 9:35 PM, Cubs2jets said: I'd paint them silver then apply a heavy coat of "oily grime". C2j Thanks. I'll do that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve N Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 The wheel wells on wartime B-17s were unpainted aluminum. Restored warbirds tend to be painted inside for long-term corrosion protection. That wasn't really a concern during the war, when factories needed to crank them out as quickly as possible, and the average combat plane's life expectancy was a few months at best. SN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nightfighter Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Yes the warbird thing does create some confusion but nice and simple which is good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkin mad Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Here's one I found, unrestored & some parts painted with what looks like interior green. They may of course not all have been finished like this. ----------------- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, barkin mad said: Here's one I found, unrestored & some parts painted with what looks like interior green. They may of course not all have been finished like this. ----------------- Where did you find that picture? On the web or in a book? Since this was a completely unrestored B-17, I’d love to see more pics of her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve N Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Great pic! I was curious about if any paint was used. I understand some of the internal structure of the wings was painted for fire resistance. I presume that was why parts of the wheel well were painted. Of course, with three different plants building thousands of them over a three-year span, I'm not sure how much consistency there was. SN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nightfighter Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 Interesting photo. I'll save that to My Pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 To pile on, here are a few I took of EAA's Aluminum Overcast many years ago (over 20 I'm sure) of the starboard nacelle. The front bulkhead is to the left in the first pic, looking at the rear bulkhead in the second and a closer look at the duct in pic 2 in the third pic. Wish I had gotten more but there was a crowd as I recall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkin mad Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 On 2/8/2024 at 2:39 PM, 11bee said: Where did you find that picture? On the web or in a book? Since this was a completely unrestored B-17, I’d love to see more pics of her. I got it from another site. I think it's from a book, no idea which one, sorry. I did find this site, which has plenty of pics on it.............they have a farcebook site as well. https://b17alliance.com/restoration/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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