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1/48 B-17G Chowhound...Decals and into Darkness
- Thread starter fightnjoe
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Sherman 18
Master at Arms
1/48 B-17G Chowhound
:woohoo:
:woohoo:
fightnjoe
Active member
phantom II
Master at Arms
1/48 B-17G Chowhound
That ought to double the gross weight . Hope you have sturdy gear .
Cheers, Christian B)
That ought to double the gross weight . Hope you have sturdy gear .
Cheers, Christian B)
1/48 B-17G Chowhound
I think every one of us who's built that thing wanted to do a cutaway version. Looking forward to this Joe.
I think every one of us who's built that thing wanted to do a cutaway version. Looking forward to this Joe.
fightnjoe
Active member
1/48 B-17G Chowhound...Starting Point
As with all builds there is a starting point.
For this build it starts with the kit pieces. For me it means what do I need to do to prep this for what I am planning to do. This kit as most know, has a lot of moulded in detail. It all has to go. For my plan to work it needs to be a clean slate. I also need to remove all the positioning points for the flooring and bulkheads. For that I will need to fashion different ones that will be out of sight when I cut into the fuselage.
So out came the white glue and the flooring and bulkheads were set into place.
May take a while to get through the detail to a clean slate.
Joe
As with all builds there is a starting point.
For this build it starts with the kit pieces. For me it means what do I need to do to prep this for what I am planning to do. This kit as most know, has a lot of moulded in detail. It all has to go. For my plan to work it needs to be a clean slate. I also need to remove all the positioning points for the flooring and bulkheads. For that I will need to fashion different ones that will be out of sight when I cut into the fuselage.
So out came the white glue and the flooring and bulkheads were set into place.
May take a while to get through the detail to a clean slate.
Joe
I'll be watchin' dis one Dr. Frankenstein!!
phantom II
Master at Arms
1/48 B-17G Chowhound
Tell you the truth Tony he probably didn't want to remember it
Neither my Dad , my step mother or sister ever wanted to tal about the war
Cheers, Christian B)
Tell you the truth Tony he probably didn't want to remember it
Neither my Dad , my step mother or sister ever wanted to tal about the war
Cheers, Christian B)
1/48 B-17G Chowhound
Roger that!
Tell you the truth Tony he probably didn't want to remember it
Neither my Dad , my step mother or sister ever wanted to tal about the war
Cheers, Christian B)
Roger that!
1/48 B-17G Chowhound
Joe, just want to throw out one thing.
The vents that are behind the engine nacelles are not exhaust ports. 90% of the B17s modeled has smoke stains coming out of those. Those were air waste ducts for the superchargers and oil cooling systems. Clean air would be coming out of those, if anything soot would be diverted from those ports. Look at real B17 photos from above and see what i'm talking about.
Joe, just want to throw out one thing.
The vents that are behind the engine nacelles are not exhaust ports. 90% of the B17s modeled has smoke stains coming out of those. Those were air waste ducts for the superchargers and oil cooling systems. Clean air would be coming out of those, if anything soot would be diverted from those ports. Look at real B17 photos from above and see what i'm talking about.
1/48 B-17G Chowhound
Yep, ya have alot of real estate on these forts! Think that's partly why mine isn't out of the hangar yet...
Yep, ya have alot of real estate on these forts! Think that's partly why mine isn't out of the hangar yet...