1/72 Academy B 17 F 'Memphis Belle' 324th BS/91st AF ,June 1943 Bassingbourn/England

[109ROAMING]

Thought I'd join Heinz in building a Flying fortress for this GB seeing as George's all done ( hope ya don't mind mate)

Using the academy kit , should be making a start soon

Some pics of the kit and Belle herself ( source: wikipedia)

 

[Heinz]

Nice one Daniel, let the battle of the Forts begin!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool! Looking forward to this one.

 

[109ROAMING]

Cheers VB and Alex!

let the battle of the Forts begin!

After you mate

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Probably because of the film, one of the best known bombers from WWII. Nice find Daniel and good second choice.

 

[Airframes]

Nice one Daniel. Some shots there I haven't seen before. Coincidence, as last night I watched the WW2 produced documentary (by William Wyler) on the real 'Belle, and an hour ago I was looking at an MoD web-site showing Bassingbourn!

 

[DBII]

Nice choice.

DBII

 

[imalko]

Ah, one of the most famous B-17s... Nice! Looking forward to your build Daniel.

 

[Wurger]

With all here.

 

[Micdrow]

Sweet, another B-17, Not sure if you need anything Daniel but I do have the Biography of a B-17 flying fortress the Memphis Belle by Brent William Perkings.

 

[Lucke.stz]

great ! lookink forward to more

 

[B-17engineer]

Nice Dan

 

[dirkpitt289]

And the "Bell" makes 3. Now this is a "Heavy Hitters" build for sure.

 

[Crimea_River]

Another welcome addition!

 

[109ROAMING]

Cheers guys , nice siggy too CR

Sweet, another B-17, Not sure if you need anything Daniel but I do have the Biography of a B-17 flying fortress the Memphis Belle by Brent William Perkings.

Cheers mate , any photo's would be good/appreciated - book sounds good!

 

[lesofprimus]

Bout time we got the Forts represented correctly.....

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice one Daniel!

 

[109ROAMING]

Cheers Wayne! shall be making a start shortly after christmas

 

[Micdrow]

Sorry Daniel, kinda forgot about this. Bunch of pictures Ive found at footnote. Note the main landing gear even has art.

Enjoy!!!

 

[Micdrow]

Few more!!!!