B-17 G 1:48 scale, 351st Bomb Group, 510th Squadron, AC# 43-37862, Fearless Fosdick

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Looks good.

 

[Crimea_River]

Agreed. Fiddly work on those tanks.

 

[mariosou]

Great Project
keep up the good work

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Worked on the siding today while the yellow paint is drying on the oxygen tanks and bottles.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Very convincing.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

I was able to get more done over the weekend. Oxygen bottles are almost done. One more thin coat of yellow before I add the bands and nipples on the ends. After consulting further images, I've built up the area under the flight deck to more closely resemble the photos I've seen. I also discovered that there were two shelves for equipment side by side under the flight deck. The more forward one was longer and had a door that went to a manual latch that I think went to the bomb bay doors but I'm not sure. I need to reread that part. Anyway, here are a few photos to chronicle my efforts. Thanks George for the reference material. It has been very helpful.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

A little more work under the deck using brass shims. Hope you like.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Cool.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

A little more work done on the plane. Small pieces to more closely match the photos and added a bracket to hold an oxygen tank. Added a little paint. Hope it looks ok.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

More scratch building. This time I added in another oxygen tank with and made another correction to the side of the compartment. I also built up some kind of regulation system I don't know the name of at the moment. Built it once and realized it was too large so I scaled it down. Looks better now.

Thanks...

 

[fubar57]

Well done