T Bolt
Colonel
Looking great Boats.
**** DONE: 1/48 B-17G Flying Fortress - Heavy Hitters II GB
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meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Yep!
N4521U
Plastic Pirate
That's lookin sweeeeeet.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Nice!
fubar57
General
Home stretch Boats, very nice.
Geo
Geo
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Staff Sergeant
Ahoy Fellas
Thank you guys for your replies the old flying fortress is heading down to the down hill slide, After all of the paint work has dried I went ahead and painted the3 squadron Identification markings. The red area was masked first and airbrushed flat white when the flat white has dried to touch I applied the red color. Again letting this dry overnight then the ytouch up paint work and deicer boots will follow and the assembly and decals and she is good to go. But lastly the bomb bay doors will be constructed and cemented to fuselage bottom. a lot of work still needed hopefully next week the build will be finished.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
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Thank you guys for your replies the old flying fortress is heading down to the down hill slide, After all of the paint work has dried I went ahead and painted the3 squadron Identification markings. The red area was masked first and airbrushed flat white when the flat white has dried to touch I applied the red color. Again letting this dry overnight then the ytouch up paint work and deicer boots will follow and the assembly and decals and she is good to go. But lastly the bomb bay doors will be constructed and cemented to fuselage bottom. a lot of work still needed hopefully next week the build will be finished.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
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A4K
Brigadier General
Looking great Boats!
looks good to me
hub
Senior Airman
Nice paint work8)
Cool!
Great work so far Boats!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Doing good Boats.
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Staff Sergeant
Ahoy
thank you fellas again for your wonderful replies on my Fortress, to say the least she is coming along, I should have her done by next week ....... Okay as to the build report the home stretch of the paint job is finished there are a small amount of touch up paint work here and there...... As to the update I just finished painting the deicer boots they were in turn masked off asd to the olive drab and neutral gray along w3ith the squadron ID color of Red is all completed....... Letting the plane dry overnight next the painting of the tires and other small sundries will complete the basic build the decals will be added next and lastly the construction of the bomb bay doors and she is ready for the polls.
Happy 4th Of July
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thank you fellas again for your wonderful replies on my Fortress, to say the least she is coming along, I should have her done by next week ....... Okay as to the build report the home stretch of the paint job is finished there are a small amount of touch up paint work here and there...... As to the update I just finished painting the deicer boots they were in turn masked off asd to the olive drab and neutral gray along w3ith the squadron ID color of Red is all completed....... Letting the plane dry overnight next the painting of the tires and other small sundries will complete the basic build the decals will be added next and lastly the construction of the bomb bay doors and she is ready for the polls.
Happy 4th Of July
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A4K
Brigadier General
Sure is! 
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Ahoy Fellas
Okay back to the build as to the update build report after letting the red dry over night I painted in the wing walks on some Flying fortress the wing walks were optional and they vary somewhat from aircraft to aircraft.......... using again masking tape to apply the airbrushing of the wing walks, It perhaps would have been faster if I purchased some striping tape.. I just went ahead and done it old school method mask and airbrush.................. I still have lots to do on the B-17 she is coming along I should have her done one day this week. After the decaling is done the painting of the tires and other painting along with touch ups here and there. Okay fellas here is the update for now I should have another this evening.
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Okay back to the build as to the update build report after letting the red dry over night I painted in the wing walks on some Flying fortress the wing walks were optional and they vary somewhat from aircraft to aircraft.......... using again masking tape to apply the airbrushing of the wing walks, It perhaps would have been faster if I purchased some striping tape.. I just went ahead and done it old school method mask and airbrush.................. I still have lots to do on the B-17 she is coming along I should have her done one day this week. After the decaling is done the painting of the tires and other painting along with touch ups here and there. Okay fellas here is the update for now I should have another this evening.
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meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Looking great!
A4K
Brigadier General
Excellent Boats!
Looks like you might need to hit 3 spots with the decal solvent again though - the white of the starboard wing triangle, the starboard tailplane triangle, and the number '6' on same.
Looks like you might need to hit 3 spots with the decal solvent again though - the white of the starboard wing triangle, the starboard tailplane triangle, and the number '6' on same.
