Mainly28s
Senior Airman
Username: Mainly28s
First name: Olaf
Category: Beginner
Manufacturer: Revell
Model: B-17F Flying Fortress No 04297
Scale: 1:48
Extras: Kitsworld 1/48 scale Boeing B-17 F/G Flying Fortress Decal Sheet- KW148135 B-17G 44-83514 'Sentimental Journey' Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing. and decal strips (if I get to them) to replicate some of the external lines painted on the nacelles and upper surfaces.
One sure to annoy the USAAF supporters! This will be a well-documented captured B-17F flown by Hans-Werner Lerche at Rechlin.
Boeing B-17F-27-BO 'Wulfe-Hound' (41-24585) served with 360th BS, 303rd BG 'Hell's Angels' and was damaged during bombing run on 12th of December 1942. Pilot Lieutenant Flickinger was forced to land at Leeuwarden airfield in Netherlands. The B-17 was repaired and two days later assigned the Stammkennzeichen DL+XC and was transferred to Rechlin. Here she was tested and later had visited fighter units throughout Germany and France so that pilots could recognize its strengths and weaknesses. 'Wulfe-Hound' then returned to Rechlin in July 1943 before being transferred to I/KG 200 in September 1943 and re-coded A3+AE.
I will keep my internals to the absolute minimum I feel I can get away with. The only significant external change will be the deletion and fairing over of the belly turret (it was apparently damaged in the crash landing), and, obviously, the colours and markings.
I'll edit this posting with a starting picture of the kit and decals in the morning.
First name: Olaf
Category: Beginner
Manufacturer: Revell
Model: B-17F Flying Fortress No 04297
Scale: 1:48
Extras: Kitsworld 1/48 scale Boeing B-17 F/G Flying Fortress Decal Sheet- KW148135 B-17G 44-83514 'Sentimental Journey' Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing. and decal strips (if I get to them) to replicate some of the external lines painted on the nacelles and upper surfaces.
One sure to annoy the USAAF supporters! This will be a well-documented captured B-17F flown by Hans-Werner Lerche at Rechlin.
Boeing B-17F-27-BO 'Wulfe-Hound' (41-24585) served with 360th BS, 303rd BG 'Hell's Angels' and was damaged during bombing run on 12th of December 1942. Pilot Lieutenant Flickinger was forced to land at Leeuwarden airfield in Netherlands. The B-17 was repaired and two days later assigned the Stammkennzeichen DL+XC and was transferred to Rechlin. Here she was tested and later had visited fighter units throughout Germany and France so that pilots could recognize its strengths and weaknesses. 'Wulfe-Hound' then returned to Rechlin in July 1943 before being transferred to I/KG 200 in September 1943 and re-coded A3+AE.
I will keep my internals to the absolute minimum I feel I can get away with. The only significant external change will be the deletion and fairing over of the belly turret (it was apparently damaged in the crash landing), and, obviously, the colours and markings.
I'll edit this posting with a starting picture of the kit and decals in the morning.
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