**** DONE: GB-52 1:48 Boeing B-17F - Heavy Hitters IV

[N4521U]

Yellow is Not mellow when it comes to painting the color!!!!!!
Gotta do a white undercoat or you just keep chasing Opaque!!!
Good work on yours.

 

[Wayne Little]

yellow looks pretty good.

 

[Mainly28s]

And a wee bit more progress- the wings will get their first coat tomorrow- I ran out of OD.

A new order will arrive tomorrow- thank goodness fro next day delivery!

 

[Wurger]

 

[T Bolt]

Looking real nice

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[Mainly28s]

Progress! The OD is on, the yellow is done, and the de-icer boots are done. Just a bit of touching up, then the gloss/decals.

 

[rochie]

nice, i like it !

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice.

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice

 

[Mainly28s]

No photo tonight, but the OD uppers are complete. I've also done the splotches on the fabric-covered control surfaces that I see on the pictures of DL+XC. With that done, I've applied a bit of streaking, fading and stains, and pin-washed the control surface joins.

 

[Mainly28s]

So I managed to get all the transfers on. Very nice opaque white!
And yes, I know the white strips are a little wonky, but they were apparently just tape stuck on to show where vulnerable areas were.

I stippled on the remnants of the letter B on the tail, as this was extremely faded. The new national markings are also newer than the OD, and painted over some of the wear and dirt, and there is relatively little dirt on the yellow underside, as this was also newly painted.

Thursday I'll be varnishing and adding a little more dirt., then removing the masks from the clear bits.

I still need to finish painting the undercarriage and props, and the guns (I'm only fitting the upper turret and tail guns, as the nose and waist guns were apparently regularly removed on the ground, and displayed separately.

Edit- I just saw the pics more clearly, and the flash is not kind! The OD looks a lot more solid in real life than it does on the pictures!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Neat.

 

[Wayne Little]

looking pretty good..

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[T Bolt]

I think you did a great job on the OD

 

[Mainly28s]

Last pictures before I call her done!
I managed to get the varnish on last night, and just need to peel off the masks today.

I added the captured P-47 just to give an idea of how big she is!

 

[Wurger]