Revell 1/48 B-17G "Chow Hound" Group Build.

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Kev!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice job so far!

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok...

 

[Vic Balshaw]

She's coming along real nice H

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks! I like the cover for the bombsight

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks good. What did you use?

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Very nice Harrison, very nice. What kind of an airbrush do you use?

 

[DBII]

I never thought about making a cover, good move. How did you make it?

DBII

 

[B-17engineer]

NFN I use a a Badger 200 right now but have an Aztek 4709 also.

For the cover I used a piece of kitchen tin foil painted a light olive color.

 

[Mr. Ed]

I built the Monogram Chow Hound back in the '70s when I was a kid. I'm planning on building a 1/48th scale B-17G again one day. I've always thought I'd make a cut away or use the version with the clear fuselage half since hiding all that interior detail would be such a shame. I'm also planning on making it an in flight build, which means fitting figures into the thing. Can imagine what this would involve for the ball turret?

What are your plans for restoring with the raised panel lines after sanding the seams? gluing on little pieces of streched sprue, perhaps? I'm asking because the Monogram P-61 is next on my build schedule and as we all know this mold dates to 1974 and so has raised lines.

 

[B-17engineer]

Hi Ed,

To be honest, I really have no clue what I'll do! I think some other will shed some more light on it!

 

[dirkpitt289]

Looking good, Harrison. I like your attention to the bomb-sight detail. What a great personal touch. To date you are the first person I've ever seen do that 8)

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Dirk! I saw a few photos in books and since it will be seen through the nose thought it'd be kind cool

I talked to airframes and he said some were covered and other were taken out

 

[B-17engineer]

Just painted bombs... and need to add rope to the cat walk.... may just paint copper wire black....

 

[DBII]

H man, I am going to have to get lessons from you. Rope and a cover, nice.

DBII

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks very much

Extremely busy now pictures later tonight or tomorrow early morning.

 

[Airframes]

Nice work H, glad the foil worked out so well. It's easily seen your skills are improving too!
For the rope for the walkways, either use the wire you mentioned, or stretched sprue. Or, if you have any, some red sewing thread (cotton), which should be just about right in this scale. Fix it in place with a small spot of CA at each end, allowing it to sag slightly in the middle, then, when it's set, give it a quick coat of clear varnish. This will stop the tiny fibres from rising after time and spoiling the effect.
If you use the wire ot whatever, paint it red when set. The rope handrails were normally, but not always, painted or dyed red.

 

[B-17engineer]

Dam T thanks for the ideas! Will figure it out soon.


There was a clear parts eff up in the nose.... two of them got a bit of glue on it but oh well.

Also, had brownings added in the nose! Yes!

Hopefully by the end of the week... bomb racks and all will be done.

 

[Airframes]

Gently sand the glue off the clear parts H, then polish with either toothpaste o better, if you have some, 'T-Cut', which is a car body colour restorer (might have a different name in the US). Wash the parts afterwards, then give them a coat of Future. They should be like new - in fact better than new!