Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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1/48th Boeing Fortress MkI (B-17C) Koster / Revell conversion
I've been working on this on and off for the last few months and have finished it off this week.
I've used the classic Revell 1/48th B-17F kit and coupled it with Koster's vacformed beautiful early Fortress conversion set. This comprises [...]
Revell's 1/48 B-17F/G Flying Fortress "Mini Movie Memphis Belle"
I'm a volunteer at National Warplane Museum in Geneseo NY. I have the opportunity to work on some the aircraft there. I took a flight on their flagship aircraft in the summer of 2018. A 1943 Douglas C-47 Skytrain named Whiskey 7. A [...]
Well Time to get AMBITIOUS!!! A Little Help Please.
Well I finally finish a model after a five year hiatus, and have already have my next project planned. Actually I had it planned and even started before. Of course now that I have already finished 90% or my re-scribing I see a new 1/48 [...]
Revell 1/48 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 15th AF
All good big Revell kits come in three ;-D built by my father 4 years ago as part of our still ongoing theme "Airwar over Austria".
Revell USA kit with Superscale decals and Gunze/Tamiya acrylics. Regarding that the molds are [...]
Airfix B-17G Anxious Angel
This is the Airfix B-17G, which represents a late production Fortress with the Cheyenne tail turret and staggered waist gun positions. This is a nice kit right out of the box, I added a few aftermarket bits but you would still get a nice [...]
Review: H-K Models 1/48 scale B-17G Flying Fortress – here it is with the full review
Utilized by the USAAF as a strategic weapon, the B-17 was a relatively fast, high-flying, long-range bomber with heavy defensive armament at the expense of bombload. When Seattle Times reporter Richard Williams first saw the Model 299 [...]
Here it is – the H-K 1/48 B-17G (early production)
Full review at Modeling Madness on October 17.
The H-K B-17G test shot has arrived!
A nice simple cardboard box full of plastic parts just arrived.
I even have to get the instructions via e-mail and it's a good thing I took advantage of the Sprue Brothers decal sale and got the Kits World B-17G stencil decals and [...]
9-0-9 has crashed
Sad news. Flew with her 10 years ago.
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What's a real "joy killer" is the thought it was some 70-year old $5 part that failed, as a warbird restorer friend told me a few years ago was going to be the cause of the end of [...]
