B-17G "American Beauty" Part 2
486 Bomb Group 384 Squadron out of Sudbury. This aircraft survived the war to be broken up in Kingman AZ. After waiting a few months finally got some green grass and an overcast day. Hope you like.
Products used
Paint: Ak Real color, Model master and Alclad
Aftermarket: Eduard wooden floors and ammo boxes set
Eduard Zoom cockpit
Eduard engine set
Eduard Radio Compartment
Eduard masks
Master gun Barrels
All Comments are welcomed and thanks for looking
Rod
Man, that is beautiful work, Rod @rodbettencourt!
And you know how I love the natural light photography and the outdoor setting! 
So much to love here. 
Gary , thank you so much. Look forward to your next.
Rod
OUTSTANDING build & finish. Level of realism is remarkable. Special.
Bob, thank you for your comment!
Rod
Love it
Thank you George.
Rod
Yep - what they said! Very realistic - lovely build.
Greg, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Rod
What more to add, Rod @rodbettencourt
Really fantastic performance and very realistic result.
John, awesome words, thank you.
Rod
Good to see this one again Rod, @rodbettencourt. It really is a beautiful build and the pictures outdoors really show it off nicely.
Walt my friend, thank you and I very much look forward to your JU-52. Thanks for taking the time to write. Hope to see you soon .
Rod
Just sooooooooo good Rod. Lovely finish
Thank you Guy!
Rod
geez that's nice...really captured the look...beautiful work!
Jim,
Thank you for your comment, means a lot.
Rod
Really well done, Rod. That looks like a difficult model to photograph.
John,
You are not kidding, I did find it difficult to get full length shots. Thank you for taking the time to write.
Rod
G’day Rod (@rodbettencourt),
That almost looks like a real aircraft.
Liked!
Thank you Michael.
Rod
Looks very real!
Fantastic build!
Thank you Richard!
Rod
Wow - that's a fine looking Fortress, Rod. Nice pics.
Thanks Chas, I look forward to your next.
Rod
Wow, a real beauty, for sure. I love the NMF, so believable, and the photos are great... thank you for sharing your awesome work!
Andrew, thank you for taking the time to comment.
Rod
That is way too good! I used to say “museum quality” when I saw a build like this, but recently saw some builds in a museum and this puts them all to shame. Masterpiece.
What an awesome comment, thank you Matt.
Rod
Yeah. H-K's big B-17 is really impressive any way you look at it, and what you did with it is really impressive. Multi-hue NMF is really outstanding.
One thing I found on mine that made things easier(both 1/32 and 1/48) was to attach the left and right nose pieces to their respective fuselage halves before proceeding. Got the external fit right and all went easier than following the instructions.
Thanks Tom, I wish I had did that with the nose. I took about 20 hours painting this. But that's the part I like. I am fighting the urge too get the F model.
Rod
Amazing work and result
Thank you Mark.
Rod
Love this! Well done. Photography is top notch too
Thanks David, photos were done with my Iphone.
Rod
Doesn't get much better than that. Well done, Rod
Thank you Gary for your kind words.
Rod
Amazing job all the way around! You don't see a lot of these and yours is fantastic. Great job on an iconic aircraft.
Thank you Scott for taking the time to comment!
Rod
Beautiful work, great looking B-17!
Thank you Bob!
Rod