Looking at pictures from the tail gun placement, it looks quite busy on the original plane with canvas, tail lights etc.

The Revell kit however only has a flat surface where you have to place the barrels. I thought I could at least give it a try to make it ook a bit more realistic. Started by mounting a plate on the lower halve of the tail section using some bank card plastic.

Next I used some patafix witched should represent the canvas in the upper halve of the tail section.

In the end I used a small piece of EverGreen on which the barrels are mounted. On the original aircraft this looks likme an aluminum plate , therefore I painted it in this color. The tail lights are just two blops of paint, red and white, applied with the tip of a tooth stick. The leather ring is just presented by painting the outline with a leather color.

Wondering what you guys think of the outcome compared to the Revell ideas and to the original aircraft.

@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros

John, this build gets better with each post. My only niggle is that I've got a Airfix B-17 calling my name now. No name calling . . . one build at time.

@stephen-w-towle, thanks a lot, Stephen. Would love to see you building a Fortress as well.

Looking fabulous, my friend @johnb!
Hope you will find the antenna!

Unfortunately no luck in finding the missing piece and since I didn't want to spent an entire day I decided to createm one myself using a plastic card. Reference pictures can be found sufficiently on the net. This is how the antenna looked like after some grinding and painting.

@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros. Creating parts yourself is more fun than searching the entire carpet I have to admit.

Looks absolutely wonderful, my friend @johnb!