This wood is amazing, @luftwaffe-birdman!
Nice progress.

Well its been a couple weeks or so, and I have taken some time to work on the interior. I don't get much model time, which is part of the reason I am so slow. That said, there in a lot of stuff to paint inside a B-17. It has been many years since I built this kit and I don't remember the detail as being so soft. Still it didn't turn out too bad. I have included pictures showing the interior just painted, and then with the wash. For the interior the wash can be heavy, as shadows inside an aircraft or deep and dark. Importantly the wash brings depth and dimension to the panels. They become much more three dimensional when you add the wash. Next I glue in the windows and put the two halves together. The wings are already together.

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What a wonderful interior, Walt B @luftwaffe-birdman!

It is true you don't see much, but you will often hear the phrase, "but I know it's there". I look at it as part of the fun of the build and practice for kits where you can see the detail. I have the HK Models B-17 and the detail inside it is incredible. I guess I will have to just look at the pictures once it is all put together, and tell everyone "I know it's there".

Those barrels are trully stunning!

The two nose guns are the only ones that have to be glued into the plane before joining the halves together. I did the first one and you can see the difference between the kit part and the gun with the Model-Master barrel.

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What a difference - they are really making the guns stand out.

I know, you buy a kit, for a reasonable price and then add all kinds of costs with additional parts. I am thinking for my next B-17 I may get the quick boost version. It is a third the cost of the Model-Master Barrels and look pretty good too. Being and amateur machinist though I had to get the Model-Master set just to admire the machine work which is beautiful!

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