Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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‘A Higher Call’ – the very best of humanity in the very worst of times.
I think most people on iModeler will know of the story of Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler.
On the return journey home from a bombing raid on Germany in December 1943, 20 year old pilot Charlie Brown nursed his critically injured B-17 [...]
USAF Memphis Belle Crewman, WWII, 120mm Verlinden figure
Another 120mm resin Verlinden figure, this one is a crewman of the famous Memphis Belle B-17 bomber, the 1st one to have successfuly finished 25 missions (which allowed the crew members to "retire", back to the US; some did it, [...]
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress….Meng 1/144-ish Nose Art Group Build
No nose art forum would be complete without a B-17 in it, as that airplane is pretty much the poster child for that genre. Look for nose art on any search engine and chances are the first hit you'll get will be a B-17.
After the Monogram [...]
1/48 Scale Monogram B-17G Flying Fortress
The Monogram B-17G was the first big multi-engine aircraft model that I ever built when I was a kid. It was big and it had a lot of guns. The bomb bay could not be displayed open, but that was never a concern back then. Also, it had ground [...]
The Golden Age of Modeling
This is about a model I want to build.
As my profile indicates, I am a college professor. This past semester I was chatting with one of my students, one Andrew Schaffner, himself a veteran of Afghanistan. He mentioned that his grandfather [...]
B-17 “The Little Miss Mischief”, 1/72 Academy
Yes. B-17.
I know that It's wrong build because The Mischief was B-17G with Bubble Gun turret in her chin but This is B-17F. This is my only wanted color scheme and the Memphis bell was only kit I had already. so, it happened.
I never [...]
B-17G “The Betty-L” HK Models 1/32e
Hello;
First I present the "Betty-L":
Why this plane there in particular? Well I like to make assemblies that have a history; this "anonymous" plane among so many others will have paid the high price during one of the [...]
RAF Fortress III Detail Photos
Following on from last week's post on my RAF Fortress III, I said that when the new issue of AMW was out I'd post some detail photos. Well the new issue is out tomorrow so here are the photos as promised. This is a 1:72 kit so you are [...]
Airfix B-17 100 Group
This is my first post in a while, I've been busy building though. This is the Airfix 1:72 B-17 built from the new kit which is a 100 Group RAF Fortress III version. This has all the Eduard sets - yes, every single one, including the [...]
