Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
The B-17 Database at iModeler
96 articles
Wooden it be nice……
To have some really thin wood to do the plywood flooring of a B-17? My daughter gave me some thin wood samples after she graduated industrial design school and they are perfect for replicating things such as the flooring of B-17s! The [...]
By any other name…….
A Monogram kit is a Monogram kit, is a Monogram kit, regardless of whether you put Revell on the box or not! My lovely wife bought me the classic Monogram B-17G for Christmas. Still widely regarded as the best B-17 in any scale, it is [...]
The new Airfix B-17G
So while I was building the Ju88 featured a few days ago, I was working on two new builds for Airfix Model World Magazine. These are both featured in the new December issue on sale now. The first of these is the B-17G. This is a superb [...]
Hey guys remember me?
Well it's certainly been a while since I posted anything on iModeller so I thought I would show you what I've been building in the last couple of years,I'll kick off with a civilianised B17 G based on the lovely Academy 1/72 kit and using [...]
For Rob’s B17G theme. Mine, built a few years ago.
1/48 Monogram kit. Fun as. 🙂
Academy 1/72 B-17f “Wabash Cannonball”
the venerable B-17f “The pride of Seattle” as it would have looked in June 1943 while part of the 91st heavy bombardment wing stationed at Bassingbourn at Cambridgeshire U.K...in the livery of “Wabash Cannonball” painted by Sgt. [...]
'An Inglorious End' – Scratch built 1/32 B-17 Fortress Diorama
Hi guys - this is one I finished last year. It's a 1/32 Fortress, scratch built and based on the old Combat Models vacform. Total construction time was 18 months. The HK Models kit was released about a year into the project, and my build [...]