The B-17G Channel at iModeler (3 articles)

The B-17G Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with B-17G
3 articles
Last addition 5 months, 1 week ago

Airfix B-17G Anxious Angel

by Jeff Groves on October 18, 2019
in Aviation — 14 Comments

This is the Airfix B-17G, which represents a late production Fortress with the Cheyenne tail turret and staggered waist gun positions. This is a nice kit right out of the box, I added a few aftermarket bits but you would still get a nice build [...]

OK here it is with the full review

by Tom Cleaver on October 18, 2019
in Aviation — 15 Comments

Utilized by the USAAF as a strategic weapon, the B-17 was a relatively fast, high-flying, long-range bomber with heavy defensive armament at the expense of bombload. When Seattle Times reporter Richard Williams first saw the Model 299 prototype [...]