The B-17G Channel at iModeler (4 articles)

The B-17G Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with B-17G
4 articles
Last addition 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Revell’s 1/48 B-17F/G Flying Fortress “Mini Movie Memphis Belle”

by Christina Swank on April 10, 2020
in Aviation — 16 Comments

I'm a volunteer at National Warplane Museum in Geneseo NY. I have the opportunity to work on some the aircraft there. I took a flight on their flagship aircraft in the summer of 2018. A 1943 Douglas C-47 Skytrain named Whiskey 7. A true D-Da[...]

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 [...]