Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – a four-engine heavy bomber that gained immortal fame in an air war against Germany.
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Airfix Boeing B-17E Conversion “THE BLUE GOOSE” in 1/72 Scale
B-17E Flying Fortress serial number 41-2616 THE BLUE GOOSE is somewhat enigmatic due to there being no known photographs of her. What is known is that the USAAF requisitioned her from an RAF order and that she was given a unique paint job [...]
I Remade My Oldest Surviving Childhood Model Kit
An old and flawed kit, but one that has a special place in the memory banks for me - when I was 12 we were told we could have a home made mascot on our desks for end of primary school exams. I persuaded my parents to get me a Flying [...]
Revell's 1/48 B-17F/G Flying Fortress "Mini Movie Memphis Belle"
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 [...]
Revell 1/48 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 15th AF
All good big Revell kits come in three ;-D built by my father 4 years ago as part of our still ongoing theme "Airwar over Austria".
Revell USA kit with Superscale decals and Gunze/Tamiya acrylics. Regarding that the molds are [...]
1/72 Scale Academy B-17G converted to a YB-17G
After years of building models I knew everything...hum-bug! I found a photo on the web of a "YB-17G Flying Fortress." As lot's of modeler's say: "I gotta have that kit," but there is no YB-17G kit available.
For me that [...]
1/144 SCALE REVELL DC-10/30 ARROW CARGO - Last Part
The last part of this model build deals with finishing the panel line's on the aft top section of the model which incorporates the 3rd engine and tail plane. Since I have to roll my masking tape around the engine housing I choose to use my [...]
Airfix B-17G Anxious Angel
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 [...]
Review: H-K Models 1/48 scale B-17G Flying Fortress – here it is with the full review
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 [...]
Academy B-17E in the Hawaiian Air Depot Scheme in 1/72 Scale
Here is another Flying Fortress in the Hawaiian Air Depot camouflage, this time serial 41-2437. This is one of two HAD scheme Fortresses seen in John Ford's documentary film of the Battle of Midway. The U. S. national markings were [...]
