Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – a four-engine heavy bomber that gained immortal fame in an air war against Germany.
The Flying Fortress Database at iModeler
40 articles
Academy B-17F
Had a few minutes tonight so figured I'd open her up and get the inside of the fuselage painted up and take look at the sprues. Being my first 1/72 scale aircraft I wasnt sure what to think and honestly still don't. The directions are [...]
‘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 [...]
Big Friend,...Little Friend
One of the fun things of belonging to a club is the “Club Projects” that pop up throughout the year. So it was that one of my clubs (We are blessed here in Florida with many such clubs) decided it would be fun to give everyone a 2x2x2 [...]
1:72 Revell B-17G 'Little Miss Mischief'
Probably my best build for 2013 and the best competition result of any kit I've built. She took Best in show at the Daymns Hall Show in August 2013.
I researched LMM for this build and here is the concise version of my findings:
"Lt [...]
Revell B-17G "A Bit-o-lace" (1/72)
Finally finished third piece of this Revell gift set. I think now i will take a break from airplanes for a few years, and focus on ships, haha. I won't write much about this model because I really debated with myself should I put pictures [...]
HK Models B-17G ‘Aluminium Overcast’
I've been working on this project on and off for the last year or so, and finally applied the finishing touches this weekend.
The HK Models kit needs no introduction and was for the second time, a joy to build. Having seen a few of these [...]
1/48 PB-1W Conversion
This conversion languished for a very long time- about 4 years.
I got the Paragon PB-1W Conversion, and a Monogram 1/48 B-17G, then the kit and conversion sat, and sat.
I got hold of a great reference book- "B-17 In Blue: The Flying [...]
