Tom Becking
Taylors, South Carolina
Looks like Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby is in deep trouble as the No. 1 engine trails smoke that Tom made with bamboo skewers, cotton balls, and white glue, then airbrushed. Tom built Revell’s 1/48 scale B-17G (neé Monogram) and gave it three spinning props airbrushed on .030" clear plastic discs. The radio antenna lines are strands of synthetic hair from a color sample he got from a beauty-supply store. Tom replicated rivets using a pounce wheel guided by the edge of an old iTunes card. After a spray-can coat of gray Rust-Oleum primer, he airbrushed a thin layer of Testors Model Master black gloss enamel and top-coated it with Alclad II chrome and polished aluminum lacquers. Weathering with airbrushed Alclad II transparent smoke completed Tom’s first in-flight model.