Stepping into the PE world eh?  There's no turning back...lol.  I look forward to your fort.  

Joe

Yes.  The last time I did PE was my first build here of which was a P-61 Black Widow.  This should be fun.  Thank you for stopping by.

Toshi

This looks intense!! Will be watching with great interest.

Be careful with the Squadron Walkaround book. That's a restored aircraft. For example, the fuselage aft of the cockpit should be natural metal. Not being a butt, but pointing it out if accuracy is important. I'll be following this one.

To mustang1989,

I completely agree, it's a very intense process.  I should be able to start up the build later this week.  Thanks for the visit!

Toshi

Lookin' good Toshi! You're doing better by the PE than I ever have. I've used the stuff on and off for years now and still hate and avoid it whenever possible.

True, the PE is rather intense.  

I for one develop intense back pain having to bend over the bench when lookin through the mag glass to see the stuff.  I can only do the PE for a short time then hafta take a break.

To Gamera,

Only now, I realize that PE in a way, is a whole different way of building model kits.  It's very tedious for me, let's see how long I can endure this torture.  LOL!

When your building with PE, you forget that your body is straining to accomplish the task at hand.  I know the feeling Mr. JayJay.

Toshi

So true Toshi, and then I try to stand up  LOL

 To my fellow forum members,

I just received my order of paints of which is two bottles of MM zinc chromate yellow, and two bottles of MM gloss clear coat.  Once in my hand, I immediately went to work on the B-17.  This section is the radio manned compartment.  Below you will find the progress made.  

Thank you,

Toshi

This is looking AWESOME Toshi! I have a love/ hate relationship with PE. First off I use it all the time so I like the results and don't see myself discontinuing its use in my modeling.  Secondly, while I like the results I do dislike working with it at times. In the end I have to ask myself if all the effort/ torture was worth it and the answer is always a strong "YES".

Very very nice Toshi,  your B-17 is gonna look soooo cool when all the PE is in her because of the excellent job you're doing on it.

Nice work so far!

The last visible B-17 I built got blown up by M-80s after smoking wacky weed with my friends. Ahhh the memories!

Yes, Mustang1989 PE is such a delicate creature, it has it's own mind.  Thank you for stopping by and the read and reply.

Toshi

To Jay Jay, I'm just struggling on following everyone's lead.  Thanks for stopping by.

Toshi

To USAFASME7,

That's what I like about model building, it can take you to your past (Nostalgia) or create a new adventure moving forward.  Thank you for the read and reply.

Toshi

A few more picks on today's adventure with my B-17.

Ive always wanted to go "all out" on one of these babies

watching with interest!

To CallSignOWL,

Thank you for taking the time out to view my project.  It is members like you that supports my projects, which leads me to excel.  Thanks for the visit!

Toshi

Thank you for the heads up CheesyMeatBurrito, I'll definitely take that into consideration.  Thank you for the read and reply.

Toshi

Another 1:00am marathon!  I wanted to show members that this was something I could not have done a few months ago.  I still need to clean it up.

Dang, Toshi

2 or 3 months ago, I could not have imagined we would see such amazing build quality this quickly. Not for me to judge any ones work, but I must tell you I believe your abilities have increased by a factor of several times. The parts fitting and alignments are spot on, your finish work is fine, the finished models are now first rate. From me to you, excellent work Sir.

I always look forward to seeing your excellent in progress posts and photos, soon others will be asking you for advice on how to do modeling tasks.

Let me be the first. When you airbrush the interior bits and paint gets on the mating surfaces, how do you glue those surfaces together? Do you scrape the paint away and use liquid cement, or do you use instant glue,(cyano?)  

The -17 looks mighty fine my friend, I look forward to seeing it finished.

Patrick

Why thank you patrick206, thats very kind of you.  I want to personally thank you from the bottom of my heart for just being there for me as I learned so much from you and forum members.  Besides building a model kit for myself for fun, excitement and sheer enjoyment, I always do my best to give the best possible presentation to all my brothers and sisters of FSM Forum, if not, that would be sacrilegious to the model kit Gods!  LOL!

I'll take Tamiya tape and go over the glueing joints to ensure a clean glueing surface.  If you start scraping things up, bad things can happen.  LOL!  I've learned this by experience.  I think the tape I use is the really thin one, if my memory serves me right, it's the Tamiya 6mm size tape.  

In this case of the "Visible" B-17G, I need to have the joint painted as it needs to show through the clear half of the fuselage.  If not, it'll look really sloppy.  Due to the unique nature of this kit that's visible, mistakes cannot happen.  There's just too much at stake so variances must be minimal or non-existent at best.  Thank you patrick206 for your support in my projects.  It is extremely important to me.

Toshi

Toshi, if that clear plastic fuselage half were to mess up on you after investing so much time and money into the project; you could go to ebay for another kit!

To Shipwreck,

What's interesting with this kit is that you can build it with the clear fuselage or a solid one that's included.  I plan on using the Testors clear cement glue to ensure that there will be no mess or issues occurring during this assembly stage with the clear half.  Thank you for the heads up.

Toshi

At 11:10pm, I'm on a roll.  This day was spent with Mrs. Toshi while we both enjoyed our breakfast together.  After breakfast, Mrs. Toshi goes to her iPad to do a digital puzzle while I work on my current project building the B-17G.  For a change, we went out for dinner had a great time and returned home to close out the rest of the evening.  Well, maybe for Mrs. Toshi but not for me!  LOL!

I finally completed the bombardier section as well as the cockpit, the mid-section was tended to as well.  I did a few dry test fits and at this time, I see no issues.  I still have the bombay and the tail section to complete.  Once that's done I'll methodically spray the B-17G in sections and put it together.  Thank you forum members for visiting my thread, it is greatly appreciated.

Toshi