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B-17E conversion moves forward

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 2:12 PM
She looks great so far Swanny. Can't wait to see the beaut when she's done.Wink [;)]
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Posted by 72cuda on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 2:01 PM
Hey Swanny;
keep it up, looks really great, are you doing it in a Brit scheme?

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Posted by Swanny on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 2:00 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Pixilater

I really like the camo, Swanny. Makes for a really different Fortress. How did you mask the gun openings on the top turret ? I hate it when you have to mount a turret before closing the fuselage. Good luck protecting the gun barrels, too.
Can't wait to see it with decals !

The turret was masked with a combination of Fast Frames masks and liquid frisket. The gun openings have tissue rolls stuffed into them which I'll remove with very fine tweezers at the end of the project. I rolled up strips of masking tape into small tubes and slide them over the gun barrels to protect them. I agree, installing turrets prior to painting sucks. When I did the Impatient Virgin (signiture picture) I didn't glue the seam right at the nose so that I could paint the model then flex the seam open and install the nose turret last.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 1:34 PM
Very impressive so far. :) Keep those pics coming!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 11:45 AM
I really like the camo, Swanny. Makes for a really different Fortress. How did you mask the gun openings on the top turret ? I hate it when you have to mount a turret before closing the fuselage. Good luck protecting the gun barrels, too.
Can't wait to see it with decals !
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Posted by Swanny on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 10:51 AM
She's a Limey for sure.
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Posted by shrikes on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 10:31 AM
camo pattern makes sense because they had time to paint the things towards the begining of the war. What uniform will it wear? A yank (B-17E) or a limey (Fortress I)? Wink [;)]
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Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 10:11 AM
Swanny, that's beautiful! I really like that camo, too.
~Brian
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 9:38 AM
Hmm , nice never seen this camo b4 what is the tone color of the lower side ?
is it a british type ?

anyway looking forward for the finish model Smile [:)]
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Posted by Swanny on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 8:00 AM
This thing is starting to look very cool, really like this camo scheme.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 7, 2003 8:10 AM
wat type camo u be using ?

niceeee
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Posted by mark956 on Saturday, December 6, 2003 7:25 PM
Swanny, Looking good so far. I can't wait to see the finished model.
mark956
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Posted by Swanny on Saturday, December 6, 2003 7:17 PM
Major assembly is now complete. She came out of the paint room about an hour ago and this is what she looks like right now - all primed up.

Tomorrow I'll go over it one more time looking for defects on the surface and begin the camo pattern. What a beautiful aircraft.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 5, 2003 11:41 PM
A word for it , Nice! , cant wait to see the whole of it later
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Posted by mandrake on Friday, December 5, 2003 11:12 PM
Looks great let us see it when it is done, congrats man! Smile [:)]
Thanks! My Best Regards Hector Reymundo
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Posted by Swanny on Thursday, December 4, 2003 3:06 PM
Pix, the remote controlled belly turret is being installed and the sighting holes have been cut into the fuselage already. This will be done as a lend/lease aircraft in RAF markings for Coastal Command, light gray under with dark green/dark sea gray uppers.

Shrikes, the nose is a replacement vac piece that was included with the Paragon conversion kit. The kit also includes the sighting dome for the belly. The nose is masked with strips of masking tape and liquid frisket material.

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Posted by shrikes on Thursday, December 4, 2003 1:26 PM
Man, i can tell she's going to be one nice looking ship! What are you using for the plexiglass nose piece? (Can't really see it in the picture)
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 1, 2003 9:49 PM
Looking good, Swanny. Are you adding the remote-controlled belly turret ? What markings/theater have you chosen ?
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Posted by Swanny on Monday, December 1, 2003 9:39 PM
Thanks Keyworth.
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Posted by Keyworth on Monday, December 1, 2003 9:01 PM
Sharp looking build so far!
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Posted by Swanny on Monday, December 1, 2003 6:00 PM
No. She is all Revell/Paragon (1979 issue). The wings have been primed already but will need another coat as I have found a few areas to touch-up. You can read about the build on my site.
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Posted by 72cuda on Monday, December 1, 2003 5:35 PM
Hey Swanny;
Are you using the old Monogram B-17G with the Revell B-17F?, Reason is that the wings are a Greyish Silver and all the B-17F's I've built where O.D. or are you building a Revell Gremany offering?

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B-17E conversion moves forward
Posted by Swanny on Monday, December 1, 2003 2:44 PM
Progress on my B-17E conversion of the Revell 1/48 B-17F moves forward.

A few more days and she will be heading for the paint room.
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