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MASSIVE BUILD...1/48 Monogram Visible B-17 (2+ year project !!!)

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fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 11:40 AM

Good luck Brandon.  I'm sure this will turn out to be an excellent build.  Looking forward to learning a few things too (as usual).

Jim  Captain

 Main WIP: 

   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

GAF
  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Anniston, AL
Posted by GAF on Monday, December 28, 2015 9:56 PM

If this turns out half as good as "Bit of Lace", she'll be a stunner!  Good luck to you on this long-term project!

gary

  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Monday, December 28, 2015 7:44 PM
Gonna be good Brandon. I look forward to this one...

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Sunday, December 27, 2015 3:12 PM

Just downloaded the chip into the computer, and if you want the pics I have of her, PM me an email and will send over what I have for internal and externals.  Some of bomb bay and engine, exhaust, looks like one where I held camera overhead from bomb bay and into office space.  Didn't go through her though.

  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:16 AM

Looking forward to following along on this one.

Mike

 

  • Member since
    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 9:34 AM

Yes gents, these are all questions I just don't have answers to yet. Nose art or not? Hmm, good point SW.

Going to see one and getting a look inside, priceless. What I really need is a look in areas you don't normally see, like in the bowls of the bird. Under the floor, the bombbay, rear wheel, and on and on and on. I will likely have as much time researching it as actually trying to push my building limits. It will certainly be a fun journey.

Thanks,

BK

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed   

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  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 8:03 AM

I don't know if it would work or not, but it might be worth a call to the Ericson collection in Madras OR.  If they would let you go through the interior of theirs and take pics.  I don't know how much of her is still original.  When they had her on display at the airshow in August you could go through her for like a $5 donation.  I did get some pics through the bomb bay and rear door, and more pics of her on display inside last March when I was there. (all exterior on those)

She is the ex-  Chucky that he had in Tillamook, now renamed Madras Maiden.

  • Member since
    May 2006
  • From: Chapin, South Carolina
Posted by Shipwreck on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 5:26 AM

BrandonK
I haven't decided on a nose art yet, but I am leaning toward My Devotion.

BK, I have been pondering that question for my visable 17. Because we usually cannot tell what the guts of a certain aircraft look like; all we are doing is a generic represention of the general interior. Therefore, have generic markings (or none) on the exterior? Just a thought; besides it will be a long time before I start my build. I am looking forward to your build.

On the Bench:

Revell 1/96 USS Constitution - rigging

Revell 1/48 B-1B Lancer Prep and research

Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hornet CV-8 Prep and research

 

 

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Monday, December 21, 2015 3:09 PM

BrandonK

Well Gents, here we go. I have been buying and stockpiling parts for this build for nearly 2 years now. So, what do I have planned. Well, a lot, to say the least.

The plan is to build this visible B-17 as a filler project and work on it as I have extra time and in between other kits. I plan on pimping this kit out to the max. I have nearly every aftermarket set available for it and plan on using most of those plus plenty of scracth work to make this a display piece that will blow everyones mind.

I have all the Eduard masks and PE available. Not the little kits, the full on gut and cut kits. I also have all the True Details resin guts for the kit along with the Verlindin Upgrade set. I have 4 Vector R-2300 engines, Eduard Brassin wheels and tires and squadron canopy parts (which may not get used). With all these bits I can complete build all the Browning M2 .50 cals fully decked out and detailed included PE barrels, resin action, etc. I even have plans to open up the ball turret and pimp it out. Tongue Tied

My list of mods and updates for this kit is so extensive that I won't list it until I actually begin to go through that bit of surgery. I learned tons from the last B-17 I did and that was a test run for what I was in for on this one. 

I haven't decided on a nose art yet, but I am leaning toward My Devotion.

So, ya, I seem to have lost my mind. I don't know how long this will take but I figure it will take at least 2 years plus. So, come along on this crazy ride with a certifiable nut job and let's see what we can do to my sanity along the way.

BK

 

Mr. BrandonK, I am so looking forward to this epic build of yours!!!!!!!!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    June 2014
Posted by USAFASME7 on Monday, December 21, 2015 1:39 PM

Good luck! I look forward to this build. Lots of Future on the clear fuselage half, I'd say...

--Rob

Glue Sniffer since 1977

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho
Posted by hogfanfs on Monday, December 21, 2015 11:46 AM

Brandon,

This sounds epic! I will be along for the ride!

 Bruce

 

 On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                        1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

 

  • Member since
    June 2014
MASSIVE BUILD...1/48 Monogram Visible B-17 (2+ year project !!!)
Posted by BrandonK on Monday, December 21, 2015 11:37 AM

Well Gents, here we go. I have been buying and stockpiling parts for this build for nearly 2 years now. So, what do I have planned. Well, a lot, to say the least.

The plan is to build this visible B-17 as a filler project and work on it as I have extra time and in between other kits. I plan on pimping this kit out to the max. I have nearly every aftermarket set available for it and plan on using most of those plus plenty of scracth work to make this a display piece that will blow everyones mind.

I have all the Eduard masks and PE available. Not the little kits, the full on gut and cut kits. I also have all the True Details resin guts for the kit along with the Verlindin Upgrade set. I have 4 Vector R-2300 engines, Eduard Brassin wheels and tires and squadron canopy parts (which may not get used). With all these bits I can complete build all the Browning M2 .50 cals fully decked out and detailed included PE barrels, resin action, etc. I even have plans to open up the ball turret and pimp it out. Tongue Tied

My list of mods and updates for this kit is so extensive that I won't list it until I actually begin to go through that bit of surgery. I learned tons from the last B-17 I did and that was a test run for what I was in for on this one. 

I haven't decided on a nose art yet, but I am leaning toward My Devotion.

So, ya, I seem to have lost my mind. I don't know how long this will take but I figure it will take at least 2 years plus. So, come along on this crazy ride with a certifiable nut job and let's see what we can do to my sanity along the way.

BK

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed   

                         14 / 5 / 2  

                              Tongue Tied

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