1/48 Monogram B-17G Flying Fortress

Julez72

Your certainly putting in the extra yards with this one Rob I'm looking forward to seein the finished build....

Your certainly putting in the extra yards with this one Rob I'm looking forward to seein the finished build....

All the holes are cut, material thinned, and filler applied.  Next come the stringers.

Cheers

I spent the majority of the day cutting holes in a perfectly good fuselage.....This is going to look so much better.  I'll post pictures tomorrow.  Time to start thinning out the plastic and prep for stringers.

Everything is removed from the old half's.  Only one thing broke.....I got luck again.  The plan is to remove panels section by section.  I'll make a template first, make a new panel out of styrene, add rivet holes, remove the panel from the new fuselage, then add the internal ribbing and structure.

Cheers

Hey guys.......This entire build, I have not been happy with the direction I was going.  I've added a lot of detail on the inside but no real plans on how to show it off.  The side walls have details that would be destroyed or missed if I cut holes out.  I should have done that from the very beginning.  Plus I was not happy with the navigator/bombardier compartment. 

............Lesson learned I guess.......

So I'm starting over on the fuselage.  I purchased another kit from Hobby Lobby today for $19.99.  ($31.99 less 40% coupon).  Most of the parts on the first fuselage should be salvageable.

Well.  Time to get back to the shop.  I need to cut the holes in the fuselage first, then relocate the waist gunner with stringers.

Cheers

Rob I think continue your personal build here ,everyone from the gb is lookin' anyway and your build is quite unique. Dont worry about the tailwheel kit ,it would be worth it ,but you would have to get the resin casting skills up to speed.I tried it on my bobber wip and the results are great especially de-molding the first casting! Please continue to post as you can.

I would say the GB or if you are so inclined both.  If not just the GB.

I forgot I started this post.  Sorry guys.  I've been posting my updates on the GB.  Tail wheel kits probably won't happen.  If I were still unemployed, maybe I could pull it off, but I barely have time to work on my Fort now.

Should I continue to post in this thread or just the GB?

Cheers

I was reading through this thread, and I sure would be interested in one of those tailwheel kits, maybe even 10 of them for my 17 collection.

Checking out this wip I see alot of good work to be covered up.Opening gaps or holes will be fun. An alternative to the elaborate metal tail wheel 'dome' ,I used a 1/32 FW 190 bomb 1/2 and contoured to fit the fuselage.

A little foil for the blanket and some more framework and.........

Hi Rob, I have the same idea last week, when I was studing my B17... I think opening large parts of the fuselage to show the interior work... in your case, it´s a great ideia, looking the great job that you have done....

Hugs

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Hey everyone.  It's been a few months.  Sorry for the delay.  i've had a couple of surgeries to get rid of the pain in my side, and I worked on a B-58 for the NMF group build.  I'll get back on this in the next week or so.  Watching the other Fort thread is killing me and i really want to get this puppy moving again.

I decided to open her up like the F-18 in this months Fine Scale Modeler.  If you haven't seen it yet, go buy a copy.  She's a real beauty....

Cheers

Lancair IV wrote:

Some of my better or worse ideas happen in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping. Well, last night I woke up with this idea to remove sections of the fuselage on one side to expose the inner workings. I'll add stringers to the removed areas. What do you think? Good or bad idea?   Cheers

I like it, It sounds better than bearly transparent plastic. 

 What about battle damage being repaired as a way of opening up some panels. Not an uncommon occurence in the real ordeal. Could even have some ground crew in on the action to display with the completed model without going into a diorama. Would add a feeling of scale to model too.

It is an interesting idea, cutting chocie panels, but I am afraid it would look too pell mell.  I wonder (and this is just me thinking aloud) what if you did something like making the entire top of the fuselage removeable from the nose to right before the tail fin.  I don't know if this is even feasable, but like I said, I am just thinking out loud here.....

Brian

fermis wrote:

Rob, it would be a deluge of SUCK to hide all that fine work!  OPEN 'er up!!! BTW, I may not make the contest on the 16th, the band has a slot, openning for Testament at Horpos. I think it starts fairlly early 5/6ish, hopefully I can swing both!!

What Fermis said open her up !!!!

 Rob, it would be a deluge of SUCK to hide all that fine work!

 OPEN 'er up!!!

BTW, I may not make the contest on the 16th, the band has a slot, openning for Testament at Horpos. I think it starts fairlly early 5/6ish, hopefully I can swing both!!

Some of my better or worse ideas happen in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping. Well, last night I woke up with this idea to remove sections of the fuselage on one side to expose the inner workings. I'll add stringers to the removed areas. What do you think? Good or bad idea?

Cheers

Don't remember his name.

It was at the Livermore Ca Airshow at least 10 to 15+ years ago.

I've been throught the 909 twice and the one out at Castle Air Museum a few years ago on open cockpit day. 

Eric... 

Division 6 wrote:

When I saw the Sentimental Journey she  had carpeting on all the floors which I thought was really wierd than the pilot was telling someone that she never left the US and never saw action. All the other B-17's I've walked through have had wood floors.   Build up is looking really good. I was making some wood floors for my model over 10 years ago but never finished working on it. What kind of wood are you using?   Eric...

Eric he told me the same thing. Said it flew in South American delivering pipe. You remember his name? The man I meet was Jimmy Stewart, Ironic isn't it. I can't recall walking thru any other B17.

Moon Puppy wrote:

OK, I saw Matt doing it earlier, now you're doing it Rob, you're laying wood down for the floor board. But as I recall on my walk through of Sentimental Journey it was a metal floor, if my memory is correct. So what's up with this?

When I saw the Sentimental Journey she  had carpeting on all the floors which I thought was really wierd than the pilot was telling someone that she never left the US and never saw action.

All the other B-17's I've walked through have had wood floors.

Build up is looking really good.

I was making some wood floors for my model over 10 years ago but never finished working on it.

What kind of wood are you using?

Eric... 

Changed my mind about the closeouts after looking Through some pictures.  I'll probably just add some curved plastic where the wing fillet washes in...little harder, but it will look better...All this and you'll never see it except in the pictures.  Oh well. 

Cheers

Swanny wrote:

What are you doing to close off the fuselage gaps along the bottom forward areas of this compartment? I just blanked mine off with some slots for the wing tabs - not very elegent but not very visible either.

I plan on putting in the rear spar that can be seen to close it off.  The hole is really visible in the bomb bay.

Cheers

Rob,

That is some sweet work!  I will be watching this build more closely from now on.

The radio room is complete. I;ll add the details to the sides of the fuselage, then install the unit and move onto the bomb bay

Thanks for looking

Cheers