1/48 Monogram B-17G Flying Fortress

Swanny wrote:

Rob, you're doing some great work and providing me with some additional detail ideas. As far as those waist guns go I would strongly recommend you look at the Aires Browning 50s, very nice detail sets and a huge improvement over the kit guns.

Funny you would mention that.  I was just searching the Internet for Aires products distributor in the US.  I would love to get those guns and also some afterburner cans for a 1/48 B-58 Hustler they make.  Do you know of a distributor?

Thanks

Rob, you're doing some great work and providing me with some additional detail ideas. As far as those waist guns go I would strongly recommend you look at the Aires Browning 50s, very nice detail sets and a huge improvement over the kit guns.

jschlechty wrote:

Rob,   Check your e-mail, please. Thanks, John Schlechty

E-mail sent John.  Let me know if you find out anything.

Rob,

Check your e-mail, please.

Thanks,

John Schlechty

Thanks guys.  It's been 2 long years dealing with this nerve pain caused by a previous surgery that removed cancer and 1/2 of my left kidney.  I'll be so happy when this is over. 

Fermis....I'm sure you'll do well.  I've seen your art, and it's 1st class.

Cheers

I hope all goes well rob, pain is not fun. I've been having a lot of trouble lately trying to sit at the bench to get some modelling done, my back just doesnt want to let me sometimes.

Wishing you well buddy!

fermis wrote:

Lancair IV wrote:  fermis wrote:  Good God Rob !!!   (wave hand like Jedi) You have more important things going on, on the 18th!!!(more important than the contest, that is!!!)                                        Hey Jeremy........If you can wave your hand like a Jedi and fix my nerve damage before the 18th, I'll make it.  The drive would be too hard and painful.  I'm having a hard time getting up and down my stairs to my work shop know. My surgery is on the 20th.  I wish the contest was the following weekend.  I would definitely go.  Have fun.  Let us know what you win.  Say hi to all those HOT women. Cheers  Bummer, but.....maybe I'll bring home some GOLD this time....oh hey, if you like, we can meet up at a park-n-ride, I don't mind drivin. Let me know.

Hey... I appreciate it, but it's sitting in moving object for more than 15 minutes kills me.  I'd need lots of meds and I'd be falling asleep at the contest.  I want to go, I really do, but my body doesn't.  Hopefully, this time next week, I'll be pain free.

Thanks again.

Lancair IV wrote:

fermis wrote:  Good God Rob !!!   (wave hand like Jedi) You have more important things going on, on the 18th!!!(more important than the contest, that is!!!)                                        Hey Jeremy........If you can wave your hand like a Jedi and fix my nerve damage before the 18th, I'll make it.  The drive would be too hard and painful.  I'm having a hard time getting up and down my stairs to my work shop know. My surgery is on the 20th.  I wish the contest was the following weekend.  I would definitely go.  Have fun.  Let us know what you win.  Say hi to all those HOT women. Cheers

 Bummer, but.....maybe I'll bring home some GOLD this time....oh hey, if you like, we can meet up at a park-n-ride, I don't mind drivin. Let me know.

fermis wrote:

Good God Rob !!!   (wave hand like Jedi) You have more important things going on, on the 18th!!!(more important than the contest, that is!!!)

Hey Jeremy........If you can wave your hand like a Jedi and fix my nerve damage before the 18th, I'll make it.  The drive would be too hard and painful.  I'm having a hard time getting up and down my stairs to my work shop know. My surgery is on the 20th.  I wish the contest was the following weekend.  I would definitely go.

 Have fun.  Let us know what you win.  Say hi to all those HOT women.

Cheers

Sorry for the delay....I've been contimplating a few things for the fort and I had to order some stuff.  Decals included.

Mount N Ride

Cheers

Not much progress. The waist gunners stations are complete less gun pivots. Maybe tomorrow. I did start the radio room and raised floor around the ball turret and after that is in place, I'll scratch the ball turret.


Completed Right Waist Gunners Station

Tail Wheel Detail

Completed Left Waist Gunners Station

Cheers

Melgyver wrote:

Rob,  I was actually asking about the circular "wheel well" aft of the cavas boot.

That was scratch built from brass also.

Cheers

Rob,

 I was actually asking about the circular "wheel well" aft of the cavas boot. 

Melgyver wrote:

Looking good Rob! What did you use for the metal part of the tail wheel well?  Photoetch?

Thanks Melgyver.......The tail wheel was scratch built from brass.  Turned a couple of parts on the lathe to fit correctly.

Cheers

fermis wrote:

Good God Rob !!!   (wave hand like Jedi) You have more important things going on, on the 18th!!!(more important than the contest, that is!!!)

Sorry Fermis....I'm having surgery on the 20th so if I have all my eggs in a row by the 18th, I'll be there....

Thanks

Excellent detail work Rob. You really get a feel for how tight and claustrophobic that tail gunner must have felt.

...Guy

Looking good Rob!

What did you use for the metal part of the tail wheel well?  Photoetch?

 Good God Rob !!!

  (wave hand like Jedi) You have more important things going on, on the 18th!!!(more important than the contest, that is!!!)

Aft end of the fuselage is almost complete.

Left side Tail Gunner

Right Side Tail Gunner

Right side

Tail wheel now has the cloth close-out

Wood floor with toilet installed

Still need to add a fire extinguisher and a few other odds and ends

Cheers

Check these out.

http://www.whiteensignmodels.com/acatalog/index.html?http%3A//www.whiteensignmodels.com/acatalog/catalogbody.html&CatalogBody

B-17 Guy wrote:

Lancair IV wrote:   Hey Guy......Your right......Those are the kit guns with new barrells.  The barrells are 1/32 tubing.  The cooling jackets will be added tomorrow after they are painted.   Sorry for the confusion All is forgiven as long as you share a detailed how to on those guns, I may want to steal your ideas on that and run with it. I've seen this one product out that is a gun barrel with cooling jacket,(2 seperate metal pieces) absolutley beautiful, but expensive, especially considering how guns are on a fort. So a more cost effective method would be better. 1/32 tubing???

1/32 X .006 brass tubing.  I was going to use True Details guns, but I didn't like the way they looked.  The kit guns with brass barrells and Eduards cooling jackets is the ticket in my humble opinion.  Tomorrow, I'll detail the gun supports and pivots for the waist gunners.

Cheers

Lancair IV wrote:

Hey Guy......Your right......Those are the kit guns with new barrells.  The barrells are 1/32 tubing.  The cooling jackets will be added tomorrow after they are painted.   Sorry for the confusion

All is forgiven as long as you share a detailed how to on those guns, I may want to steal your ideas on that and run with it. I've seen this one product out that is a gun barrel with cooling jacket,(2 seperate metal pieces) absolutley beautiful, but expensive, especially considering how guns are on a fort. So a more cost effective method would be better.

1/32 tubing???

B-17 Guy wrote:

Those are the kit guns right? But not the kit barrels? What did you do, what are the barrels, they look differant. One of these days I'll actually post some pics of mine again, I've been slacking lately, busy etc...Although, my work doesnt measure up to what I'm seeing from you lanc. You never answered about the cheyenne tail, how much did you cut off the tail to make it work? I should be getting the pro modeler kit, hopefully it's here tommorrow or saturday. I was just gonna use  those fueslage halves to figure out what I need to cut off from the regular G kit to convert it.

Hey Guy......Your right......Those are the kit guns with new barrells.  The barrells are 1/32 tubing.  The cooling jackets will be added tomorrow after they are painted.

Sorry for the confusion

Those are the kit guns right? But not the kit barrels? What did you do, what are the barrels, they look differant.

One of these days I'll actually post some pics of mine again, I've been slacking lately, busy etc...Although, my work doesnt measure up to what I'm seeing from you lanc. You never answered about the cheyenne tail, how much did you cut off the tail to make it work? I should be getting the pro modeler kit, hopefully it's here tommorrow or saturday. I was just gonna use  those fueslage halves to figure out what I need to cut off from the regular G kit to convert it. 

Did a lot of detail work today.  The waist gunners guns and a bunch of Eduards details

Cheers

Stunning stuff Rob. Your interior work so far is amazing. Really looking forward to seeing the next update.

Theres a load of decent WIP's on the forum of late. Fantastic.

...Guy