Revells new B-17 WIP Finished

I wish they sold loads of incendiary bundles for bombers in the AM market...

I bet fermis "knows a guy" that can source them for you. Getting them into the country may be a problem though! Looks good buddy, I just wish I could free up the time that you seem to be able to find. Tell me about this "not sleeping" method of yours.

VanceCrozier

 I just wish I could free up the time that you seem to be able to find. Tell me about this "not sleeping" method of yours.

 Well, it's pretty simple really, you just don't sleep!!!!

Of course we all have to sleep, I just don't enjoy it! As far as time goes, I'm a seasonal worker, so I have almost 5 months of Sundays through the winter, most of my building is done from 10pm -2am. I wasn't lying in the thread, "You know you're a modeler when"......."your wife goes to bed alone every night, cause there's another 3-4 hours of quiet modeling time".

Finished up the radio room. Reworked the seats and thermo-formed another for where the kit has a stool type seat. Didn't get too carried away in here, not very visible.

The reworked seats, compared to a kit seat.

I went with a very dark grey tinted non-slip gelb for the flooring, scratched a new table and shelf for the radio gear.

Will be moving on towards the back. I'll have to rework the front end as well. The forward cockpit bulkhead runs right through the middle of the small access door.

I love those little seats and want to sit in them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9UfNaTcDpM&feature=player_detailpage

Fermis, according to that video link of Manny's, you still need to add a glowing green meteorite, a pilot with a Clarke Gabel moustache, and a crew of zombies. You've got a ways to go!

Kinda funny, the interior details in that movie actually look pretty decent for an early animation... but they have the B-17s attacking at night??

It is amazing what is crammed in that little thing---I was shocked back to the reality of 72nd scale when I saw Fermis' fat thumb holding the fues half...

?oh jeez, I'd forgotten this was 1/72 He's going to have to scratch-build those zombies, I've only ever seen them in 1/48...

hey... wasn't that Manny in the ball turret ???

Ps... looking very cool Fermis.. ,, fat thumb an all.. !

Fermis,

Great work...I am really impressed with the wire looms, what are you using to make them in 1/72?

Fermis, Great Lookin' kit so far, you do stay busy don't you! It is too late now but the on thing that my source (Al Winant a radioman on a B-17 during WWII) said the First thing to go on a 17 at the uparmor station was the doors on the inside of the plane, they just got in the way far too often, and slowed movement, and the seats in the radioroom were cut to just the one for the operator as to save weight. Just a note from one who knows, through me. Al has been VERY instrumental in all my B-17 builds, He flew with my wife's Grandfather in 1944, 31 missions. Just a thought for the next one, Maybe 1/32. Other than that all is well, and it looks GREAT!

James

Still hard to believe this is 1/72!  Great work.

BomberBoy - I heard that before, must remember to do that in my next 17

B17Pilot

Still hard to believe this is 1/72!  Great work.

BomberBoy - I heard that before, must remember to do that in my next 17

Fermis... hummm... ur 17 is getting me itching to work on 2 ,1/72 -17s I got.. I have 2 Shark tails I want to eventually do... ,,

Thanks all!

You know what they say about a guy with fat thumbs?

Hercmech

Fermis,

Great work...I am really impressed with the wire looms, what are you using to make them in 1/72?

, I stripped the outter coating off an old guitar cable, tons of fine wires. Just wait til you see what I used them for next!!!

fermis

Hercmech:

Fermis,

Great work...I am really impressed with the wire looms, what are you using to make them in 1/72?

 

, I stripped the outter coating off an old guitar cable, tons of fine wires. Just wait til you see what I used them for next!!!

It looks awesome! I am waiting with baited breath to see what comes next

fermis

You know what they say about a guy with fat thumbs?

Yup, "You can never find a pair of gloves that fits right"!

VanceCrozier

 

Yup, "You can never find a pair of gloves that fits right"!

  Exactly!!!

Hercmech

fermis:

Hercmech:

Fermis,

Great work...I am really impressed with the wire looms, what are you using to make them in 1/72?

 

, I stripped the outter coating off an old guitar cable, tons of fine wires. Just wait til you see what I used them for next!!!

 

It looks awesome! I am waiting with baited breath to see what comes next

Incredibly impressive work, especially considering this is a 1/72 build!  Outstanding detailing.  Can't wait to see the next installments of this thread.  Now this is fine scale modeling.

On to the waist!

I didn't do alot here. Just added new ammo chutes, spent casing "catchers" and a simple floor.

For the ammo chutes, I wrapped fine wire (from a sacrificed guitar cord) around a strip of styrene. Trying to slip the "coil" off the strip is when the words started to fly, !!!! I started with about a 12" wire and ended up with a coil of only about 5/16ths. I pulled the ends apart, til I got the length needed. More words flew as I tried to get them in place. The words were so bad, I recieved threats from the rest of the family and had to slap my tongue with dish soap. But, I finally got em! They don't look as good as I had hoped, mainly due to the length they needed to be stretched to. It was a good trial run for when they'll go in up front!

You can see that the molded in chutes need to be replaced!

Another fine point to this kit....the gun barrels are seperate, allowing them to be installed later, so you don't have to worry about snapping them off while you work!!!

fermis

On to the waist!

I didn't do alot here. Just added new ammo chutes, spent casing "catchers" and a simple floor.

For the ammo chutes, I wrapped fine wire (from a sacrificed guitar cord) around a strip of styrene. Trying to slip the "coil" off the strip is when the words started to fly, !!!! I started with about a 12" wire and ended up with a coil of only about 5/16ths. I pulled the ends apart, til I got the length needed. More words flew as I tried to get them in place. The words were so bad, I recieved threats from the rest of the family and had to slap my tongue with dish soap. But, I finally got em! They don't look as good as I had hoped, mainly due to the length they needed to be stretched to. It was a good trial run for when they'll go in up front!

You can see that the molded in chutes need to be replaced!

Another fine point to this kit....the gun barrels are seperate, allowing them to be installed later, so you don't have to worry about snapping them off while you work!!!

Manstein's revenge

 

Holy cow---that looks great---where did you get the idea for the chutes?

 The idea came from my own thinking mechanism!!!

Manstein's revenge

fermis:

 

It's not like a brand new "state of the art" kit. Soft, thick plastic, very 70s-ish.

 

 

 

Hammer should love it then...

I laughed until I stopped...

Fermis Looking awesome man!

fermis

Manstein's revenge:

 

Holy cow---that looks great---where did you get the idea for the chutes?

 

 The idea came from my own thinking mechanism!!!

fermis

...The words were so bad, I recieved threats from the rest of the family and had to slap my tongue with dish soap. ...

"Over the years I got to be quite a connoisseur of soap. My personal preference was for Lux, but I found Palmolive had a nice, piquant after-dinner flavor - heady, but with just a touch of mellow smoothness. Life Buoy, on the other hand... "

fermis, uhhh, WOW! The gun belts look awesome buddy. Maybe not exactly what you had rattling around inside that brain of yours, but I love them, and want to marry them if Manny hasn't already! And inside a 1/72 fuselage, they don't need to be perfect anyway.

Looks like Great Models just good another shipment of these MOJO's in:

Excellent work fermis.  Should be a sure winner.

Regards,  Rick

I've missed a good bit in the past few days.

Excellent work so far fermis. I can't wait to see what your going to do with the front office.

Thanks again gentlemen!

VanceCrozier

"Over the years I got to be quite a connoisseur of soap. My personal preference was for Lux, but I found Palmolive had a nice, piquant after-dinner flavor - heady, but with just a touch of mellow smoothness. Life Buoy, on the other hand... "

 "It...it waaaas.......soap poisoning"               "OOOOOOOooohhhhhh ooooooohhhhhhhhh"

Main office time!

Added throttles with stretched sprue bits.....tiny bits!

I know it doesn't look like it, but that white blob is a pilot seat. I carved a blank into a piece of wood, held with pliers so I could smash mold.

I was gonna scratch the seat framing too, but they won't be visible anyway, so just the seats, with folded masking tape seat pads.

I used sprue to make the hydrolic tanks and oxy bottles.

On to the nose!