Also making some progress on my B-17

dcaponeII

Member since
December 2015

Posted by dcaponeII on Friday, March 16, 2012 1:41 PM

I'm hopeful that the large openings in the port fuselage will allow the details to continue to be seen after the fuselage is closed up. Should be sometime this weekend if I get back to it. Got to finish grading these gas processing mid-terms first though.

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Reasoned

Member since
February 2011
From: Bent River, IA

Posted by Reasoned on Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:15 PM

Such detail, make sure you have lots of pics before you close her up, looks great! Yes

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lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:19 PM

That looks fantastic.....hope to see more soon...

Joe

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

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Melgyver

Member since
March 2003
From: Lafayette, LA

Posted by Melgyver on Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:34 AM

You have an amazing amount of detail and lots of hard work in the "old girl". Great job and thanks for sharing. I've had one started for over 25 years and never got back to it! I have Peter M. Bowers book "Fortress in the Sky" and it's a great reference.

Clear Left!

Mel

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Hans von Hammer

Member since
June 2008
From: Iowa

Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:42 AM

Bummer.. Was hoping you found them on-line..

The markings were a nice touch.. They're on there to show airflow direction, in an attempt to make them "Private-proof" during servicing, since any vet will tell you that, if it CAN be installed backwards, it WILL be", lol..

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dcaponeII

Member since
December 2015

Posted by dcaponeII on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:30 PM

Hammer,

That heating duct is shown clearly in a series of beautifully illustrated cutaway drawings on Pg 82 and 83 of Robert Redding's and Bill Yenne's book: Boeing: Planemaker to the World. These are reprints of earlier Boeing drawings so they are not from a restored museum aircraft as I earlier though. The markings on the duct were so striking I didn't think it wise to leave them off.

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RedCorvette

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January 2006
From: Sarasota, FL

Posted by RedCorvette on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:37 AM

Looks good. Looking forward to seeing more.

Mark

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dcaponeII

Member since
December 2015

Posted by dcaponeII on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:30 AM

I think the hot air ducts are on a couple of photos of the Collings aircraft. Probably an add on. I'll have to go back and check. The armor plate was part of the resin cockpit detail set.

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Hans von Hammer

Member since
June 2008
From: Iowa

Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:12 AM

Talk to me about your refs for the hot air ducts (at least I think that's what they are) and the armor plate on the pilot/co-pilot seats... Are they one piece each from the detail set or did you add the seat-armor?

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Buckeye

Member since
February 2007
From: Brunswick, Ohio

Posted by Buckeye on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:11 AM

Nice work there. Yes

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dcaponeII

Member since
December 2015

Posted by dcaponeII on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 8:11 AM

I just keep plugging away at her. Got the windows in but it was tough to get behind the True Details resin. Note to others: If you can, put the cheek windows in before you install the resin side panels.

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B-17 Guy

Member since
March 2008
From: Ohio

Posted by B-17 Guy on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:50 PM

Nice!

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dcaponeII

Member since
December 2015

Also making some progress on my B-17

Posted by dcaponeII on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:44 PM

Here are a couple of shots of my 1/48 scale B-17 build. This contains True details resin and Eduard photoetch additions. I've also done a bit of resin casting on my own. The framing inserts are cast with resin from the inside of the kit fuselage and then sanded to expose the framing itself. Will eventually look like one of those vintage cutaway drawings (I hope)