1:48 Sally B B17G

The verlinden resin kit and the eduard PE external kit for this B17 makes all the difference, I am very pleased how the wing is now looking...just need to rivet it now...

I've got two of these in my stash and all the bits with it. I love watching you put it together. Makes me believe that I might get going on mine sometime. I can't wait to see this come together. Keep posting. I'm loving it.

Great progress made these past few days, undercarriage done, and I also tackled the quickboost engines. I added some scratch building and I think they win hands down compared to the kit parts..

Looking great so far...

Joe

Archer transfers are looking great on the wing..only took 2hrs, I have also treated myself to a set of ultracast props..they will make the extra detail on the engines worth it.

Well I have finally completed the pre-assembly build, the fuselage is fully rivetted with Archers resin decals, the interior pre-built, now for primer and paint....

cracking work so far!

Holy crap!

I have finally started painting the interior; I decided to go with an interior green with a dark green wash. I have also started to pick out some of the instrument detail insulation and I have attempted my first wood effect using light brown, with a darker wash and finished of using a shortened brush; applying a brown ochre oil paint.

Thats all the detail completed inside the fuselage, so now time to close her up..

I have a 1/48 Mngrm B-17 in the stash and with your inspirational posts I'm planning big things for it.  TY so much for posting all this and i saved it all for a reference for my humble efforts on this great kit.

Jay

I shall lookforwward to seeing your build, it is a great subject to do!

Great progress made over the holidays, the fuselage is now closed up, it was a bit of a trial and I ended up using quite alot of putty to make things right, but I am very happy with the result.

I also finished off the quick boost engines and found a delightful Signiofier generator (put put) used for starting the starter batteries!

She is now looking like a B17! Primer and pre shading completed, lower fuselage done and yellow wing tips and tail completed! Just the bare metal mid section and olive drab to do!

Lots of progress this week. The engine cowlings have been done, using my own mask 9which I am particularly proud of, Vallejo Air paints used for the majority of the fuselage and I gave AK interactives True metallic paste ago, and I have to say I am rather impressed by it!

So, the paintwork complete, a coat of goss and decals applied.....

and some final shots..

That's certain come a long way! =]  I can't wait to start mine.  Weeeell...maybe I can. lol  It sure looks great Richard.

Thanks for all the comments, I will post more pics as I go, nearly into month 8!!

So onto weathering and wash..quite difficult to do with raised rivetts,a nd Im not so sure about the exhaust stains either....ce la vie!

A labour of love! After 8 months Sally B is finsished! I have added a life raft and finished the weathering, sealing everything with a satin coat. So now onto the dioaram:=- 18 figures, 1 follwo me jeep, 1 x crw jeep, 1x refueller, 1x bomb tractor with 2 x D type trollies, along with a few airfield accessories to bring it alive!!

That is one very nice build. You motivate me to get started on the two I have in my stash. I found a picture of this plane in theater on Pinterest the other day and you did it justice. Nice work. 

I am making some nice progress with the diorama so I thought I would try out my thoughts for positioning...... (not including the 17 figures I have to work out where to put!)

Very cool! That is some amazing work on the Fort

Very nice work here!   I'd love to have a B-17 in 1/48 but man, I'd have to have a special cabinet for her.  Great job on Sally.

Gary

Richard,

Very nice build and cool looking diorama.  Your paint and weathering look great and I especially like your cowl checkers.

You mentioned that you used AK Interactive metallic paste.  How did you like it and was is difficult to use?  Thanks for sharing!

Steve

Well done Richard.  Very convincing and your OD is spot on.  Just enough brown.  I agree that the raise lines present a weathering challenge.  I built my Grandfather's fort years ago decided to scribe those lines in...which gets tricky around the nose.......never again!  Next time I try this kit I'm going to just preshade the panel lines for weathering.   Thanks for sharing...

Joe

Awesome looking Fort Richard !

In the words of Freddie Prinze: "Looking Good!!"

Thanks for all the great comments, as for the AK interactive metallic paste. It worked pretty well, easy to use on such a great model, i think that with any metallic finish the prep is still essential, but well worth a go at.

Me likey.