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Wow-Toshi! Your build of this B-17 is awesome! Such fine detail work with those PE parts. I used them on my 1:350 Trumpeter Liberty ship and completely destroyed some of the pieces when trying to bend them, although I did not have a decent bender - strictly used a single-edged blade. Hat's off to you on this one!

 

Toshi

Wow-Toshi! Your build of this B-17 is awesome! Such fine detail work with those PE parts. I used them on my 1:350 Trumpeter Liberty ship and completely destroyed some of the pieces when trying to bend them, although I did not have a decent bender - strictly used a single-edged blade. Hat's off to you on this one!

Builder 2010

Tosh, very nice build. I'm just now starting an enhanced B-17G that I'm building for a protege using Verlinden and Eduard upgrades. The Verlinden parts cover a lot of goodies such as 5-part turbo chargers, new tailwheel and main struts, added gribblies for interior and bombardier's position, new 50 cal Brownings, etc. Eduard is just a new set of engines and cowls. I'm going to do a build thread of this model since it's a bit different from your's having an engine build that is quite challenging.

 

I'm so excitedly looking forward to your build thread!  There is another forum member, BrandonK, he is building something very similar to what you are doing and what I've done.  He has a huge project in front of him, as he so described earlier on this thread.  Now I want to build another B-17G too!  LOL!  Builder 2010, thank you for the read and reply, I'm honored.

Toshi

To Patrick206,

I did enjoy this build very much.  I'd like to do another similar project down the road at some time.

Thank you sir for the read and reply!

Toshi

Hi, Toshi - All of your attention to construction and finishing details resulted in a first rate model build, it's a TOUCHDOWN for you, (I know you like football,) otherwise I'd have called it a homerun. A really good job you made of it, the -17 looks just great.

I'm glad you enjoy the building so much, we all sure get to enjoy seeing them and following the progress as you proceed.

Thanks Toshi

Patrick

I seemed to have missed the end of this build as well. Thats a lovely looking finish there, greta job inside and out.

No problem Roger_Wilco, it's all good!  I would definately love to see your build of the Visible B-17G, that would be great.  I'm excited for you.

Toshi

Nice work Toshi. You cruised through another great build. Super work!!

BK

Hi Toshi,

Sorry for being late to the party on commenting about your build (work related stuff!) It looks really fantastic.One day I'll need to pick this kit up as your build inspires me!Once again great job my friend.

To Tony T,

Thank you for the read and reply.

Toshi

To Allen109,

Thank you Allen109.  I appreciate the effort you made to read and reply on this thread.  Thank you very much.

Toshi

Beautiful build!! Very nicely done!

Lookin good.Would have responded sooner,but the new format lost 4 of the forums I have been watching,including the group build I joined.

To The Baron,

That's just fine, you're not late at all and you caught this build just in time as I have only just started another kit.  This is the first B-17 for me.  I've made the 1:48 scale Monogram B-24 Liberator twice as a ten year old, and once most recently which makes it three times thus far.  I really enjoyed the "Flying Fortress" build very much.

I'm thinking of building the B-29 and the B-52 next.  I'll have wait and see what Mrs. Toshi says.  I remember not being able to afford the "Visible B-17G" as a kid.  I'm glad I could finally fulfill this dream.  As for my next build, it will be a Trumpeter 1:32 TBF-Avenger, yes, it's incredibly huge.  

Thank you you so much for following and supporting my threads, I most greatly appreciate it.

Toshi

Boy, am I late to the party on this one!  I completely missed your build, Toshi!

I can't really add anything to what everyone else has said, except to second their comments.  You have really done a great job, especially with the PE for this kit, and with your finish.  The old Monogram B-17 kit is one of my favorites, ever since I built them as a kid in the 70s, and you have done an excellent job on this one.

The visible kit is a bonus, too, with those extra crew figures in their flight suits.

I look forward to seeing your next project!

Best regards,

Brad

Thank you so much Gamera, not just for your kind words but for the support you've been giving me since my introduction to FSM forum.  It's much appreciated.

At first, I shot the B-17 with Testors metallic silver #1146.  I wanted a museum type finish so I reshot the Fortress with MM silver chrome trim.  The clear was shot with MM clear coat #4638.

Toshi

She looks fantastic Toshi! Clear parts and NM finishes are some of the more complex things to pull off and you did a great job on both.

Kudos sir!!!

Completed!!!

I've finally placed the last piece, painted the final item, and made any adjustments in regards to closing this kit out.  At first, I had my reservations in building this kit with PE, I'm just very pleased that it turned out this way that I had somewhat envisioned.

Now that I have a bit more experience with PE, I not only feel confident but I also had an extremely fun time putting all those little pieces together no matter the size of it.  

To assist in being able to view the assembly of PE, I'm just extremely grateful Mrs. Toshi purchased the Magna-Visor with LED lights from Harbor Frieght Tools for me.  It payed itself in dividends!  

The kit went together very smoothly and had no gap nor seam issues to deal with.  Due to the nature of PE some items had to be improvised yet it all came together very well.  Please see below for the completed B-17.

Yes, it had to be the LED that caused all that mirrored images.  I'm glad that was the issue as its a simple fix.  Thanks for the heads up, and the read and reply!

Toshi

Yeah, Toshi -- it must be the LED lightining.  The clear fus half is a lot less reflecive outsdie!  Looks good!

To my fellow forum members,

I have just assembled the joining of the two halves of the "Flying Fortress", to complete the model, I still have much to do.  The rest of the canopies, machine guns, turrets, and engines will be added on tomorrow.  

Once this has been accomplished, I can then add the decals and seal the entire aircraft.  Please see below for progress.

Toshi

To Gamera,

Thank you sir.  I try real hard, thank you for the read and reply.

Toshi

Thank you Mustang1989, I appreciate your critique on my B-17G build.  Thank you sir for the read and reply.

Toshi

To Shipwreck,

Your plans are very sound.  I think that it can and will work step, by step.  I have never heard of such a cement.  I'll look it up, thank you for the tip!  Also, thank you for your visit to this thread as well as your reply.

Toshi

The B-17 is coming along nicely Toshi, I love how the NM on the opaque side came out.

You are doing a real bang up job on this bird Toshi!!! Wow! All that detail is really shining right now. I was thinking about the clear half as well as showing off all the detail, it will also show the unwanted areas of that it like the undersides of the flooring and all that. As a thought, the bottom sides of the L/H half of the fuselage could be masked off and painted the silver finish to cover the lower areas that you wouldn't want to show. Again, just a thought.

Toshi, I have a Visible B-17 that is a future project, but I have looked it over. It seems that a light dull coat might knock down some glare. I would want to try it on an inconspicuous area like the tail wing before committing to the whole fuselage. Then, you still have the opaque fuselage half that you could cut out sections and see how it goes.

Of the many glues that I use are Faller's EXPERT and SUPER-EXPERT. They are in standard and extra strength; both with a metal tube. They are my serious glues!