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                        1/14/18 Revell 1/48 B-17G Flying Fortress Completed

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 9:08 PM

                        fotofrank

                        Toshi, Route62 and I were over at New Smyrna Beach airport today to see the B-17G "909" and the B-24J "Witchcraft."

                        Now I want to build the 1/48 scale kit of "909"...

                        Your build is coming along so good.

                         

                        Wow, that is very cool!  Thank you for the pic.  I’m most humbled that you would think of my build and help me by posting a photo of “Nine O Nine” B-17G.  I greatly appreciated.  Thank you fotofrank and Route62!

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 9:03 PM

                        philo426

                        I will post pics when I can access a laptop with a mouse (cant cut and paste from post image with my tablet.)My kit must have been one of the better ones as the clear parts fit very well,especially the right and keft waist gun positions.

                         

                        Not a problem.  Yes, I use my iPhone 7s to take the photos as the camera on that phone is exceptional.  Then I can only access the “Forum Thumbnail“ to “Copy” and “Paste”.  The same is for my iPad 3 mini.  

                        I know what you’re talking about in the situation with the clear parts, my clear parts fit very well.  Thank you so much for returning my question in regards to posting an image of your build.  Your support is valued to me.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Jay Jay
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                          August 2013
                        Posted by Jay Jay on Saturday, January 6, 2018 7:44 PM

                        Frank, How would one get to view the 909 ? i mean are they outside or who do you ask to view them ? I live rather close and have a camera.Smile

                         

                         

                         

                         

                         

                         I'm finally retired. Now time I got, money I don't.

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                        fotofrank
                        • Member since
                          June 2017
                        • From: Winter Park, FL
                        Posted by fotofrank on Saturday, January 6, 2018 7:34 PM

                        Toshi, Route62 and I were over at New Smyrna Beach airport today to see the B-17G "909" and the B-24J "Witchcraft."

                        Now I want to build the 1/48 scale kit of "909"...

                        Your build is coming along so good.

                        OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...

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                        philo426
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        Posted by philo426 on Saturday, January 6, 2018 5:51 PM

                        I will post pics when I can access a laptop with a mouse (cant cut and paste from post image with my tablet.)My kit must have been one of the better ones as the clear parts fit very well,especially the right and keft waist gun positions.

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 5:27 PM

                         

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 3:53 PM

                        This is the right wing attached with no gaps nor no glue utilized.  It literally snapped into place.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                         

                         

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 3:31 PM

                        philo426

                        Looking good Tosh! Isnt it easy to build?  I just built this kit and was impressed with the fit, especially the clear plastic parts.The side gunners parts fit near perfectly on my kit!

                         

                        Thank you philo426.  Yes, it is, the kit fueselauge did not need any putty at all.  And you are correct in that the clear plastic parts fit without any issues and or concerns.  

                        Can you post your finished B-17G here on my thread to share with our fellow forum members?  I know I’d definately like to see it!  If not, it’s no problem at all.  Thank you so much for your support and conversation, it’s greatly appreciate it!

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 3:22 PM

                        Right wing assembly only.  I will start on the left wing assembly shortly.  

                        Your friend, Toshi

                         

                         

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        philo426
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                          March 2005
                        Posted by philo426 on Saturday, January 6, 2018 3:15 PM

                        Looking good Tosh! Isnt it easy to build?  I just built this kit and was impressed with the fit, especially the clear plastic parts.The side gunners parts fit near perfectly on my kit!

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 12:27 PM

                         

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 12:21 PM

                        Here is the right wing wheel assembly.

                         

                         

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 6:05 AM

                        the Baron

                        Get well, Toshi!  For flus, I get as much sleep as I can, and I drink a lot of hot, strong, black tea with honey.  Green tea, if I feel nauseous.

                        Here in the East Coast, we're hunkered down with the cold.  I've moved my painting things from my bench in the basement, up to the kitchen table.  It's just a little too cool in the cellar.

                          W

                        Thank you the Baron.  Yes, I try to get as much sleep as possible, Mrs. Toshi scolded me for being back on the bench!  lol!  So I’ll stop for a couple of days and get back into building the B-17G on Saturday or Sunday. I’m glad you did that, it must be cold to be down your basement but moving your projects up stairs is a great solution to this bitter cold.  

                        It was 9 degrees here in NE Ohio with a wind chill temp below zero.  This is too cold for January.  I want to thank you for your support in my builds.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 5:14 AM

                        mawright20

                         

                        Toshi, this is the same kit that my kids and I built a couple years ago. We hand painted it in aluminum. Yours is definitely looking better.  Mike  

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                        Wow, that is a cool photo of the B-17G also since you built it with your kids.  I’m waiting for my 18 month old grandson to get big enough to build kits with.  I still have several years to wait for that.  lol!

                        The B-17G looks amazing in aluminum.  It must have taken several bottles of paint to do that.  lol!  I’m almost done with my OD paint bottle of which is a Model Master brand paint, I figured two and a half bottles at best, since the Model Master is a large glass container.  Thank you for sharing the B-17G pic as well as your read and reply.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 5:01 AM

                        mmthrax

                        Hello Toshi,

                        Just checking in...looks like good progress.  I can get a better sense of the scale of your model with it sitting on that Tamiya workstand.  It's going to get real big when you put the wings on Smile

                        BTW, I went to my LHS and I saw the mongo B-29 on the top shelf.  I thought it was out of production.  I guess they started it up again.  Anyway, when I saw it I thought of you.

                        Keep up the good work.

                        Mark

                         

                        Thank you mmthrax.  Yah, I started to take photo pics that way for a sense of scale.  A fellow forum member (I can’t remember whom) mentioned if I can do that for scale a few years ago.  So I just continue to do that plus it helps with my misc. model kit paraphenilia like paint bottles to help with scale in the back ground.  

                        I too thought that the B-29 was out of production.  That is good news!  I wonder if the B-52 another monstrosity, is in production as well? Then again, maybe the LHS got it off of eBay or Amazon? Thank you so very much for your support in my projects.  I’m most humbled.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 6, 2018 4:47 AM

                        BrandonK

                        Looking really good, Toshi. Looks like another stellar build for you collection.

                        BK

                         

                        Thanks BrandonK.  It’s not only steller, it’s humugus!  lol!  lol!  I’ve already got a place on my wall.  Thank you for the support BrandonK, I greatly appreciate it!

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        the Baron
                        • Member since
                          September 2006
                        • From: Bethlehem PA
                        Posted by the Baron on Friday, January 5, 2018 12:03 PM

                        Get well, Toshi!  For flus, I get as much sleep as I can, and I drink a lot of hot, strong, black tea with honey.  Green tea, if I feel nauseous.

                        Here in the East Coast, we're hunkered down with the cold.  I've moved my painting things from my bench in the basement, up to the kitchen table.  It's just a little too cool in the cellar.

                        The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

                         

                         

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                        mawright20
                        • Member since
                          January 2017
                        • From: Colorado Springs
                        Posted by mawright20 on Friday, January 5, 2018 11:27 AM

                         

                        Toshi, this is the same kit that my kids and I built a couple years ago. We hand painted it in aluminum. Yours is definitely looking better.  Mike  

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                        mmthrax
                        • Member since
                          December 2017
                        • From: Plano (Dallas), Texas
                        Posted by mmthrax on Friday, January 5, 2018 10:06 AM

                        Hello Toshi,

                        Just checking in...looks like good progress.  I can get a better sense of the scale of your model with it sitting on that Tamiya workstand.  It's going to get real big when you put the wings on Smile

                        BTW, I went to my LHS and I saw the mongo B-29 on the top shelf.  I thought it was out of production.  I guess they started it up again.  Anyway, when I saw it I thought of you.

                        Keep up the good work.

                        Mark

                        Just keep picking away at it...

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                        BrandonK
                        • Member since
                          June 2014
                        Posted by BrandonK on Friday, January 5, 2018 9:10 AM

                        Looking really good, Toshi. Looks like another stellar build for you collection.

                        BK

                        On the bench:

                        A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

                        2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed   

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 4, 2018 5:58 PM

                        Johnny1000

                        Toshi

                        That B17 is looking great. I'm looking forward to seeing it come together.

                        Feel better soon!

                        -J

                         

                        Thank you Johnny1000.  I’m anxious in seeing the completion of the B-17G myself.  Hopefully sooner than later.  lol!  Thank you for the get well as well as the support, read, and reply!

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Johnny1000
                        • Member since
                          July 2016
                        • From: NYC
                        Posted by Johnny1000 on Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:56 PM

                        Toshi

                        That B17 is looking great. I'm looking forward to seeing it come together.

                        Feel better soon!

                        -J

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:58 PM

                        Keyda81

                        Looking good Toshi!  The flu is no joke, hope you feel better soon!  It took me out for 3 weeks March of last year.

                         

                        Thank you Keyda81.  Thanks for the get well, yah I’ve had this for almost two weeks now.  Not fun at all especially in this weather.  Thank you for the support in my builds.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:55 PM

                        mustang1989

                        Buttoning it up nicely there Tosh............Yes

                        BTW.....hope you get over that flu soon there buddy.

                         

                        Thank you mustang1989.  It’s slowly getting there.  lol!  Thank you for the get well.  Also thanks for your support.  I greatly appreciate it.

                        Your friend Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Keyda81
                        • Member since
                          August 2016
                        Posted by Keyda81 on Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:30 PM

                        Looking good Toshi!  The flu is no joke, hope you feel better soon!  It took me out for 3 weeks March of last year.

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                        mustang1989
                        • Member since
                          March 2012
                        • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
                        Posted by mustang1989 on Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:29 PM

                        Buttoning it up nicely there Tosh............Yes

                        BTW.....hope you get over that flu soon there buddy.

                                           

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:12 PM

                        Caught the flu so I’ve been out for awhile.  I’m still not 100% yet but I’ve been wanting to start on the Fortress build.  Here’s what I have for now.

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:04 PM

                        the Baron

                        Happy New Year, Toshi!

                        Yes, I've used the masking tape jig, too! Wink

                         

                        A Happy New Year to you as well!  Been a rough start.  Caught the flu.  I’m feeling much better now.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:02 PM

                        Model Maniac

                         

                         
                        Toshi

                        Here is a shot of the assembled tail section.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                         

                         

                         

                         

                         

                         

                        Very nice color rendering and interior details. I think you have reached some 70% progress for this plane.

                         

                        Yes, you’re correct in that but due to it‘s size, there’s several steps needed for completion.  Thank you Model Maniac for your support.

                        Your friend, Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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                        the Baron
                        • Member since
                          September 2006
                        • From: Bethlehem PA
                        Posted by the Baron on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 1:33 PM

                        Happy New Year, Toshi!

                        Yes, I've used the masking tape jig, too! Wink

                        The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

                         

                         

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