Author Topic: Boeing B-17G - "Mah Ideel" - Airfix 1/72 (Read 12459 times)

Rod The Fixer · « **on:** August 01, 2020, 04:56:06 PM »

Hi all,
i'm started to build this kit:

to make this model:
[url=http://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/freeman/media-388047.jpg]

A quick look inside the box:

Aftermarkets...

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #1 on:** August 01, 2020, 05:06:09 PM »

First steps

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #2 on:** August 01, 2020, 05:06:37 PM »

Cockpit phase 1

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #3 on:** August 01, 2020, 07:50:05 PM »

Well that is a hell of a start.. nice office work.

I looked at the parts and then thought back to the venerable original "Bit 0 Lace" Airfix B-17G.. that new mould looks fantastic.

Looking forward to seeing this evolve.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #4 on:** August 01, 2020, 11:18:58 PM »

Great start, Rod!

You're obviously a bit of a Master at the aftermarket stuff!

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #5 on:** August 02, 2020, 03:34:15 AM »

Looking good

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #6 on:** August 02, 2020, 06:58:23 AM »

This is gonna be good!

Inactive · « **Reply #7 on:** August 02, 2020, 08:50:12 AM »

Airfix to their credit has retooled several of their modeling subject mainstays including the Boeing B-17G myself having built a number of their venerable 1962-vintage Boeing B-17G kits it coming on the market same year as the marginally better-tooled Revell B-17F "Memphis Belle" building a couple of them as well. Larger late 1950s & 1960s Airfix airplane models featured moveable ailerons, elevators & rudders, Revell's did as well, Revell of Germany "continuing the tradition" over the last many years retooling some of their more popular modeling subjects.

Alas I'm not going to build any more B-17s, hands are full wanting to build limited series of Luftwaffe & 1940 Battle of France Armee de l'Air 1/72 scale aircraft end of this year into 2021 before "permanently retiring" from hobby modeling in 2022 barring any new or desired re-issue pre & WWII Italian military aircraft subjects, possibly somebody's P-40B/C as a wildcard.

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #8 on:** August 02, 2020, 06:00:26 PM »

Cockpit phase 2

I'm waiting the Quickboost Oxygen Cylinders to complete the cabin build ...

Frank3k · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2020, 01:41:06 AM »

The cockpit looks fantastic and the new Airfix kit is such a huge improvement over their ancient B-17. It really is good to see them re-tool so many of their older subjects.

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2020, 06:06:00 AM »

Looking terrific.

Well on the way to producing a scale replica.

elmayerle · « **Reply #11 on:** August 03, 2020, 07:03:27 AM »

Damn, that's looking beautiful!!

finsrin · « **Reply #12 on:** August 03, 2020, 07:07:59 AM »

Too dang detailed to button all that up in final assembly.

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #13 on:** August 05, 2020, 06:22:21 AM »

Bomb bay PE Components

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #14 on:** August 06, 2020, 01:27:09 AM »

Bomb Bay assembled and ... ready for the bombs

apophenia · « **Reply #15 on:** August 06, 2020, 05:04:24 AM »

Wow! Please tell us that you've got some way of making all this gorgeous detail visible when she's done

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #16 on:** August 09, 2020, 06:28:56 PM »

... before the final assembly

Bomb Bay bottom view

View from above

Old Wombat · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2020, 07:28:36 PM »

Wow! Very nice!

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #18 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:16:42 AM »

Really is a sweet looking kit for 1/72

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #19 on:** August 14, 2020, 10:06:47 PM »

Bomb Bay assembled and other details applied

Old Wombat · « **Reply #20 on:** August 14, 2020, 11:41:34 PM »

All that awesome detail that'll be hidden from view!

But, I understand, at least you will know it's in there!

Loving your work, Rod!

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #21 on:** August 19, 2020, 03:41:50 AM »

Interior details applied (including Elsan toilet

) except for guns and ammunitions ..

Right side

Left side
[Left side

Rear interior

Front interior

finsrin · « **Reply #22 on:** August 19, 2020, 08:49:49 AM »

Consider saving as inside fuselage model. Build another for the outside.

Kerick · « **Reply #23 on:** August 19, 2020, 11:07:29 AM »

That deserves to be a cut away or have removable sections. It would be a real shame to cover up all of that fantastic work.

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #24 on:** August 19, 2020, 11:50:26 AM »

Stellar.. really well done

Robomog · « **Reply #25 on:** August 19, 2020, 04:24:36 PM »

That level of detail is stunning, it's a shame a lot of it will not be visible when you close the fuselage, but you know it's there and you have the photos to prove it

Excellent work

Mog
>^-.-^<

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #26 on:** August 20, 2020, 02:24:53 AM »

You should really be building this kit:

Haemon · « **Reply #27 on:** August 21, 2020, 08:14:11 PM »

That level of detail is staggering. The patience to get that etch to sit right. Awesome.

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #28 on:** August 22, 2020, 12:20:26 AM »

Wings improvements ...

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #29 on:** August 22, 2020, 07:38:40 AM »

This is pretty spectacular.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #30 on:** August 22, 2020, 06:17:27 PM »

To quote a deceased Australian compatriot, "Crikey!"

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #31 on:** August 23, 2020, 06:05:59 AM »

Quote from: Old Wombat on August 22, 2020, 06:17:27 PM

To quote a deceased Australian compatriot, "Crikey!"

I found the correct definition (I hope)

Crikey: True Aussies use it when they're generally suprised or shocked.

But you intrigued me (sorry I'm Italian...) who is your compatriot, Steve Irwin?

Old Wombat · « **Reply #32 on:** August 23, 2020, 08:00:37 PM »

Quote from: Rod The Fixer on August 23, 2020, 06:05:59 AM

But you intrigued me (sorry I'm Italian...) who is your compatriot, Steve Irwin?

Compatriot = countryman = person of the same nationality

So, yes, Steve Irwin.

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #33 on:** September 03, 2020, 12:40:23 AM »

Assembling machine guns ...

Machine gun barrels set

Machine guns assembled

Machine guns mounted

Old Wombat · « **Reply #34 on:** September 03, 2020, 05:47:46 PM »

You're assembling machine-guns, in resin & PE, in 1/72 scale?

I can barely cope with that in 1/35 & 1/48!

Worship is next on the list, me thinks.

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #35 on:** September 03, 2020, 08:45:11 PM »

Quote from: ChernayaAkula on August 22, 2020, 07:38:40 AM

This is pretty spectacular.

And it keeps getting better.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #36 on:** September 04, 2020, 02:40:34 AM »

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #37 on:** September 10, 2020, 10:57:35 PM »

And after a long, patient assembling work ...

Old Wombat · « **Reply #38 on:** September 11, 2020, 01:36:48 AM »

Quote from: Rod The Fixer on September 10, 2020, 10:57:35 PM

And after a long, patient assembling work ...

... almost all of that exquisite detail is lost to sight!

Volkodav · « **Reply #39 on:** September 11, 2020, 01:57:28 PM »

Easy fix, $40K on a videoscope

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #40 on:** September 20, 2020, 05:56:39 PM »

Tail Turret before the assembly

Kit ready for the black primer

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #41 on:** September 20, 2020, 07:27:44 PM »

Ok, looking forward to the next bit.
This has been a great build so far

Old Wombat · « **Reply #42 on:** September 21, 2020, 02:43:10 PM »

finsrin · « **Reply #43 on:** September 21, 2020, 03:20:09 PM »

Way excellent..... did I mention is beyond the call of duty ?

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #44 on:** September 23, 2020, 11:34:08 PM »

The kit after a Black Primer layer

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #45 on:** September 24, 2020, 07:39:14 AM »

Sinister!

Old Wombat · « **Reply #46 on:** September 24, 2020, 09:54:14 AM »

Black Op's B-17!

finsrin · « **Reply #47 on:** September 24, 2020, 05:05:41 PM »

Quote from: Old Wombat on September 24, 2020, 09:54:14 AM

Black Op's B-17!

Yep, first post war Black Op's squadron !
Was involved with Roswell.

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #48 on:** September 25, 2020, 07:37:08 AM »

Yep, still loving it

Gingie · « **Reply #49 on:** September 26, 2020, 12:40:26 AM »

I concur with Groundskeeper Willie!

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #50 on:** September 29, 2020, 10:38:53 PM »

From Black op's to ... sparkling aluminum

Old Wombat · « **Reply #51 on:** September 30, 2020, 01:33:12 AM »

Robomog · « **Reply #52 on:** September 30, 2020, 05:16:39 AM »

So bright, I gotta wear shades!

Mog
>^-.-^<

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #53 on:** September 30, 2020, 08:16:27 AM »

Nice stuff.

paint work is very good, nice and subtle tonal changes

arkon · « **Reply #54 on:** September 30, 2020, 09:11:48 AM »

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #55 on:** October 04, 2020, 04:53:51 AM »

Another step ...

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #56 on:** October 04, 2020, 06:55:04 AM »

Annnd still looking fantastic

Old Wombat · « **Reply #57 on:** October 04, 2020, 04:01:11 PM »

Outstanding, already! The finished product is going to be beyond amazing!

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #58 on:** October 11, 2020, 03:32:53 AM »

Model almost completed ...

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #59 on:** October 11, 2020, 01:27:30 PM »

Really nice. The photo's are scale agnostic, you really cannot tell what scale it is.

Terrific work

uncle les · « **Reply #60 on:** October 11, 2020, 01:46:05 PM »

That is beautiful.

finsrin · « **Reply #61 on:** October 11, 2020, 02:10:04 PM »

Quote from: buzzbomb on October 11, 2020, 01:27:30 PM

Really nice. The photo's are scale agnostic, you really cannot tell what scale it is.

Terrific work

Great observation on scale. Yes, terrific work.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #62 on:** October 11, 2020, 04:08:25 PM »

Quote from: uncle les on October 11, 2020, 01:46:05 PM

That is beautiful.

+1

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #63 on:** October 16, 2020, 04:45:28 AM »

Kit assembled and ready for the weathering ...

finsrin · « **Reply #64 on:** October 16, 2020, 05:42:36 AM »

Reminiscent of fresh off production line B-17 pictures. Looking sharp

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #65 on:** October 16, 2020, 05:43:57 AM »

Eagerly awaiting the final result.

Very neat work

Old Wombat · « **Reply #66 on:** October 16, 2020, 11:41:49 AM »

No change to my previous comment.

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #67 on:** November 02, 2020, 12:03:36 AM »

Ready for the pictures on the tarmac ...

Gingie · « **Reply #68 on:** November 04, 2020, 12:55:52 AM »

incredible!

great photos too!

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #69 on:** November 04, 2020, 06:10:46 AM »

Nothing I can add here.
A Masterclass

Old Wombat · « **Reply #70 on:** November 04, 2020, 07:17:13 AM »

Quote from: Gingie on November 04, 2020, 12:55:52 AM

incredible!

great photos too!

Quote from: buzzbomb on November 04, 2020, 06:10:46 AM

Nothing I can add here.
A Masterclass

Yup!

Volkodav · « **Reply #71 on:** November 04, 2020, 06:07:32 PM »

Outstanding!

finsrin · « **Reply #72 on:** November 04, 2020, 06:17:19 PM »

Perfection finish beyond the call of duty.

Steve Blazo · « **Reply #73 on:** November 04, 2020, 08:55:01 PM »

Beautiful !!

Robomog · « **Reply #74 on:** November 05, 2020, 08:53:50 PM »

Excellent build the Subtle weathering does not detract from the final finish.

Mog
>^-.-^<

Rod The Fixer · « **Reply #75 on:** November 08, 2020, 04:52:25 AM »

Hi mates,

this is the finale gallery

elmayerle · « **Reply #76 on:** November 08, 2020, 10:47:25 AM »

Beautifully done and very nicely presented! My hat's off to you.

finsrin · « **Reply #77 on:** November 08, 2020, 12:53:23 PM »

Like tasteful used/weathered treatment not over done on B-17 and base it sits on. Base does enhance appearance.

in 1970s a cousin did very similar realistic exhaust smoke on a B-24. Perhaps I could practice on a used tired model.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #78 on:** November 08, 2020, 07:08:02 PM »

That, sir, is a "Work of Art"!

The interior lighting is a brilliant touch.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #79 on:** November 09, 2020, 01:48:21 AM »

Frank3k · « **Reply #80 on:** November 09, 2020, 02:32:02 AM »

It's been fun following the construction with amazement and appreciation of your skills. This really is a work of art!

Robomog · « **Reply #81 on:** November 10, 2020, 06:33:14 PM »

Lights and base are great finishing touches to an excellent build

Mog
>^-.-^<


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Author Topic: Boeing B-17G - "Mah Ideel" - Airfix 1/72 (Read 12459 times)