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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #200 on: November 20, 2013, 02:37:09 AM »
This Flying Fort cartoon was painted in 1944, by Lt Col Ross Greening, while a prisoner of war in Germany at Stalag Luft 1. The splendid drawing was published later in his book Not As Briefed.



Would be interesting to see someone attempt to create in plastic or similar... ;)
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #201 on: November 20, 2013, 02:50:02 AM »
There are 1/72 kits of stone and of wood forts.
This type of build is doable.  Two or three wings on each side?
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #202 on: November 20, 2013, 02:55:15 AM »
I would do it exactly as per the picture.
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #203 on: November 20, 2013, 03:12:09 AM »
Wood fort version with 1/48 Gotha or similar wings.
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #204 on: October 17, 2014, 04:09:22 AM »
Something different:

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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #205 on: October 17, 2014, 04:22:49 AM »
Simple idea:  What about RAAF B-17s instead of B-24s but in the same schemes:

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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #206 on: October 17, 2014, 05:43:10 AM »
How about that scheme applied to RAAF B-38s?  Perhaps fitted with Merlins instead of Allisons (depending on which is more available)?
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #207 on: October 18, 2014, 02:52:03 AM »
Maybe…though given the USAAF also had B-17s in Australia plus there were other aircraft with the same power plant (e.g. DC3/C47, Lockheed Hudson etc) it might have been just as easy for the RAAF to stick with the R-1820 powered version.  Mind you, a Merlin powered version would look al the more whiffy... ;)
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #208 on: July 21, 2015, 02:52:26 AM »
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #209 on: July 21, 2015, 03:24:07 AM »
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #210 on: July 21, 2015, 04:11:53 AM »
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I saw these on eBay:

1/48 Boeing PB-1W (Navy B-17 in blue) radar conversion part

1/48 XB-38 Allison inline engine B-17 engine & prop hub conversion parts


That XB-38 conversion looks a lot better than the multi-part POS that I made the mistake of purchasing several years ago from Rebellion Creations. 

That price is a bit daunting.

What is with the speckling in that radome for the PB-1W conversion?  Did he use some kind of inert/neutral (as in not resin) filler material with the resin?
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #211 on: July 22, 2015, 11:32:05 AM »
Completely unrealistic but how awesome would a B-17G with four Napier Sabres look?
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #212 on: July 23, 2015, 01:10:28 AM »
Quote from: Volkodav on July 22, 2015, 11:32:05 AM
Completely unrealistic but how awesome would a B-17G with four Napier Sabres look?
Quite.  Not sure what one with four Bristol Centaurus engines and five-bladed props would look like, but it would be eye-catching.

Along the inline-engine lines of thought, how about applying a North Star conversion to a B-17?
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #213 on: July 23, 2015, 08:26:22 AM »
Quote from: elmayerle on July 23, 2015, 01:10:28 AM
Quote from: Volkodav on July 22, 2015, 11:32:05 AM
Completely unrealistic but how awesome would a B-17G with four Napier Sabres look?
Quite.  Not sure what one with four Bristol Centaurus engines and five-bladed props would look like, but it would be eye-catching.

Along the inline-engine lines of thought, how about applying a North Star conversion to a B-17?

Or some early Dart turbo props like these I made for my Sunderland, they would fit straight on without any mods that I can see
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #214 on: July 23, 2015, 10:21:27 AM »
The B-17 was a very rugged design so I wonder just how much extra power it could have handled and what sort of impact that would have had in the types performance.
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #215 on: August 30, 2015, 06:37:36 AM »
Something ridiculous but fun:

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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #216 on: August 30, 2015, 01:37:14 PM »
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Something ridiculous but fun:




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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #217 on: November 02, 2015, 11:54:57 PM »
Three months on-
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #218 on: November 03, 2015, 02:53:10 AM »
Colour version:



and a model:

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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #219 on: November 03, 2015, 03:47:06 AM »
Wasn't there a version with the radome on the underside?
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #220 on: November 03, 2015, 03:52:23 AM »
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #221 on: November 03, 2015, 04:22:30 AM »
Quote from: kerick on November 03, 2015, 03:47:06 AM
Wasn't there a version with the radome on the underside?


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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #222 on: November 03, 2015, 04:27:19 AM »
the standard Navy B-17 had the radome on the underside for ship-search duties.

This version was for fighter control as the radar looks "up" rather than down.

"Bathead" did a B-29-based version :D
http://bathead.com/modelaircraft.html#p2bs
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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #223 on: December 26, 2015, 04:42:33 AM »
1946...WWIII...B-17s launch missiles into the USSR:


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Re: Boeing B-17 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #224 on: December 26, 2015, 04:58:02 AM »
Thatz a wanna build B-17. :)
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