Revell 1:72 Boeing B-17G

[flyjoe180]

Ouch!

[Steven000]

This is a fine model Colin, love the '2 airplanes schemes-look', beautiful pictures and lovely weathering. A nice tribute to the men flying these planes.
Steven

[yak face]

Beautiful job colin , a superb finish and a great scheme and history . Cheers tony

[papa 695]

Outstanding work Colin.

[colin m]

love the '2 airplanes schemes-look',

The front is Little Miss Mischief, but the rear is from Walleroo Mk II. This variant appeared after sustaining damage during a mission over Cologne in 1944. Meaning the front was built by Vega, the rear by Boeing. This all happened after 2 crash landings ! One website says parts from over 13 different aircraft were used to repair LMM this time. It would seem the American air force were well ahead of the game when it came to recycling !

[Defiant911]

Well here's a little project that's been ticking over for months. I mean, when I had a spare hour, I might build an engine, that sort of build. Hence, no build thread, you would all get bored waiting for any update.
The Revell B17 has its critics. It looks like a B17 to me, so I'm happy. There are build reviews all over the web for this model. I'll just add, there's a lot of detail to consider when building this, but no problems during the build - none at all, everything went where it was meant to go. Paint was a mix (not literally) of MRP and alclad. Then a splash of oil to liven things up a bit. Some of you might know, I do like a dirty bird.

In the world of Engineering, it's often said, if something looks right, it probably is right. In my view, there are few aircraft that look as 'right' as a B17 There are many photos of these amazing aircraft landing back in the UK, absolutely battered to bits, huge pieces of aircraft missing, and yet they returned. Little Miss Mischief, below, is made up of two aircraft, hence the green fuselage, after sustaining sever damage on a mission.

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This looks great. I have the 1:48 version in my stash and I’ve been un decided whether I want to do the green Memphis belle style or the silver as I like that also. Clearly you have the best of both worlds.
pits turned out very well.