discussion B-17G Flying Fortress 'Miss Demeanor' 1/48 Monogram

[Guest]

Alex ,Derek thanks!

Peter thank you as well,appreciate that. I would geuss over 80 hrs into by now and hate to think about how many more to go!

Not much to report in,painting the bomb sight and forward controls. cheers Trey

 

[Guest]

The sights are mounted,almost forgot to put the windows in before hand! I had to do some fine sanding to get the windows in place due to the resin,the gun window had to be razor sawed apart to fit.

 

[flyjoe180]

Superb work Trey. Glad you remembered to put the glazing in, would have been a real pain otherwise.

 

[Vaughan]

Great detail Trey. Looking forward to the next set of photos.

 

[Guest]

This is looking truly amazing.

 

[Guest]

Joe thanks,yea was just starting to mount the sights and spotted the windows just in time!

Vaughan,James thank you both!

I'm moving aft again with the gun turret assemblies and the other side mounted 50's. Ordered a Verlinden set to upgrade it a bit



Also some brass barrels. These are really nicely made and are quite impressive considering how tiny those cooling jackets are!

 

[colin m]

Great work as ever Trey. But was just wondering - with all of this resin and PE going in, how heavy is this going to be when finished ?

 

[Guest]

trey this is looking mighty brilliant loving the attention to detail mate,and yes i`m watching from afar lol,keep it up

 

[Guest]

Colin thanks! Thats a good question,really have no idea about the weight! Hopefully it wo'nt be too much for the gear to support!

Ole thank you!

Cut off the plastic barrels and drilled holes for the metal ones



I added some ammo cans for a little more detail.



Not a lot of this will be seen once its buttoned up just had to add a little something to the otherwise stark assembly. Looking at photos of the real turret it was quite busy in there and rather tight,nothing compared to the close quarters in the ball turret of course.



Test fit looks good





on to the ball turret next!

 

[Guest]

they look really nice and the turret is really good also

mobear

 

[Centurion3RTR]

THIS IS BIGGGG!! Looking great Trey, some very nice work going into this mate. Just pull my chair up for the rest of this build.

Have fun, John

 

[Guest]

Ole,John thanks!

This is a productive day in the build as the sub assemblies start to fall in place! The major components are installed and once the tail gunner area is squared away I can button this bad boy up!!!

 

[Ian M]

Cool there is a Hugh pile of patience in that !

Almost a shame to hide it all away.

IanM

 

[Guest]

thats astonishing mate,cant you make clear plastic panels so the interior is on show,apart from that its WOW

mobear

 

[Andy2035]

thats astonishing mate,cant you make clear plastic panels so the interior is on show,apart from that its WOWmobear

Hi Trey,

I'm with Ole, is there anyway you could get some clear side's made, or even have a cut away side, it would be a huge shame to hide everything after all the work and details you have done...

Andy...

 

[ojays]

Ditto, all that patience and work sealed away for good!

I'm sure with your skills you could make it so it could be dismantled to view.

Gregg

 

[tr1ckey66]

Pure quality Trey, this is going to be something special!

Interior detail is exceptional and I'm sure whatever you choose to do the finished model will be superb.

Cheers

Paul

 

[Guest]

Thanks Fellas reailly is motivating to get all the positive input! I really wish there was a way to make the interior more visible without compromising the exterior , this just is'nt in the cards for the time given and budget allowed for this build. We did decide to put some fibre optic lighting inside to at least give a chance for some of the detail to still be seen once its buttoned up. Hope it pays off ,if not we still have before pics right? I've gotten the nav desk and seat in place,used the kit part for the desk top and cut it down to size.. Will start on the tail gun position next.

 

[Gern]

You should get some of these pics printed for your friend Trey. Then, when he shows this off to his friends, he'll be able to show them just how much work a build of this quality involves.

Gern

 

[flyjoe180]

Fantastic work Trey. I like Dave's idea. A sort of souvenir booklet of the build.