discussion My B-17 G project

[minitnkr]

Outstanding. PaulE

 

[Neil Merryweather]

brilliant idea!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Fantastic, truly inventive.

 

[papa 695]

Cracking work

 

[stillp]

Very natural-looking group of figures.
Pete

 

[adt70hk]

Hi Peter,

Just caught up with this. Looking VERY good indeed. A great concept all round..

Andrew

 

[Peter Gillson]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm tempted to sculpt a bust of a crew member to go with the vignettes.

Peter

 

[Airborne01]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm tempted to sculpt a bust of a crew member to go with the vignettes.

Peter

Sounds like a plan! Doooooo it!

 

[Lee Drennen]

Peter. Great job on the figs and the streaking effects in the wing.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Lee - the streaking was a combination of airbrush and ground up pastels applied using a 1/4in paintbrush.

bad news - earlier this week I returned to the vignette to see the main undercarriage had snapped. Would you believe it - the undercarriage 'leg post' is about 5mm diammeter! I suppose the wing being so offset and unbalanced that it put too much pressure on the part.

a shame - but I have a cunning plan and the solution arrived in the post this morning - more figures.the idea is to remove the three flight crew and replace the, with ground crew. One of which will be up a step ladder leaning on the wing, in reality he will be supporting the wing! Hopefully that will help support the wing.

Peter

 

[spanner570]

Great idea Peter and progressing nicely.

A while ago, someone on here build a 1/48 B-17 (Can't remember who) and did a cut-out to show the internal detail. that looked smart, but this undertaking of yours will be epic!