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Post by kpnuts Mon 22 Apr 2019, 7:42 pm

Revell B17 I'm going to try and do this as a cutaway model, first thing I notice(planes are not my normal thing) checking on photos of the real thing the callout colourwise for the bomb bay (which is the first part on the instructions is wrong) it says the bombs are olive green which is what I've done them and when I look at pics of the bombs they are a medium green not the nearly black as you can see from the pics, the olive green I've done them (I'm using Vallejo air paints ) also they have yellow banding which seems to vary according to which picture you look at, some have 3 bands in the middle some have one in the middle others have one at the tip and a silver tip in front of that. I wouldn't normally worry too much about that but if I'm doing this as a cutaway it needs to be more accurate, help please.

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Post by harron68 Tue 23 Apr 2019, 3:45 pm

Like all your work, from old sailing ships to more modern works, this will be stunning. Congrats on your bravery! Best o' luck on the progress. Oh, and thanx for sharing with us all!

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Post by GaryDainton Wed 24 Apr 2019, 7:45 am

Interesting idea popcorn
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Post by RetiredMike Wed 24 Apr 2019, 2:59 pm

Cool project.
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Post by KatsZenJammer Sun 28 Apr 2019, 2:16 am

Very cool, indeed. popcorn
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Post by Guest Sun 28 Apr 2019, 2:58 am

Any progress Ken?

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Post by kpnuts Sun 28 Apr 2019, 7:22 pm

Hi all bit more done to this, trying out some aluminium foil on the inside to see the effect before I try it on the outside, i must say I think it looks quite good.

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Sorry mate get very little modelling time these days.

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Post by KatsZenJammer Sun 28 Apr 2019, 10:56 pm

Excellent progress! The detailing is fantastic and the foil looks great on the inside part. Revell 1/72 Boeing B17G Flying Fortress  1817768433
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Post by GaryDainton Mon 29 Apr 2019, 12:04 pm

The aluminium looks brilliant, Would be a fantastic external finish.
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Post by Guest Mon 29 Apr 2019, 2:07 pm

I bet you'll be able to do the foil panel buy panel like the real deal. Good luck Ken.

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Post by kpnuts Fri 03 May 2019, 8:51 pm

Hi all well made more progress on the interior, loads more to do (there's a lot of detail in this kit) I'm wondering wether to add some lighting to the internals, its quite dark even without adding the side with the cut outs in.

Done some of the exterior paint ( not my best work as I'm using a brush since my compressor is dead)

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Post by KatsZenJammer Sat 04 May 2019, 8:46 pm

Great work! The teeny detailing is wonderful ... and I can see why you'd want to put in lighting.
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Post by kpnuts Mon 06 May 2019, 7:22 pm

Is there any way of getting rid of the white stuff you get with superglue, I ask because I'm trying to do the belly turret on the plane which is moulded in clear I'm using Revell clear glue and it just keeps coming apart when I'm handling it whilst trying to paint it (incidentally how do you manage that it's almost impossible I've had to take it off a load of times as the paint seeps under the masking tape and my hands arnt steady enough to do it free hand) anyway i was thinking of gluing it with superglue if I could get rid of the white vapour stuff you get with it.

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Post by RetiredMike Tue 07 May 2019, 2:50 pm

If the fit is good and close, a light coat of the clear plastic glue to both sides of the joint should do the job. It will take a few hours to dry properly, though. If there are gaps, it may take an excessive amount of clear glue, but that can always be trimmed off later with a sharp XActo blade.

I wouldn't use a CA glue for clear parts.
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Post by KatsZenJammer Wed 08 May 2019, 2:49 am

Copy what Mike said, especially about superglue/CA. If you have the time you could try 2 part epoxy, which won't fog the clear plastic, but that stuff is goopy and sticky so extra caution has to be exercised.
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Post by kpnuts Wed 08 May 2019, 8:59 pm

Hi all well I've finished the interior and closed it up, trying foil on the silver part of it I figure doing the panels individually may look more realistic (that remains to be seen)

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Post by Guest Thu 09 May 2019, 12:42 pm

Nice amount of detail Ken, awesome stuff. Have you ever turned one of these into a cut away? You put so much time into the details.

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Post by kpnuts Fri 10 May 2019, 8:37 pm

Let me tell you foiling something like this is no easy task, it's only that I think it looks ok that I'm continuing (put me off planes again) the bit where the wings connect was a real pita (Still not that happy with it) can't see how to make it better, I'm hoping the wings will be easier.

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There's a lot of detail on the inside of the clear parts which I can't see the point of since when painted you can't see it (I suppose it's another part of building planes) I was really looking forward to the 1/24 Airfix mosquito (was going to ask for it as a birthday prezzie) 

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Post by KatsZenJammer Mon 13 May 2019, 2:40 am

Excellent progress! The interior detail is fantastic and the foil looks good.
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Post by kpnuts Sat 18 May 2019, 8:07 pm

Well I'm definitely not going to be any good at planes (will stick to genres I'm more in tune with) (what I don't understand is why planes are so difficult)give me an engine on a bike or car an I can do a half decent job of it, I've worked with them most of my life so know how they should look(maybe that's why the plane engines looks so bad, never even seen one let alone worked on one.


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Post by KatsZenJammer Sat 18 May 2019, 9:05 pm

The engines look good to me. Also, anything unfamiliar is going to give one some trouble and since we tend to be our own harshest critics ...

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