Revell 1/72 Boeing B17G Flying Fortress

[kpnuts]

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.

[kpnuts]

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.

[kpnuts]

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)

[fordrodnkustom]

Looking spot on KP. Nice work.

[kpnuts]

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.

[Mr.409]

Someone once told me that a good way to prevent that white stuff happening when gluing clear parts on super glue would be waxing the clear part with automotive car wax before gluing it on place. I've never tried that myself, so I don't have any experience if it really works or not, but maybe it would be a good idea to try for some extra clear part that's just laying around.

This looks like a cool project! I have a couple of airplane kits myself, too so I'll be taking notes on how to build them.

[kpnuts]

Thanks mate, apparently as I've been informed elsewhere if you dip the part in future or varnish it, it will prevent the fogging with ca glue so I'm going to give that a go.

[kpnuts]

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)

[kpnuts]

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.








 

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) 

[fordrodnkustom]

Looking good from here KP. Excellent detail throughout. Probably too late for this project but have you considered one of the spray on metal finish paint products for future builds?

[kpnuts]

Those spray on finishes (I'm my experience anyway) tend to be very fragile (or maybe it's my ham fistedness.

[fordrodnkustom]

May 11, 2019 2:07:50 GMT -5 kpnuts said:

Those spray on finishes (I'm my experience anyway) tend to be very fragile (or maybe it's my ham fistedness.

Indeed they are. Perhaps experiment with different overcoats?

[kpnuts]

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.

[fordrodnkustom]

I think you have a good base to work with there KP. Might I suggest a few deep washes(oily blacks and browns} then a dry brushing with various metallic shades to pick out details?