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This is one that I printed a couple years ago, it's sitting next to a HK Lancaster for size reference... Pat
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Quite a bit of room in that fuselage to put stuff in if you don't need a super charger anymore for low level missions ??? Pat
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What is the diameter of the B-17 top turret?
patricksparks replied to Lee in Texas's topic in Aviation Discussion & Research
Best I can tell the plexiglass dome is 40 inches in diameter and the ring it mounts to is 40 3/4 inches. Hope this helps !!! Pat -
I wanted to see if anyone might have a good clear head-on image of the Bombardier's loading chart that is mounted on the ceiling of the nose compartment in the B-17s, I believe the chart was the same on both the F and G models. I want to make a decal for it... Any help would be really appreciated !!! Thank you, Pat
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1:18 Scale B-17G Flying Fortress Forward Fuselage
patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
Turned out some more printed parts today, the panel goes on the left side of the cockpit next to the pilot, the other parts are the oxygen regulators and the heater control boxes for the crews "Blue Bunny" suits.. Pat -
1:18 Scale B-17G Flying Fortress Forward Fuselage
patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
yup, cut a decal for every rectangle... What I did was base my decal on photos of the real thing, there was really 4 lines of print that fit between the stringers for the most part on the real aircraft, I went to 3 lines because I only have an ink-jet printer and I though that the text would be completely un-legible due to the poor print quality. Cutting the decals wasn't too bad, I printed long lines of continous Alclad logos then cut them into strips, I could hold a strip up in front of the frame work of the airframe and determine by letter or number on the decal where to cut and then cut a sliver off the next piece to compensate for the thickness of the next frame in-line, it wasn't too bad, just took a few hours of sitting... Pat -
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patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
Put some new "wall paper" in the front room today, still have to do the other side... Pat -
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patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
Made some parts for the Bombardier/Navigator compartment, printed the bombardier's control panel and also the navigator's table. Pat -
1:18 Scale B-17G Flying Fortress Forward Fuselage
patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
I tend to work on parts like this(the turret)I just use a basic drawing that has overall dimensions, and use as much photographic and manual drawings and work on the ergonomics of a scale person fitting in and using the equipment, I already had drawn and printed the 50 cal. machine guns that were based on full size dimensions so I knew that the guns a person, gunsight, ammo feed chutes and just kind of make it all fit until it looks close to the photos... I always try to remember scale wall thicknesses while I work, always think about the real world and what practical thicknesses would be on a real piece of equipment and always keep that magic number in my head, "an inch in this scale is".... Thanks for looking, Pat -
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patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
A little more work on the upper turret, I got the gun/sight mount drawn and printed... I'm going to set it aside for awhile and get back to the flight deck and bombardiers/navigater's sections so that I can glue the fuselage halves together,I need to do that before I can apply the aluminum to the airframe.. Pat Started to add some alclad decals to the forward compartment walls... -
1:18 Scale B-17G Flying Fortress Forward Fuselage
patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
I think I figured ot a way to make the flexible 50 cal. ammo chutes for the cheek gun installations, I originally drew an individual link that I was thinking about gluing together one at a time... I started to glue some together but they are so tiny that are started think that if I can print the runs of links that are in a particular curve or straight that maybe I could do those as one piece and then add the individual links to fill in the difficult turns and to adjust the lengths established between the ammo boxes and the guns... Pat -
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patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
Thank you Dennis, I appreciate your help. Pat -
1:18 Scale B-17G Flying Fortress Forward Fuselage
patricksparks replied to patricksparks's topic in Works in Progress
Thanks for the heads up Dennis, according to Hanger Thirteens site the A-1B was installed on the B-17G blocks BO-90 thru BO--110 ? Pat