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Kevin, I bet it looks great! The biggest trick I've encountered is folding the parts after insuring a good cut from the fret. Those nubs can be pesky! Cheers, Tom

Kevin, Just superglue (low and med-viscosity) applied with a toothpick. I also use Future floor polish as an adhesive for some low-stress attachments. Cheers, Tom

I've ordered David Parker's B-17G Big Bird Modelling Guide, and was delighted to see he chose Little Miss Mischief as his subject. From the pics I've seen he went with the pumpkin tail turret, though the only photo I've seen of her after her repair had the earlier turret: http://fineartofdecals.com/goodies/b-17g-little-miss-mischief/ Hopefully he has some info about this! Cheers, Tom

Karim, Vibrant and flawless as usual! I love every photo. Also, your Sony camera is amazing. Zeiss lens, 1†sensor, yet fits in a pocket! I have the RX10 and love it. Cheers, Tom

Thomas, it would be great to see your work on this or any other ship in this scale. I agree about the Walrus, and I look fordward to painting so I can get her ready to launch! Cheers, tom

Maxim, thank you! I had seen this but didn't have much info about it. Cheers, Tom

Very crisp, wonderful work! Cheers, Tom

Smitty, Indeed, but carefully selected to avoid those needed for conversions. For example, port fuselage halves without the starboard for sale, no sprues containing nose or tail turret pieces, etc.. Cheers, Tom

Thanks very much to Juggernut's advice. If I was able to get these individual sprues I would be home free. However, unless HK Models sells the sprues it looks like I will need to modify the tail turret of the G kit, fill the wing tip vents, and unstagger the waist windows. Fortunately the clear parts of the tail turret appear to be flat planes so I might be able to pull this off without having to buy both kits! Cheers, Tom

Thank you! This is great info. Cheers, Tom

Iain, No worries! Would the appropriate sprues be available for sale from HK? They and the starboard E/F fuselage half aren't on E-Bay. Thanks, Tom

Iain, That is certainly encouraging. I've seen how to unstagger the waist windows, but how do you backdate the tail turret? Thanks,, Tom

Iain, I do understand, and I respect your commitment! This is my first 1/200 ship after building quite a few in 1/350, and I'm not tempted to go back. Although, truth be told, I really wish Trumpeter would scale up their 1/350 HMS Abercrombie or HMS Roberts, or the Richelieu... Cheers, Tom

Thanks for the review Kevin! Cheers, Tom

Iain, Thank you! It would be great to see you work your magic on one of these ships. Cheers, Tom

Now that HK Models has produced the B-17 E,F, and late G, is there any indication that they will combine sprues to make an early G? I would like to model Little Miss Mischief without buying the two existing kits! Thanks, Tom

You are very kind! Not much skill needed here, just the necessity to cut and bend small brass. It is amazing to me how small some of the parts are for such a big scale. I'd be better off sticking to 1/700 scale! Cheers, Tom

Thanks! Slow going, but I'm looking forward to finishing the mainmast, which will be the last of the big superstructure assemblies. Cheers, Tom

You might notice that I haven't yet fished the maintopmast, so it is a little out of alignment! Cheers, Tom

A little bit of an update: the four main searchlights, and most of the mainmast. Each part consists of approximately a googleplex of brass parts, intense scrutiny, numerous glances at the Pontos instructions, adding glue, removing extra glue, realizing the alignment is off, detaching, cleaning, reapplying. But it is fun! I've painted the searchlights to avoid masking later. Cheers, Tom

Very crisp and vibrant work! Really nce start to this build. Cheers, Tom

Beautiful work Carl! Well done. Cheers, Tom

Beautiful work! I love this aircraft. Cheers, Tom

Quang, Meticulous and inventive work! I like the solution of using the computer image. Cheers, Tom

Richard, It looks like a good start! Have you considered adding a dark wash around some of the details? This would make them stand out more, especially once you seal up the fuselage. Cheers, Tom