Silver Dollar Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Thanks Harvey. More pictures to come tonight. I painted the back wall of the cockpit and will assemble it shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 This is the back of the cockpit wall about 95% complete. I'll need to complete a few other details before I can close up the cockpit sides. At that point, the plumbing and wires will be added. I also need to add my washes and a bit more weathering as well as completing the bomb bay side. lawman56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 That switch panel looks incredible SD ! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 SS Nice progress on the back wall and elect panel - looking good Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikP Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Gotta say, this is amazing! Unbelievable detail painting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 This is looking sweet...looking forward to your next update.I love these big girls. Really nice attention to detail...beautiful work. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks all. I really appreciate the comments. Today, I've been working on the starboard cockpit wall trying to improve on the detail there. I've removed and rebuilt the electric pump for the hydraulics and have that about half done. At first, I was going to modify the wall so that it looked more like it does in the real thing but I would have to do so much delicate surgery to get it right, it's just not worth the time for me. I would have to lower the O2 bottle brackets a couple of mm and remove and scratch build all the copilot's boxes. I chose to leave it as is as well as the copilot's detail which isn't all that bad when you look at it. Careful detail painting and some detail wash should give me a fairly good result. More to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 A quicky update. I'm just about done on the starboard cockpit wall. I'll have to wait until I can cement the wall to the floor and second bulkhead before I can finish all the plumbing. I'm working on the 02 system now and will put the 02 tanks on as soon as I get them painted. More pictures to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Here's where I'm up to at this point. I've got most of the copilot's wall done that I could find in my research and the electrical pump for the hydraulics without the plumbing. I still have to add the manual hydraulic pump, the O2 tanks and plumbing and whatever else I might dig up including wiring. Then, it's on to the port wall. this kind of detailing goes very slowly but the results are worth it. Here's some of the detail up close. I still haven't done the dark wash and weathering yet. More on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 I've got the basic structure down for the tunnel under the cockpit. I haven't put any fine details in yet because I'll have to handle the assembly a bit when I go to complete the center sections i.e. the seats, control yokes, etc. and I don't want to knock stuff off. Much more to come in the next day or two. Then I'll shoot some pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderdriver Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Lovely detail Silver Dollar What they call "First Rate" Well I have 3 projects on my table since the "Flak-kat" incident! Which means my A D D has kicked in and who knows when I'll get back to my B-17. I have at least put her back together and have worked a little on the 5 rear crewmembers, but I need a camera and i'm thinking Pawn Shop? The Projects are small "Classic Plastic" kits I'll keep up and aggravate as much as possible Jack PS GO BRONCOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Stellar work on the details so far SD! Keep it up, shes going to be beautiful. All the best, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks guys. Hey Jack, I feel the same way about my first B-17 build. I'm having too much fun messing around with the cockpit fiddly bit detail. I'm holding off temporarily on the first one. It will be finished at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 More pictures as promised. The first shot is the pilot's wall without the plumbing and wiring. That extra detail has to be added when the cockpit walls have been joined up with the floor and the bulkheads. The original details are pretty good so I left most of them stock. I still have some paint touch up and weathering to do. This is the basic tunnel construction. I cemented a piece of .005 styrene to the roof of the forward part of the tunnel to cover up the drilled holes for the seats, the yokes and the hollow of the throttle quadrant. I then added some C shaped styrene for the frame. I then put my 1/64 inch thick birch plywood, stained and varnished it and stuck it where you see. Here, you can see the brackets the control cables will traverse through on their way to the rear. There's still a lot of small details that have to be added for the completion of the tunnel. Once I get it done, I'm sure there'll be close to 100 individual parts. I'm truly having fun here making these assemblies. It's slow going, but I'm not going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy vd M. Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Well SD I've been busy for two weeks to research what a bomb bay looked like exactly. Reading, drawing, reading, translating... even cleaned the working table as it is not in use now; but I'm having the time of my life and just now I solved the last puzzle. The search is better than the catch. And we can all see that in your build, as the quality and eye for detail clearly proof that you are having a great time building this monster. In the end you'll have a very correct and very detailed specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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