ykak Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Hi, brief introduction as I am new in this forum: My name is Yrjö (same as George in English :0)) and I am located in Helsinki, Finland. I made my first model at the age of 6 in 1969 and made them up till 1978. Then I had a break like 30 years and now I have been doing roughly 1-2 models/year. I have written articles to local modelling magazines. I am a big fan of B-17G and when HK Models announced, that they will make a 1:32 version of it, I just had to get one. I was visiting Hong Kong in June 2013 and aranged a meeting with Neil Yan /HK Models. I wrote an article about them to Finnish modelling magazine "Mallix" . He gave me a early run version of B-17G. There are two different shade of gray color parts in it. I am not going to go to all the details here but if you are interested to hear more, looking forward to share my experience. I have taken a lot of pictures as I plan to write an article once I have finished this. I must say that it has been a long journey with this kit. I will put one picture here to show how far I am at the moment. My B-17G was at the modelling event "Nordic Challenge" on the "projects" table last weekend. Reference for my B-17G: those two pictures in 447BG site from 21.4.1945. Zotz decals nose art does not match with the one in the pictures. The list of accessories is the following: Zotz : Heavenly Bodies Nose Art Kits-World KW132069 stencils Eduard: 32774 interior, 32775 front iterior, 32780 waist interior part 1, JX 155 mask Eduard Brassin:632017 weels, 632033 ahtimet Profimodeller: 32150 gunbarrels brass HGWModels: 132534 belts AMS Resin 32097: prop governors Live Resin 35147: 50 cal. feed chutes Looking forward to join LSP :0)! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60233411/NC_2016_B17G_HK.jpg Edited October 24, 2016 by LSP_Kevin CANicoll, ShotMagnet, Lars Befring and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I like what I see so far! Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Welcome abroad Yrjö, The best modelling and friendliest forum in cyber space..... Looking forward to your build........ Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Welcome to the forum Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Welcome aboard, Yrjö! Your B-17 looks terrific. I've taken the liberty of adding your image inline in the post, rather than as just a hyperlink. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Hi Yrjö Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe66 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Welcome, glad you are here...great looking Flying Fortress ! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Welcome, I was in Helsinki two weeks ago and while on my way towards the city with tram 9 I spotted a very nice modelshop. Unfortunately I did not have the time to get out and visit. Edited October 25, 2016 by Cees Broere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ykak Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Welcome aboard, Yrjö! Your B-17 looks terrific. I've taken the liberty of adding your image inline in the post, rather than as just a hyperlink. Kev Thank's Kev ! I just setting photbucket account.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Tervetuola LSP forumille Yrjö.... I think a spelled it right. Fantastic job so far on that B17.. Found one B24 that you builded...looks fantastic... /Mal Edited October 25, 2016 by Mal_Belford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Welcome Yrjö.... I'm sure you will find this site amazing and helpful. Kind regards Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Welcome Yrjö! Thanks for sharing, and I would love to learn more about your experience with this build. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ykak Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Thank you all! At Hyperscale there is actually my assemblyship : http://www.hyperscale.com/2012/features/b24d48yk_1.htm I have now opened the photobucket account but I have some issues loading the pictures. Working on with this issue... Mal_Belford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) Yeah... Thats the one i found and it is so damn cool...fantastic i say.... Took the liberty to show by a picture of that build you done B24... I really love that weathering...and the scheme of choice... Edited October 26, 2016 by Mal_Belford Uncarina, JohnW and Lothar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyZeit Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Amazing! I want to say this is foiled?? Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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