seiran01 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Not technically a B-17, but a PB-1W AEW aircraft. PB-1Ws were late-model B-17Gs that eventually were stripped of all armament. This will fit beautifully with my clubs Korean War theme for our 2020 contest. I’m gathering what few references I can find on the planes, three of the VW-1 birds flew from Atsugi in early 1953 including the only airframe to have the radome mounted on top. Aside from the VW-1 website and the B-17s In Blue book which I have, photos are few and far between. What’s the chance that someone reading this know of photos of the interior of these planes? Dont count this for the monthly raffles, Admins, I am working on another large project right now which may take me through the end of the year. But for the time being I would love to see if anyone here is able to provide any assistance as I plan out the build. I’m leaning towards building TE-7 with the roof-mounted radome as she was briefly flying out of Korea itself. The radome will be designed in CAD and printed at home. The B-17G kit is en route to me along with a few aftermarket items, now I just need time! Cheers guys, Mike LSP_Kevin, Anthony in NZ, scvrobeson and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Now that is seriously different! It will be stunning in that scheme and configuration. it should cause some head-scratching and questions once it is done. Looking forward to following your progress. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Now that's very cool MIke! Cant help with info, but very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Great project Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeds Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Braz do a TBM-3W conversion set, includes the radome, could you use that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 Wow I hadn't even thought of robbing the radome from that, thanks for the suggestion. I had been planning to take radome measurements from the Fisher AD-5W but this'll save time in designing the part in cad and money/time from printing it. Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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