B-17G “A bit o’lace”

[FreightDog]

WIP thread here https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/85552-hk-models-132-b-17g/

Here is my reference pic. She and her crew went through 83 missions and she survived the war only to end up scrapped.  I’ve not aimed for a 100% replica of the original, but enough hopefully to capture her likeness:

My longest project ever a year on & off. Magic Scale Modelling light & sound so there’s a link to a short video of the startup & shutdown process at the end. I might add some more pics & another video later showing the lighting but the aluminium needed outdoor shots to do justice. Thanks for looking. 

 

 

 

 

Seldom have I placed my faith in any higher body more than when I released my grip after fixing this to its wall mount. Thank you HKM for this superb bonus!

 

If you watch the video don’t forget to turn the sound up!

 

Edited May 7, 2021 by FreightDog

[MDuv]

That Fort is looking awesome.
Congratulations

[Hartmann52]

Gut gemacht!!!

[Troy Molitor]

Nice!  I liked the video too......  Thanks for sharing.

[brahman104]

Fantastic work! The weathering on the aluminium finish is fantastic.... Thanks for taking the photos outside to show it off .

 

Really awesome effort, and it looks sweet hanging on your wall too!

 

Craig

[themongoose]

Beautiful work on the Al and the paint and weathering!

[chrish]

Thats just gorgeous!!

[Wolf Buddee]

Wonderful work indeed!

 

The NMF and it’s weathering looks fantastic. 

 

Cheers,

Wolf

Edited May 7, 2021 by Wolf Buddee

[Jeff T]

Outstanding!

 

That is awesome, .......superb work all round there.

 

Cheer's,

Jeff.

[dennismcc]

That is fantastic, the finish and weathering are superb.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[dodgem37]

That is wonderful.

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[JayW]

Wow what great weathering!

[Neo]

Wow simply amazing. 

 

the paint work is mind blowing

[Rod Bettencourt]

WOW....how cool is that! Thanks for sharing.

 

Rod

[PrzemoL]

Awesome indeed.