fozzy Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Hi everyone The B-17 Flying Fortress, “Fuddy Duddy,” was used as a VIP transport in the Pacific at the end of World War II. It once carried General Dwight D. Eisenhower who later became the 34th President of the United States. In civilian life, it worked as a fire bomber and was occasionally used for motion picture filming, flying on screen in movies such as the 1962 Steve McQueen movie, “The War Lover” and the 1970 blockbuster, “Tora Tora Tora.” Here then is my replication of the fuselage and all the internal detail of the WarBird "Fuddy Duddy" B17G which is at present stationed at The Lyon Air Museum in California. I built it to 1:20 scale and from nose to tail the model measures out at 3 feet 8 inches! ...right from the start I had no intention of building the wings for this model as I wanted to concentrate on the internal detail of all the crew areas. The fuselage was constructed out of balsa wood and plastic and all the internal and external detail was built from plastic card ,wire,card ,aluminium sheets,paper and anything lying around that was useful! I designed the top part of the fuselage as a cutaway so the detail can be seen. No CAD programmes were used to build any part of this model. This project has been a big part of my life as it took me 10 years to complete!....I hope you like the photos! Thank you for taking a look! Cheers Fozzy Dragon, LSP_Kevin, chuck540z3 and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc65 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 "..I hope you like the photos!" you have changed my afternoon programs: now I must put in standby everything else and go to the pc to better look at these! wonderful impressive big work, congrats!! fozzy and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 This really is a masterpiece in every sense of the word - what a truly stunning piece of model making. The attention to detail is exceptional - you really could be forgiven for thinking those interior shots were pictures of the real thing. So what's next? You've done the B-17... surely it's time for a B-24! Tom fozzy and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 fozzy and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 wow, piece of art Fozzy! jan fozzy and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Congrats on finally finishing this epic build, Martin! It has turned out just as well as it deserved to. Your interior photos are among the most realistic shots of a model that I've ever seen. Just astounding stuff. What's next? Kev Martinnfb and fozzy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Following this build has been incredible and the end result is nothing short of spectacular. Bravo, sir, bravo!!! fozzy and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 This build is absolutely epic, Museum quality !!! Thank You sharing. Cheers Martin fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I'm out of words expressing my admiration of this subject, you're detailing almost every piece of the inside of the B17, just like stepping into its fuselage...... KiwiZac and fozzy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I’ve been watching the WIP for eight of the 10 years and even after looking at this RFI and knowing it was a model I questioned if he was trying to show me real pictures first for comparison. Absolutely stellar work! KiwiZac and fozzy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Not sure I have the words, Just fantastic! Congrats now such a labor of love. Thank you for sharing. Rod fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 WOW!!!! fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Brilliant!! fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 What a lot of work! I congratulate you on your tenacity and great execution of scratch building skills that look so real. Cheers, Chuck fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouslysophie Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 That is an extraordinary level of detail and skill! I am simply speechless at how wonderful it is! The B-17 is a one of my favourite planes and this is the most beautiful rendition of one I have ever seen. Congratulations! fozzy and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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