American Beauty Part II B-17G

[Rod Bettencourt]

 

 486 Bomb Group 384 Squadron out of Sudbury. This aircraft survived the war to be broken up in Kingman AZ. After waiting a few months finally got some green grass and an overcast day. Hope you like.

 

Products used

Paint: Ak Real color, Model master and Alclad

Aftermarket: Eduard wooden floors and ammo boxes set

                            Eduard Zoom cockpit

                            Eduard engine set

                            Eduard Radio Compartment

                            Eduard masks

                            Master gun Barrels

 

 

Thanks for looking.

Rod

[CANicoll]

Rod, Beautiful job on a huge build.  The NMF is terrific, well done!  Nice work on the interior and the details (like the pin-up poster!) and the wheel chocks. Beautifully done through and through. 

[KevinM]

Very Nice Rendition you have accomplished there Rob ...what kit though?

[DocRob]

Wow, cool photos, which make your splendid build look alive. Paintjob and weathering look so real.

Cheers Rob

[Rod Bettencourt]

On 3/22/2025 at 11:43 AM, CANicoll said:

Rod, Beautiful job on a huge build.  The NMF is terrific, well done!  Nice work on the interior and the details (like the pin-up poster!) and the wheel chocks. Beautifully done through and through. 

Thank you for the comment, glad you caught the pin up.

 

Rod

[Rod Bettencourt]

On 3/22/2025 at 3:29 PM, KevinM said:

Very Nice Rendition you have accomplished there Rob ...what kit though?

Hi Kevin,

It is the HK kit. Thank you for the comment.

 

Rod

[Rod Bettencourt]

On 3/23/2025 at 2:45 AM, DocRob said:

Wow, cool photos, which make your splendid build look alive. Paintjob and weathering look so real.

Cheers Rob

Thank you Rob for taking the time to comment.

 

Rod

[BlrwestSiR]

Great looking model and fantastic pics too. Thanks for sharing them. 

Carl

[belugawhaleman]

Spectacular! Beautiful model and pictures!

[Rod Bettencourt]

On 3/29/2025 at 7:39 AM, BlrwestSiR said:

Great looking model and fantastic pics too. Thanks for sharing them. 

Carl

Thank you Carl and my pleasure.

Rod

[RalphSarc]

Holy smokes what an amazing build. The attention to detail is fabulous. The engine exhaust looks totally life like!! I thought I was looking at a real B-17!!

 

[KUROK]

Beautiful job!  Wow!!!

[Rod Bettencourt]

On 7/8/2025 at 3:15 AM, RalphSarc said:

Holy smokes what an amazing build. The attention to detail is fabulous. The engine exhaust looks totally life like!! I thought I was looking at a real B-17!!

 

Awesome complement, thank you very much.

 

Rod