Pepper-Mint Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Hi there, BIG... WIP will focus on a first stage : the internal sub-assemblies. The ball-turret is on stage followed by the dorsal turret / set of parts. Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments. Thanks for checking-in. Cheers, Laurent. 6
Pepper-Mint Posted December 21, 2015 Author Posted December 21, 2015 Hi Gents, Thanks. Yes. 100% agreed George. Sperry-BT is a nice piece of tech. A 1/10 would be highly welcomed. Good idea. HKM designed a fantastic "base" for enthusiasts. I will only improve the bits of tubing proposed in the box. Masking are from Eduard, quick'n cool. Best, Laurent.
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted December 21, 2015 Administrators Posted December 21, 2015 Stop playing with your balls already! 2
Administrators James H Posted December 21, 2015 Administrators Posted December 21, 2015 Lovely start. That bull turret looks great. This will be one serious journey 1
Dave J Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Looks great! I really need to get mine off the shelf one of these days! 1
Wingco57 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Wow, what a great subject, yes new balls please! Cees 1
Pepper-Mint Posted December 22, 2015 Author Posted December 22, 2015 Thanks gentlemen. Ballz.... hairy balls.... Is Freud member of LSM ? Sigmund if you get that one... Update on the...........thing. After the chipping with chipping fluid, additionial details made dry-brushed with new Ammo metal acrylics. Working good, acting like "silver wax" and buffable. For the turret in general, final stage of the metal rendering on the Sperry. Pin-washing is to come. No clear coat applied on the planetory shaped double gun habitacle. Barrels are oob and painted seperately for easy removal... Best, Laurent 1
Pepper-Mint Posted December 22, 2015 Author Posted December 22, 2015 Thanks George Last one. A bit bigger...
Iceman Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Very Nice, please do share the metallic paint finish on the turret, looks like a Alclad Aluminum base, but is the darker weathering metallic pigments? 1
ThomasProbert Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 A great start to what will be a fantastic project I'm sure! Don't make the classic error and paint your B-17 insides 'Interior Green' - B-17s were never painted in this way. The majority of the aircraft was natural metal inside, with the exception of the flightdeck which was painted Dark Dull Green - NOT Interior Green. The tail, waist, radio room (with the exception of bulkheads which were DDG) bomb bay and nose were all unpainted. The flightdeck often retained some olive green padding on the sidewalls but all other areas in this area were DDG. Floors were also rarely natural wood - more often than not they had a rubber anti-slip surface which was black. Thought you might like this information before you progressed too much further. Tom 3
Wingco57 Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 Tom's right, The museum I work for has a section of rear fuselage of a G-model. Strangely the skin is natural alclad but the stringers are dark green. Cees
youngtiger1 Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Wow, the painting is amazing on the ball turent. When I grow up I want to paint like you 1
Pepper-Mint Posted April 6, 2016 Author Posted April 6, 2016 Hello guys, Latest updates on the B17. Decided to get the 4 engines set, Master barrels and HGW seat-belts. So it's no longer OOB. Gear bays are 90% done : Main gear legs : I wanted first to build them oob, but plastic pipes are not reliable and broke. Moved along with a paint-striping and replacing the pipes details : That's for now folks... Thanks for checking in ! Cheers, Laurent.
youngtiger1 Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Nice work. Love those hydraulic lines on the LG. Btw, is it just my computer or are those old WIP pics MIA?
Pepper-Mint Posted April 6, 2016 Author Posted April 6, 2016 Hi. Thanks mate ! Latest pic is from a week or so... What is MIA pls ?
Pepper-Mint Posted May 31, 2016 Author Posted May 31, 2016 Hi people, Latest update, main gear and rear wheel are on their way to completion. One of the two is completed and now time to finish the triplets. Weathering system is based on overlapping filters/washes/pigments. Bits of buffable silver "dry-brushing". Tamiya paints. Pics : Thanks for checking in, Cheers, Laurent.
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