Pepper-Mint Posted December 21, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Fran Posted December 21, 2015 Administrators Share Posted December 21, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper-Mint Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted December 21, 2015 Administrators Share Posted December 21, 2015 Stop playing with your balls already! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James H Posted December 21, 2015 Administrators Share Posted December 21, 2015 Lovely start. That bull turret looks great. This will be one serious journey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Looks great! I really need to get mine off the shelf one of these days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Wow, what a great subject, yes new balls please! Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper-Mint Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper-Mint Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 Thanks George Last one. A bit bigger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mish Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Wow, nice detail painting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted December 22, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasProbert Posted December 24, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 24, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Ok, I won't then. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngtiger1 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Wow, the painting is amazing on the ball turent. When I grow up I want to paint like you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Any updates Laurent? Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper-Mint Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngtiger1 Posted April 6, 2016 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper-Mint Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Hi. Thanks mate ! Latest pic is from a week or so... What is MIA pls ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Missing In Action. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Hi Laurent, Any updates on this great build? Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper-Mint Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Hi Cees, Yes coming soon. Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Hurry up then hehe. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper-Mint Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Wow thats fantastic! Very inspirering... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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