HANG THE EXPENSE Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 They should have done the F model to begin with so as to broaden market appeal instead of that late model.I'm sure more people would already be on the hook for 1 or 2 instead so many of us are waiting till april or march. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsontag Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 They should have done the F model to begin with so as to broaden market appeal instead of that late model.I'm sure more people would already be on the hook for 1 or 2 instead so many of us are waiting till april or march. I totally agree. Had they done an F model first, they may have sold a lot more. Just my opinion. Heck, an E model would have been awesome if that was released first as well. If I'm not mistaken, when they do release the F model, you can also make an E model as well as they are supposed to have parts for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I am sure they have their reasons releasing the G first... Like Tamiya releasing the Birdcage F4U prior to the 1A/D kit/s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsontag Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I am sure they have their reasons releasing the G first... Like Tamiya releasing the Birdcage F4U prior to the 1A/D kit/s... I totally agree Dave. However, I'm glad that Tamiya released the F4U Birdcage first as that is my favorite model of F4U. It saw quite a bit of action in the Solomons. I may be in the minority here about the F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 At least this way, they can correct the fat fuselage issues when they tool the new fuselage for the F model Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 At least this way, they can correct the fat fuselage issues when they tool the new fuselage for the F model Doug I don't think they will do that considering the tooling cost would be too large for just the fuses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasProbert Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Heck, an E model would have been awesome if that was released first as well. If I'm not mistaken, when they do release the F model, you can also make an E model as well as they are supposed to have parts for both. It depends whether it's an early or late E model. The early Es had the three small windows in the nose, as well as the periscope sighted ventral turret. The cowlings are also different on the earlier E model as they were fitted with narrower propeller blades than the later Es through to the G. When the wider paddle blade props were introduced the front of the cowling had to be redesigned as the wider props couldn't go to the full feather position with the original cowling - hence the late E models had the blunter type of cowling fitted. Towards the end of B-17E production the larger F style cheek windows were introduced (as seen on the early production block F models) and I believe after the first 100 or so (the exact number escapes me) the Sperry Ball Turret was introduced as the original unmanned ventral turret was very difficult to sight effectively. If HK go for a late production E model they were almost identical to the F model externally, bar the heavily framed nose piece. That would be the easiest route for them! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afvmodeller Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Some more progress on my build - finally finished the top turret - its been a bit of a headache but worth the effort I hope. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Some lovely scratchbuilding. Cheers Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawman56 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 That looks fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphSarc Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Looks great! I have to build the B17someday along with the B25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanReed Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scanlon Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Excellent, would love to build something like this but no idea where I would put it, enjoying this very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 That is definitely worth it! How do you get the glass so perfect and shiny? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngtiger1 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 David, that is some amazing work. Your scratch building skills are top notch. Hold on their buddy...I better grab me a note pad and a pen to take some cool trips/tricks that you are using/sharing Well, you keep it going strong my friend...keep it going strong. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Glad to see you back. Thought we lost ya'! Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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