I'm 64... When I was a young teen my best friend's father flew in this very squadron Box "K" and was a ball turret gunner. He always told us great stories about how he went thru 3 planes because they were so damaged, and he always kept the altimeters which he proudly displayed on his desk. I also never knew how colorful his B17 really was until one Christmas the family gave him the 1/32nd B17G Monogram model. Wayne was into HO trains and was a very experienced modeler, and when he finished the B17 I was shocked by all the different colors on the model and thought for a while maybe he lost his touch and went overboard painting his B17 with all those bright colors. One day his wife showed me a rare color picture of Wayne standing with all his crew along side his B17 and was blown away how he duplicated the exact color scheme on his Monogram model... It was then that he began to tell us stories of the crazy color schemes of those formation lead planes, with the polka dots and other wild colors. From that point on I really began to become a real war airplane nut.
That's really interesting, your father was one of the few who survived that terrible campaign, over Europe I believe? Or perhaps the Pacific? But anyway, I have always loved the nose art, where each aircraft had its own name, emblem, or motto, this gave the airmen some kind of morale during their activities. Thanks for letting us know that as there's not many of those old airmen around anymore, thank you!
Nice modelling of TNT Katie. And a nice memorial to the six men who died aboard her when she was hit by flak over Oranienburg on March 15th 1945. Elmer Diefe, Bob Stephens, Costas Ivos, Bob Renartson, Allen Swem and John Piccardo. Pilot Henry Chandler, Navigator Dave Skalka and Bombardier Sid Murachver survived and became prisoners of war. Lest we forget.
Thanks Mike, I'm puzzled on how they could have gotten that thick and were never corrected by Airfix, even at 1:24th scale they'd be too big. But it was worth it in the end, it took 2 hours to sand then all, but I'm glad that I did :)
built one in 1976 bit of a story when I was 16 visited my Uncle with the family interstate (Australia) he was a dairy farmer at the time so I was bored walked to the local town about 6kms and bought this kit from a newsagent ended up chatting with him for quite a while turned out he was a gunner/navigator on the B-17 during WWII - wow what are the odds
Really stunning, lifelike representation, with a beautiful paint job. This was a great video to watch - detailed enough to keep my interest, at just the right pace, with any information needed on screen. Thanks for sharing your incredible skills with us lesser mortals.
Thank you Russell :) I can understand that natural metal can be daunting, but I really like these VAllejo Metal Colors paints. I have had a few issues with them lifting, but I solved that by adding a few drops of Future/Klear to the paint and that solved the problem, now they really grip to the plastic.
fab build! my favourite aircraft i would be interested to know more about the RAF version that came wit the kit. i knew coastal comand used B17Es but never realised bomber comand had Gs!
I wish that there was a new tooled E model on the market, I've seen one modeler convert this kit into an F and E model, it's a lot of work but his results were worth the efforts.
They only had a few which were classified as Fortress III`s and they were used as an early type of radar counter measures aircraft with a lot of additional arials and a radome instead of the chin guns.
Very Nice B-17, the 8th Air Force nerd in me has to point out that 447th BG markings should also have yellow tailplanes/Horizontal Stabs and the wing chevron ID to denote the 447th BG within the 4th Combat Wing was dark blue not black. Still looks a epic build you should be proud of.
I was wondering that myself. I seem to remember them being dark blue and not black also. Easy fix if you were of a mind to. Nevertheless, one fantastic build of this iconic aircraft. Jumps to within the top five of the Forts I've seen built on this channel and certainly much better than I, myself could accomplish!
Excellent build. My favorite is the OD B17F, but this was an outstanding job on the G. Very impressive and realistic. Great talent involved here. Thx for sharing
Hello mr. Cloud.greate 2cu putting heart and soul into that ww2icon. I build an memphis belle by revell in1994.thank u4sharing.with sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg/germany.your modellmate.christian
I'm sure that you are going to have fun with it. I bought it over the summer thinking that I wasn't going to build it, but once I got started, I ended up having so much fun I couldn't put it down :)
thank YOU...i have a collection of unbuilt kits and you have inspired me to treat the models as art, not just as a throw away pastime, which was slowly eating my enthusiasm to build. but you have taken model building and elevated it to an art form...and when you think about it, that's where the model build belongs...as art rather than accuracy. i mean of course accuracy is penultimate but art...that is the difference.so many want to examine perfection and accuracy but watching you build...i realized that only a master craftsman/artiast, with many hours/ years of practise, can lift the plastic model to examination, not just of the accuracy but including accuracy in the art of creating the spirit of the times the model is to represent. and the message that the builder is trying to convey. You conveyed the drama, the environment and the spirit of the airwar in ETO in 1944-45. just looking at your model brought the images of eightth airforce england. i imagined the rain soaked aprons, the tow tractors, the quonset huts, the fuel trucks, the bicycles, the ground crew and aircrew, the missions to be undertaken as the windsocks filled with air...and the sheer terror of the flak, the fighters and mid air collisions... and bomb laden taxi collisions... and everything else during those distant days...man, you caused all this.. again, i must say..that..you are an artist of the first rank... and i will study every thing you do in your builds and use what you do to try and make my models better...but whether i can capture the spirit of the aircraft and the time in whgich it flew...well...i can only be your disciple but never to surpass you, only to learn from you...thankyou, xxxxxjane@@rebelsatcloudnine
@@janehill9764 Thank you Jane, I'm the son of 2 professional artists, and there are many days I feel the art gene skipped me and went on to my siblings. You are one of a very few people I feel I can have this type of conversation with, and that is true to your expressions I do find my modeling to be more of an artform than s simple plastic puzzle. Thanks for watching and for your comment, and best of luck with your future modeling projects :D
@@rebelsatcloudnine thank YOU very much! i'll keep watching and enjoying your work as it turns into an expression of the times the aircraft lives or lived in. i will use your tricks of the trade to improve my models...mostly your spadework will rekindele my joy in building again...thanks so much jared...jane.
Yo! What's that glue in the blue bottle? Also, great choice and use of these paints and the spraygun. (I've seen far worse on another brand of a B-17)! Unfortunately, the black base and aluminium overspray show a ridge between both fuselage halves in front of the cockpit. Sanding or scraping would have remedied that after the base went on. All in all, a joy to watch your building and finishing ! Bavo on the fine result. Many thanks. Be proud !
Okie dokie. So now having built both new tool kits, Revell & Airfix, which did you think the better A. kit and B. overall model in terms of representative fidelity? Appreciate the Airfix is a G and the Revell you built was an F but a release from 2012 based off their 2010 G tooling.
Honestly, both are decent kits, and both have their issues. Neither one is more accurate than the other, they both suffer problems with accuracy. I think that the Airfix kit is a bit better in it's design, but taking into consideration a lot of it's design is incredibly similar to the Revell kit. Lastly, I've seen many builds of the Revell B-17G model and a few of the Airifx kit. Revell created 2 kits with a lot more variety and options, and Airfix, I think played it smart by creating a late version of the B-17G, it's more limited in options, but, it makes it a unique model.
@@rebelsatcloudnine Thanks for the persperctive. I have the Revell G. I think it's an excellent kit, but for that nose transparency. The slant angle of the section encapsulating the bombardiers window is far too steep. It's an eye magnet which destroys standoff profile of the nose section so that the model 'just looks wrong'. Very disappointing. Otherwise I'd rate Revell's B-17G a 10/10 (staggered vs adjacent waist windows anomalies per stinger/Cheyenne tail and decal choice notwithstanding.
Wonderfull miniature. I always watch Your materials with pleasure. Great modelling skill my Friend. Btw style Your movies is really good - fantasic montage, quality and music. Best wishes and regards to You and Your family
Absolutely beautiful, man. 1 tiny little thing: the colors and insignia you paint are of the 447th BG, which included yellow flashes on the vertical stabilizer AND the horizontal stabilizer, minus the elevators. You painted only the vertical stabilizer. I’m sorry for being a massive dork and possible push-over, but sometimes tiny things like that get me. But again, it is a beautiful model and aircraft and I look forward to watching of your vids!
Thanks, Brian :) I studied many pictures of 447th B-17's trying to find any pictures of TNT Katie, to confirm whether or not the stabilizers were yellow or not (and I looked through a ton of pictures). The Kits-World decal sheet/ painting guide has them as silver so I simply went with that. In all sincerity, you might want to consider passing this info onto Kits-World. As I mentioned I simply decided to follow what they had displayed on the sheet as I couldn't find any conclusive evidence for this particular aircraft :)
I think the best advice I can give you (and this is coming from someone who isn't good at weathering) A little bit of weathering usually is best. There are too many times when one can get carried away weathering and it becomes too extreme and unrealistic. Gradually weathering and taking time to stand back and look at the model from a few feet away helps out a lot too. I also try to keep photo's on my computer that are dedicated to real life weathering that I take when I'm outside. This includes unique stains that I'll find on vehicles or chipped paint, which is sort of easy given the amount of farm equipment in the area haha
A fitting tribute to the 8th AF. Half of the U.S. Army Air Forces' casualties in World War II were suffered by the 8th Air Force (more than 47,000 casualties, with more than 26,000 dead).
I built this kit from Airfix some years ago, and it was very poorly moulded. I think maybe it was manufactured in old moulds. Your kit here looks to be of very good quality, I wonder? Did another company take over from Airfix?
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Monday, 24 June, 2024, 7:51 pm EDT). Another clean, satisfying kit build production. You make it seem effortless! (BTW, just how many rebels? Is your secret for your alacrity that you lot are clones?-albeit from a galaxy far, far away? Or Canadian Star Trek fans?) Round 13:50, you mask the aluminum-painted cowl and nacelle prior to painting the bright blue. Yes, I long have wondered the same thing about the notion of ADDING silvery paint to a subtractive process as paint chipping. I very much would like to hear/read your comparison of this Airfix B-17G kit with Revell Germany’s B-17F kit.
I had planned on doing a video comparing the 2 kits, but this was several years ago, and then life got in the way and that took a lot of my time away from modeling. So I've kind of forgotten about doing that. I'd still like to, but I wonder if after all of this time I can still remember the main differences with the kits.
@@rebelsatcloudnine David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Tuesday, 2 July, 2024). A step-uncle of my maternal aunt had told me that during the Second World War, the tail gunner in his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress USAAF Heavy Bomber had been Gene Autry, who after his combat service had earned fame as “the Singing Cowboy” in postwar black & white Westerns. He also was the first well-known performer to popularise the endearing ballad “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in a 45 rpm record.
Hello, I’m trying to airbrush the panel line accent colour black but it always shoots spider webs and all and I’m wondering what did you do to do it properly? What was your PSI? Did you mix anything into the black accent colour?
this guy wont answer questions,he just gives hearts for people that highly praise him and his work to feed his ego. He is very good, though he could help the novices
That's a difficult question honestly. I was planning on doing a video on that very subject in the near future. I think it's important to note that Airfix "borrowed" a lot of the same design features from the Airfix kit. But there are places that Airfix improved upon, and other area's where the engineering just didn't work. Both kits have their accuracies and inaccuracies, I feel that both are about 50-50 on that offence. And both kits had moments where I said "What the hell were they thinking? Or, this could have been simplified" There's a lot more detail on the interior of the Revell kit, than in many places of the Airfix, but I think Airfix had the right idea as not a lot of the details would be seen. With the Revell G and F models you get a lot more variety in the parts, so you can build a specific version of a B-17 which is great considering the amount of decals on the market. With Airfix you are limited to only a late G model. All that being said, I put the Revell kit down multiple times while I was building it, but I think a part of that was because I was building the Memphis Belle and trying to get it accurate to the real bomber. I had a lot more fun with the Airfix kit, and there were plenty of times I was frustrated, but in the end I never put it away, I kept building it. If I had to build another one tomorrow, I think I might be more inclined towards the Airfix kit.
I'm 64... When I was a young teen my best friend's father flew in this very squadron Box "K" and was a ball turret gunner. He always told us great stories about how he went thru 3 planes because they were so damaged, and he always kept the altimeters which he proudly displayed on his desk. I also never knew how colorful his B17 really was until one Christmas the family gave him the 1/32nd B17G Monogram model. Wayne was into HO trains and was a very experienced modeler, and when he finished the B17 I was shocked by all the different colors on the model and thought for a while maybe he lost his touch and went overboard painting his B17 with all those bright colors. One day his wife showed me a rare color picture of Wayne standing with all his crew along side his B17 and was blown away how he duplicated the exact color scheme on his Monogram model... It was then that he began to tell us stories of the crazy color schemes of those formation lead planes, with the polka dots and other wild colors. From that point on I really began to become a real war airplane nut.
That's really interesting, your father was one of the few who survived that terrible campaign, over Europe I believe? Or perhaps the Pacific?
But anyway, I have always loved the nose art, where each aircraft had its own name, emblem, or motto, this gave the airmen some kind of morale during their activities.
Thanks for letting us know that as there's not many of those old airmen around anymore, thank you!
A "1/32nd B17G Monogram model"? :) Nobody ever told me!
A 1/32nd [scale] B17G Monogram model? Tell me more, please!
Nice modelling of TNT Katie.
And a nice memorial to the six men who died aboard her when she was hit by flak over Oranienburg on March 15th 1945. Elmer Diefe, Bob Stephens, Costas Ivos, Bob Renartson, Allen Swem and John Piccardo.
Pilot Henry Chandler, Navigator Dave Skalka and Bombardier Sid Murachver survived and became prisoners of war.
Lest we forget.
Sanding the propeller blades to the right thickness is real dedication. Fantastic overall result.
Thanks Mike, I'm puzzled on how they could have gotten that thick and were never corrected by Airfix, even at 1:24th scale they'd be too big. But it was worth it in the end, it took 2 hours to sand then all, but I'm glad that I did :)
So gratifying to see a master modeler at his craft. Video was equally well done. Many thanks.
The mighty B-17. A beautiful build.
Stunning! I remember doing the earlier Airfix version with my dad when I was a kid. It didn't have so much interior detail.
built one in 1976 bit of a story when I was 16 visited my Uncle with the family interstate (Australia) he was a dairy farmer at the time so I was bored walked to the local town about 6kms and bought this kit from a newsagent ended up chatting with him for quite a while turned out he was a gunner/navigator on the B-17 during WWII - wow what are the odds
That is pretty awesome and a great way to get some fist hand account on details about the subject :)
Great job.Airfix getting stronger and stronger. Thanks for sharing.
I'm always excited to see what they'll come out with next. The design and engineering on their new Avro Vulcan looks fantastic!
Really stunning, lifelike representation, with a beautiful paint job. This was a great video to watch - detailed enough to keep my interest, at just the right pace, with any information needed on screen. Thanks for sharing your incredible skills with us lesser mortals.
WOW just wow, I was so lost in your video, so well put together and the video editing was excellent. Thank you
Excellent! I still haven't tried to paint an aluminum aircraft. You inspire me and encourage me to give it a go some time. Model on!
Thank you Russell :) I can understand that natural metal can be daunting, but I really like these VAllejo Metal Colors paints. I have had a few issues with them lifting, but I solved that by adding a few drops of Future/Klear to the paint and that solved the problem, now they really grip to the plastic.
One word! WoW. Love the metalic variation and chipping effect
Thanks Wayne, I'm glad that you liked it as that was a lot of fun to do :)
I never thought of using Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color in my airbrush before! Great build.
Jared, i have watched you build a 17 or two over the years. This one has to be my favorite. great job.
Thanks, that means a lot :)
I don't usually go for silver aircraft , but she is gorgeous !
Long life to the Flying Fortress!
WOW! Thanks. You don't shake as much as I do.
Great finished result I'm currently building the airfix 1/72 fortress ..milk waggon..should have it at Telford model show 2023 ...Paul Atkins
That is awesome, I can't wait to see that :)
Stunning. Between tyat metal and that striking blue you've done something very special
Thanks TWA, once I found this scheme I just had to build it :)
@@rebelsatcloudnine can never go wrong with that combo:) If I knew how to do natmet, blue would be a frequent theme lmao
Espectacular...! Great and beautiful finish for an 1/72 model.
That is an absolute stunning build!!
Impressive, convincing and very well executed.
Beautiful build, I mean it. Thanks.
That is quite a beautiful build. Well done Jared!
Thanks Tommyboy :)
Beautiful build.
I have a B 17 Army Green Die cast model 1:83. Appreciate the intricacy involved in making this Kit and fitting it back together. Kudos to you. 🎉🎉🎉😮
Absolutely stunning! I wish my airfix b17 looked half as good 😮
Impeccable. Flawless. A kit to fall in love with for real.
The peeling of the windows.satisfying
When it goes right, yes it it :)
Wow. You've got great skills. I'm very new and see I've got some ways to go. Thanks for the vid brother 🙏🏼
Stunning build....
absolutely gorgeous model. well done!!!
i like this plane and the style you build it
Superb work. Well worth watching your video.
The B-17 turned out Fantastic!!!! Nice Work!!!!
....wonderful work!
Pleasure to watch that was.
Looks fantastic....
Amazing modeling skills!!!
Super thanks! Good video, good model.
fab build! my favourite aircraft i would be interested to know more about the RAF version that came wit the kit. i knew coastal comand used B17Es but never realised bomber comand had Gs!
I wish that there was a new tooled E model on the market, I've seen one modeler convert this kit into an F and E model, it's a lot of work but his results were worth the efforts.
They only had a few which were classified as Fortress III`s and they were used as an early type of radar counter measures aircraft with a lot of additional arials and a radome instead of the chin guns.
Great Job... Compliments!!!! 🤩
Fantastic vid. I have the 1962 Airfix version in the stash.....It's older than me! - thanks for the inspiration
@Incog Nito Yes. That's the one..
Awesome model even better modeler !! I'm working on the revell top gun f14 1/48 right now . Learned a few things from you for sure man !
Very Nice B-17, the 8th Air Force nerd in me has to point out that 447th BG markings should also have yellow tailplanes/Horizontal Stabs and the wing chevron ID to denote the 447th BG within the 4th Combat Wing was dark blue not black. Still looks a epic build you should be proud of.
I was wondering that myself. I seem to remember them being dark blue and not black also. Easy fix if you were of a mind to. Nevertheless, one fantastic build of this iconic aircraft. Jumps to within the top five of the Forts I've seen built on this channel and certainly much better than I, myself could accomplish!
Excellent build. My favorite is the OD B17F, but this was an outstanding job on the G. Very impressive and realistic. Great talent involved here. Thx for sharing
I recently found a scheme for a lovely Olive Drab F model, I have to agree it would be fun to build another :)
@@rebelsatcloudnine Well I was equally impressed with your Memphis Belle build. Plexi on the nose mod was really something--great talent
beautifully done!
Nice one! Well done with the prop sanding too
A very much better looking tooling than that old "A Bit O` Lace" model I remember having back in the `70`s.
Very good Job!
Good to see you back on deck....hope that things are getting better for you. Great job btw....amazing all round.
Getting better day by day. I actually was pretty much glued to my table today, today was good for modeling :)
great job
Looks good.
Hello mr. Cloud.greate 2cu putting heart and soul into that ww2icon.
I build an memphis belle by revell in1994.thank u4sharing.with sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg/germany.your modellmate.christian
Amazing job! I’m looking forward to building this kit.
I'm sure that you are going to have fun with it. I bought it over the summer thinking that I wasn't going to build it, but once I got started, I ended up having so much fun I couldn't put it down :)
Stunning result!
What a stunning build. The best I've seen. There are many including David Damek but this is number one. Who is this model's author? I bow before you.
Brilliant, bravo!!👏👏👏👍👍👍
Job well done! I love it!
OMG...!!!! Biblically AWSOME build....MUST get one !!!!....neeeeed !!!...want !!!....must have.....!!!!!!!
Thanks Jerry :) I think you'll really enjoy this kit :)
Excellent build and well done indeed!!... This is an aircraft I will definitely be looking to purchase after seeing your stellar effort!... Cheers G!
Looks fantastic,well done 👍.
Very well done!
A work of art
One day I mite be as good as you . top job.
Fantastic work on the B-17G buddy 😊👍😍
Thanks Warren
you are an absolute master artist.
Thank you so much :)
thank YOU...i have a collection of unbuilt kits and you have inspired me to treat the models as art, not just as a throw away pastime, which was slowly eating my enthusiasm to build. but you have taken model building and elevated it to an art form...and when you think about it, that's where the model build belongs...as art rather than accuracy. i mean of course accuracy is penultimate but art...that is the difference.so many want to examine perfection and accuracy but watching you build...i realized that only a master craftsman/artiast, with many hours/ years of practise, can lift the plastic model to examination, not just of the accuracy but including accuracy in the art of creating the spirit of the times the model is to represent. and the message that the builder is trying to convey. You conveyed the drama, the environment and the spirit of the airwar in ETO in 1944-45. just looking at your model brought the images of eightth airforce england. i imagined the rain soaked aprons, the tow tractors, the quonset huts, the fuel trucks, the bicycles, the ground crew and aircrew, the missions to be undertaken as the windsocks filled with air...and the sheer terror of the flak, the fighters and mid air collisions... and bomb laden taxi collisions... and everything else during those distant days...man, you caused all this.. again, i must say..that..you are an artist of the first rank... and i will study every thing you do in your builds and use what you do to try and make my models better...but whether i can capture the spirit of the aircraft and the time in whgich it flew...well...i can only be your disciple but never to surpass you, only to learn from you...thankyou, xxxxxjane@@rebelsatcloudnine
@@janehill9764 Thank you Jane, I'm the son of 2 professional artists, and there are many days I feel the art gene skipped me and went on to my siblings. You are one of a very few people I feel I can have this type of conversation with, and that is true to your expressions I do find my modeling to be more of an artform than s simple plastic puzzle. Thanks for watching and for your comment, and best of luck with your future modeling projects :D
@@rebelsatcloudnine thank YOU very much! i'll keep watching and enjoying your work as it turns into an expression of the times the aircraft lives or lived in. i will use your tricks of the trade to improve my models...mostly your spadework will rekindele my joy in building again...thanks so much jared...jane.
Very nice(as usual) keep up the good work!
Wow nice job.
Beutiful is all I can say now.
Nice finish , looks great
Welcome back! Hope you are feeling better.
Getting there, good days and bad :) I'm slowly getting back to my modeling.
Yo! What's that glue in the blue bottle? Also, great choice and use of these paints and the spraygun. (I've seen far worse on another brand of a B-17)!
Unfortunately, the black base and aluminium overspray show a ridge between both fuselage halves in front of the cockpit. Sanding or scraping would have remedied that after the base went on.
All in all, a joy to watch your building and finishing ! Bavo on the fine result. Many thanks. Be proud !
Okie dokie. So now having built both new tool kits, Revell & Airfix, which did you think the better A. kit and B. overall model in terms of representative fidelity? Appreciate the Airfix is a G and the Revell you built was an F but a release from 2012 based off their 2010 G tooling.
Honestly, both are decent kits, and both have their issues. Neither one is more accurate than the other, they both suffer problems with accuracy. I think that the Airfix kit is a bit better in it's design, but taking into consideration a lot of it's design is incredibly similar to the Revell kit. Lastly, I've seen many builds of the Revell B-17G model and a few of the Airifx kit. Revell created 2 kits with a lot more variety and options, and Airfix, I think played it smart by creating a late version of the B-17G, it's more limited in options, but, it makes it a unique model.
@@rebelsatcloudnine Thanks for the persperctive. I have the Revell G. I think it's an excellent kit, but for that nose transparency. The slant angle of the section encapsulating the bombardiers window is far too steep. It's an eye magnet which destroys standoff profile of the nose section so that the model 'just looks wrong'. Very disappointing.
Otherwise I'd rate Revell's B-17G a 10/10 (staggered vs adjacent waist windows anomalies per stinger/Cheyenne tail and decal choice notwithstanding.
Good job nice work looks real.
Beautiful build!
Thank you Drew :)
Wonderfull miniature. I always watch Your materials with pleasure. Great modelling skill my Friend. Btw style Your movies is really good - fantasic montage, quality and music. Best wishes and regards to You and Your family
Thanks as always Kap, best wishes to you too :)
Espectacular
Well done you!
Absolutely beautiful, man. 1 tiny little thing: the colors and insignia you paint are of the 447th BG, which included yellow flashes on the vertical stabilizer AND the horizontal stabilizer, minus the elevators. You painted only the vertical stabilizer. I’m sorry for being a massive dork and possible push-over, but sometimes tiny things like that get me.
But again, it is a beautiful model and aircraft and I look forward to watching of your vids!
Thanks, Brian :) I studied many pictures of 447th B-17's trying to find any pictures of TNT Katie, to confirm whether or not the stabilizers were yellow or not (and I looked through a ton of pictures). The Kits-World decal sheet/ painting guide has them as silver so I simply went with that. In all sincerity, you might want to consider passing this info onto Kits-World. As I mentioned I simply decided to follow what they had displayed on the sheet as I couldn't find any conclusive evidence for this particular aircraft :)
Great work! Respect
I expected it wouldnt be long until you did one of these
It was inevitable :)
@@rebelsatcloudnine what kit we looking at next? A 1:48 spitfire would be awesome if you have one :)
Hey there can only be one
@@Alex-ek1fk hah
@@EthanBuildz I do, but would you settle for 1:72 in the meantime? Because one is coming up on a month or so :)
Outstanding!
Very nice work!
Bravo!!!
outstanding
Amazingly detailed :)
Isn’t there a little too much contrast between some of the pieces of fuselage the aluminum fuselage? What’s the intended purpose?
Saving this video for when i gain the courage to build my b17... any tips for a newbie whos not done a lot of weathering?
I think the best advice I can give you (and this is coming from someone who isn't good at weathering) A little bit of weathering usually is best. There are too many times when one can get carried away weathering and it becomes too extreme and unrealistic. Gradually weathering and taking time to stand back and look at the model from a few feet away helps out a lot too.
I also try to keep photo's on my computer that are dedicated to real life weathering that I take when I'm outside. This includes unique stains that I'll find on vehicles or chipped paint, which is sort of easy given the amount of farm equipment in the area haha
@@rebelsatcloudnine thanks mate! 👌🏻
Great build and video.
Thank you Dean :)
Это одно из лучших исполнений покраски самолетов, которые я видел на RUclips.
A fitting tribute to the 8th AF. Half of the U.S. Army Air Forces' casualties in World War II were suffered by the 8th Air Force (more than 47,000 casualties, with more than 26,000 dead).
great work nice vid
Hello! I like your vid! What brand of primer did you use?
Mr. Surfacer 1500 Black
Lovely build just one thing you used the mkiii version acording to the box art so where did you get the ball turret from?😮.
Regards
It was included with the kit. This model contained all of the original parts, and a new sprue for the RAF version.
@@rebelsatcloudnine oh really il have to check my mkiii again?
@@rebelsatcloudnine
Rebel having dug out my mkiii fortress I did infact find the parts for the belly turret I stand corrected.
Regards
On the spews the panel lines looked raised, but in the build most looked recessed. Did you use a panel line scribe over them to reverse?
All of the panel lines were recessed. I rescribed the ones on the fuselage as they weren't pronounced enough.
I built this kit from Airfix some years ago, and it was very poorly moulded.
I think maybe it was manufactured in old moulds.
Your kit here looks to be of very good quality, I wonder? Did another company take over from Airfix?
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Monday, 24 June, 2024, 7:51 pm EDT).
Another clean, satisfying kit build production. You make it seem effortless! (BTW, just how many rebels? Is your secret for your alacrity that you lot are clones?-albeit from a galaxy far, far away? Or Canadian Star Trek fans?)
Round 13:50, you mask the aluminum-painted cowl and nacelle prior to painting the bright blue. Yes, I long have wondered the same thing about the notion of ADDING silvery paint to a subtractive process as paint chipping.
I very much would like to hear/read your comparison of this Airfix B-17G kit with Revell Germany’s B-17F kit.
I had planned on doing a video comparing the 2 kits, but this was several years ago, and then life got in the way and that took a lot of my time away from modeling. So I've kind of forgotten about doing that. I'd still like to, but I wonder if after all of this time I can still remember the main differences with the kits.
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David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Tuesday, 2 July, 2024).
A step-uncle of my maternal aunt had told me that during the Second World War, the tail gunner in his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress USAAF Heavy Bomber had been Gene Autry, who after his combat service had earned fame as “the Singing Cowboy” in postwar black & white Westerns. He also was the first well-known performer to popularise the endearing ballad “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in a 45 rpm record.
Hello, I’m trying to airbrush the panel line accent colour black but it always shoots spider webs and all and I’m wondering what did you do to do it properly? What was your PSI? Did you mix anything into the black accent colour?
this guy wont answer questions,he just gives hearts for people that highly praise him and his work to feed his ego. He is very good, though he could help the novices
Which one did you enjoy more, Revell or this one here? I have both kits in stash so I'd like to know your impressions
That's a difficult question honestly. I was planning on doing a video on that very subject in the near future. I think it's important to note that Airfix "borrowed" a lot of the same design features from the Airfix kit. But there are places that Airfix improved upon, and other area's where the engineering just didn't work.
Both kits have their accuracies and inaccuracies, I feel that both are about 50-50 on that offence. And both kits had moments where I said "What the hell were they thinking? Or, this could have been simplified"
There's a lot more detail on the interior of the Revell kit, than in many places of the Airfix, but I think Airfix had the right idea as not a lot of the details would be seen.
With the Revell G and F models you get a lot more variety in the parts, so you can build a specific version of a B-17 which is great considering the amount of decals on the market. With Airfix you are limited to only a late G model.
All that being said, I put the Revell kit down multiple times while I was building it, but I think a part of that was because I was building the Memphis Belle and trying to get it accurate to the real bomber. I had a lot more fun with the Airfix kit, and there were plenty of times I was frustrated, but in the end I never put it away, I kept building it.
If I had to build another one tomorrow, I think I might be more inclined towards the Airfix kit.