1/72 Hasegawa B-17G

[EasyEight96]

Here's my first entry to the Bombers GB

[ModelingMatt]

Nice looking kit, something to get for the stash one day.

[patrickroos]

Nice entry! even from the pic you can see how crisp the details are on the wings...Hasegawa is the $hi...
Looking forward to this one!

[timmyw]

I wanted to do a B17 or a B29.

Unfortunately in my area I couldn't find one at all or anything much in the bomber category I started to panic when at the last moment I found the kit I am using.

It's going to be great to see what you do with this and see how it comes together.

[EasyEight96]

Thanks guys I will start progress tonight after 12

[Paul]

Nice looking kit

[EasyEight96]

Thanks Paul

Anyway I won't be using the scheme provided but I'll use the decals from the academy spares that is Carolina Moon

A bit of history
B-17G-15-BO 43-31901 Carolina Moon of the 851st BS/490th BG, Eye (Brome), late 1944 Delivered by Boeing to Cheyenne on 3 June 1944, this Fortress arrived at Eye on 2 July, where it was assigned to Raymond M Blankenkenbecler's crew their earlier B-24J (42-94944) had also been named Carolina Moon. The B-17 subsequently passed to Lt Adolph A Barnes crew within the 848th BS, who arrived at Eye in December 1944. Several members of its new crew painted wives and girlfriends names under the aircraft's windows. Rita was applied under the left waist gunner's position, used by S/Sgt Louis A Trapolino, and LORRAINE appeared beneath the rudder. Tail gunner S/Sgt Robert H Cosgray had a big red heart, along with the line HAVE A HEART, painted above his rear turret installation, whilst the navigator had the names Adeline & Suzy marked above his window for his wife and daughter. Finally, the nose gun boasted the titling Eagle's Nest for toggelier S/Sgt Leo Eagle, and the swastika denoted the destruction of an Me 262 by the gunners. 2nd Lt Otis G Lancaster flew Carolina Moon back to the US in mid-1945, and it was sold for scrap at Kingman in December of that year.


Here are some photos of the B-17

[patrickroos]

Thanks guys I will start progress tonight after 12

Thats dedication!

[EasyEight96]

OK guys sorry for late posting. This morning I've started building it and also painted the whole fuselage







That's all for now will do more tonight

[Rodney]

looking forward to more pics

[EasyEight96]

looking forward to more pics

Sure Rodney I'll do more progress later after finishing some of my builds on the bench