B-17

[Splitpin]

Cheers Ian

[NZ255]

Looking good! Is that the A2A model?

I watched the discovery age of aerospace series recently and have a new found interest in the b17. Can't believe they made almost 13000 of them so quickly.

[Ian Warren]

Looking Great ! Marty "Twelve 'O' High" A Marty Production

[Ian Warren]

Looking good! Is that the A2A model?

I watched the discovery age of aerospace series recently and have a new found interest in the b17. Can't believe they made almost 13000 of them so quickly.

Nick, that is the Areoplane Heaven/Just Flight B-17F model , yeah the number built are amazing and so were the loss's, ... then the later B-24 that first flew in 1939 , at wars end , 18, 500 plus of all variants ... Don't Wake the Sleeping Giant

[Splitpin]

Thanks gents ..... this was an early Christmas prez from the big I.W .... thanks again fella

Its a fantastic visual model .... silly things draw me too , or push me away from some models. The first thing I look for is glazing (windows , canopy's etc ) and reflection.
If that's not present , then it's moved down the list ... odd I know , but I know what I like.

This model (for me ) makes the grade in that area ... that nose is just perfect .... as is the rest , a visual (screenshot) feast.
Dynamics have never interested me ... how would I know how a B-17 handles ... so I don't worry about it .... Im 100% VFR
However, I'm sure those that need the "feel" will be happy as well .

Thanks for looking.

[Ian Warren]

Marty , a previous comparing the two , they do complement each other ... course for Nick to see and diff between the two versions.

[Ian Warren]

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was known to be so docile, reason the crews love them ... also the fact they could take some very serious heavy damage , some aircraft that returned and legend begun ... It was also know that if both pilots were killing and top gunner/engineer brought the aircraft back, amazing war stories even go to a well known one were a German fighter escorted one till the North Sea and it made it back ... LEGEND !

[Bugdani]

You've done it again, Marty!
What a nice and so mythic bird here.
But what a strange paint on the first pic: What is it, excactly?

Dani.

[Splitpin]

Thanks Dani that odd paint was used on the aircraft the other bombers would form up the formation on.
First time I've seen it ... really stands out
You may noticed that the aircraft in the second shot is painted in German colours. ....evidently one or two were captured. ..how i don't know, if it's true.

[Ian Warren]

There were quite a few really weird paints put on the squadrons formation ships ... a B-24 painted in 'poker dots' you not think they were at war.

They had numerous captured B-17s, they operated with KG200 , the Luftwaffe clandestine squadron, from memory this one was "Phyllis Marie" , the second B-17F intact was "Wulf Hound" tho the outta port propeller was a German one with a smaller diameter.

[Bugdani]

Thank you !