SB-17G ARS
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75 13 September, 19:23
Roland SachsenhoferFirst pictures of the first steps in the construction of a B-17G, whose mission role particularly appealed to me: I had long been fascinated by the sea rescue missions of this B-17 equipped with a droppable lifeboat! So I was delighted when I found one of the rare kits on the subject here on scalemates.
A few months ago I had already built an Academy 'Flying Fortress' in an early B version, the kit qualities of which I thoroughly enjoyed. The accuracy of fit is not far from 'perfect' and the details that are often missing in these Academy kits have to be added wherever it is important. In this case that means A set of etched parts for the cockpit and nose area, as well as an exterior set, especially for the engines and undercarriage, and resin tyres, also from Eduard. Not to forget: the seat cushions from Kits World were used in the cockpit
13 September, 19:33
Roland SachsenhoferThat makes me happy, Łukasz and Finn!
The SB-17G is slowly taking shape. The V-position of the wings needs to be changed: in my opinion, Academy has set a much too steep angle here! The corrected position of the wings also results in the distances at the wing-fuselage bonding points.... the fit here would be excellent!
14 September, 14:00
Roland SachsenhoferIn preparation for the surface colours, I have now done the following: I have masked those stripes over the black primer that are to remain visible as black lines separating the NMF surfaces from the large yellow zones using suitably wide Tamiya masking tape. I also masked the areas on the leading edges that carry the rubber 'de-icers'.
Next, the anti-glare areas in front of the cockpit and on the inside of the engine nacelles are sprayed, then.... then come the Alclad metal colours!
29 October, 09:34
Roland SachsenhoferThank you!
There was not much to see of the SB-17 for a short time - the application of the yellow required extensive masking!
6 November, 15:23
Villiers de VosVery nice progress. I hope that there is no bleeding with that yellow paint 🙂
8 November, 15:56
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Villiers and Robert! Indeed, I had to sand over the colour edges a little....
9 November, 09:35
Roland SachsenhoferAt last I can replace the unattractive sanitary towel pictures of the SB-17 with ones that show their true appearance! 🙂
The new pictures are already close: the high gloss level comes from the sealing of the decals.... now it will be adjusted with different clear coats.
14 November, 08:10
Roland SachsenhoferŁukasz, Jürgen, Michael and Rui: thank you for your motivating comments!
17 November, 18:33
Roland SachsenhoferNow the sea rescue SB-17 has been completed!
A final challenge was the attachment of the lifeboat: as the original photos show, the gunwale should be more or less flush with the underside of the B-17, but this was impossible to achieve with the moulds of the kit boat! I have now created a new gunwale with Tamiya masking tape and painted it yellow after cutting it to size. After that, and with careful adjustments, I was able to fit the boat correctly.
I am very pleased to have found this kit here on scalemates from a colleague, so that I have been able to realise an old dream: I have always been very enthusiastic about this version! Thank you for your input and your motivating comments!
17 November, 18:39
bughunterGreat build with perfect masking and painting!
Crazy! The sailors might first lose their ship and then be bombarded with a boat!
Seriously, how did they drop the boat exactly where it was needed? Flying low? With a parachute?
17 November, 19:02
Roland SachsenhoferThank you both! That is very appreciated! I am attaching a very descriptive link that could answer your question....
planehistoria.com/sb-17/
17 November, 19:15
Robert PodkońskiBeautiful model and photos, Roland! As always from your workshop... Chapeau bas!
17 November, 20:19
SkyhikerStill seeing a yellow sweater vest here. Like a nerd plane that saves people's lives.
18 November, 18:48
Roland SachsenhoferNow I can thank you for all your animating and motivating reactions, mates! I am very pleased that you like the 'B-17 in the yellow sweater'! (Thanks for the marvellous association, Skyhiker!) I'm sure you can imagine how pleased and motivated I am - thank you!
What I'm looking for now is a conversion option for a passenger-carrying variant, which I also find unusual and, well , cool.
19 November, 11:55
S BVery interesting subject and perfectly bult and painted! Very nice job. Congrats.
19 November, 12:58
