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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: May 12, 2020, 12:32:35 AM »
Thanks for the well wishes, guys.  My first day went about as expected.  The building is old and there isn't enough room, but the light at the end of the tunnel is they're in the process of building a new, very large building that is supposed to be open in the summer.  So far everybody in the shop seems to have accepted me and are decently friendly, which is something I was worried about. 

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: May 11, 2020, 12:56:05 AM »
I haven't lost interest but haven't gotten anything done on the B-17 for a week because I went back to work. I have three small children and many of us took several weeks off work when our state issued a stay at home order, and that's when I actually had the energy for modeling again!

But on my first day back I remembered again how bad the environment was.  I work for a new car dealer that was bought out last year by a family that's far less than honest to their customers and employees both, and the environment is toxic. Most of our original group of ~25 employees has left over the last ten months.  Last week the work situation continued to degrade and at 4:30 on Friday I got an amazing offer from another dealer which is more than 20 miles closer to home and is headed in a very positive direction.  So after almost 19 years in the same place, I loaded about $30,000 worth of tools and boxes onto a ratty U Haul trailer and I'm starting a new job tomorrow. Five of my former coworkers are already there and it will be great see some old friends again.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: May 01, 2020, 04:59:29 PM »
I got her on the landing gear last night.




I was waiting on some paint for touch up before starting on the weathering but when  I pulled my air compressor out to work on it last night I found a box with a bunch of paint I didn't realize I had so I'll back at it soon.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 24, 2020, 07:32:02 AM »
I sat down to finish the rest of the stencils and just couldn't do it.  I did the fun stuff instead.


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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 23, 2020, 10:19:35 PM »
Thanks!

I've been working on decals for the last three days as time allows.  The national insignia on the bottom is on also.  In addition to the insignias and stripes on the wings I've so far applied 44 small stencils to the wings and fuselage.  I have 36 more stencils to go.  :-/


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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 22, 2020, 12:23:44 AM »
Did I take the foil too far back on the inboard engines, Scott?  There is a panel line break just above the exhaust outlet on the turbos and then the next panel line is where I stopped.  It looks excessive the way I have it but I couldn't find any good shots of 909 showing this clearly.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 21, 2020, 04:13:03 AM »
I wish the foil was darker and more closely replicated stainless steel but I have a bunch of aluminum on hand and I'm also afraid that if I stopped a week to wait for foil then I'd lose my momentum and not finish the model again.  I'll darken it up when I start weathering and they won't be so bright. 

It was interesting to me when I started paying close attention to exactly where the stainless starts and stops, that almost every operator has painted their panels differently.  On the engine cowls, some such as 909 have just the small section that I applied the foil too, and some of them are unpainted to the next joint back.  On exhaust areas some are unpainted on engines 2 and 3 where it leaves the cowl around the landing gear, some are painted.  On the undersides around the turbos everybody seems to have done something different there too.  Even during different periods in it's life 909 sometimes did or did not have paint around the exhausts on the 2 and 3 nacelles.  I think what I've done correctly depicts 909 for the time period I'm trying to replicate.



I have some minor paint touch up to do and then I think I'm reading for decals tomorrow.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 20, 2020, 03:46:35 AM »
I did a little foiling tonight on the stainless area behind the cowls.  Tomorrow I'll do the areas around the turbos.


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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 19, 2020, 03:55:24 PM »
Testors 1166 flat brown.



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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 19, 2020, 12:22:20 AM »
Exhausts are done.


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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 18, 2020, 10:18:27 PM »
Thanks!  Today I've gotten the other cowl on, the turbos and exhaust pipes are painted and drying now.  I was going to paint the red around the fuel caps on top of the wing but I found all my small paint brushes are frazzled so more are on the way.

As I've tried to paint small items in the last few days again, even with all my LED and incandescent lighting in the room it's very apparent I can't see as well as I'd like to anymore!

I'm also a little worried about the ball turret.  It needed to go in before the fuselage halves were together and I recall making a decision to leave it out rather than paint it, install it and then paint the plane around it.  I don't know if I had a plan on how to install it afterward though...

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 18, 2020, 03:27:26 PM »
Engines are painted and installed and three of the cowls are on.  The cowls didn't fit over the engines well and the last one was troublesome enough that I wanted to wait until the engine had set up over night.

I did realize that the cowl flaps are already in place.  The kit had the option for full open or fully closed cowl flaps and I had already attached the closed ones to the cowls. 


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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 17, 2020, 01:26:52 PM »
The A-10 is my five year old's!  Last year both of my girls started models with me.  The eight year old is building a P-40 (which I finally pained last night) and the five year old picked out this A-10 Snap Tite kit and we built it together. 

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: 1/72 Pro Modeler B-17 909
« on: April 17, 2020, 04:33:07 AM »
I got the engines and main landing gear wheels together tonight. At some point in the last three and a half years I've apparently lost the kit instructions!

I also noticed tonight that the cowl flaps are still in the box and never got painted.  I had tinted the olive drab with white when I sprayed the plane so hopefully I can match it closely to do the cowl flaps.


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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Messerschmitt 609 (Huma 1/72)
« on: April 16, 2020, 11:14:01 PM »
I confess to not being well versed in non-US aircraft other than knowing the most widely used/popular planes.  I've never seen a 609 before.  Neat subject!

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