1/48 Revell B-17 Memphis Belle

[Tcoat]

Done up as the movie aircraft without the blotchy green camo of the real thing.

[Jim B]

Very nice job on your B-17.  Well done.

[Hi-Po]

Great looking B-17 and the battle damage is very realistic.  Nice job.

[ranma]

Though it's a decent movie there were quite a few errors according to  Bob Morgan's Book. Anywho I have seen the  actual restored B-17 which is now at home in Dayton Ohio.

[TooOld]

Very cool !  Looks like a lot of detailing went into this build , well done !

[Mike 1017]

This is one excellent B17.

When I was growing up there was TV show 12 O'clock which was all about the B17. After watching the show, I would sit in my bed pretending fly that B17.

Great build

Mike

[Joe Nunes]

Great modeling work on this B-17 project!  Well done. ?

Joe

[stavanzer]

Great Job!

The Battle Damage is superb!

[Tcoat]

3 hours ago, ranma said:

Though it's a decent movie there were quite a few errors according to  Bob Morgan's Book. Anywho I have seen the  actual restored B-17 which is now at home in Dayton Ohio.

 

Was a good action movie but bore very little resemblance to historical facts. The crew's names were all different, the final mission was completely in the opposite direction of the real one, the Mustangs escorting them would have been fine for the real target and nobody was injured much less as severally as depicted. The real final mission was close by (relatively) and uneventful. The movie rolled all the fights and damage from about 8 different missions into one.  I would say that an easy 90% of the movie is fictionalized for entertainment value. In fairness it was never intended as a factual movie. 

There are some good documentaries of the real crew and aircraft that pop up now and then. Even the real film that was taken during the last mission is on YouTube although it must be kept in mind that it was war time propaganda so even it is a bit off.

[Tcoat]

Couple of build shots.

Box interior with heavy tinted Future to make details pop through the limited window views.

Some basic scratch built details for the dropped flaps. Nothing crazy just enough to give an idea of structure.

Holes cut for damage and covered with heavy aluminum duct tape. Tape will be poked through after paint to simulate torn aluminum skin.

[TonyK]

Excellent model and the battle damage has been done very realistic. My favorite plane and I enjoyed looking at this.

[MAGIC MUFFLER]

Well done!! I appreciate this kind of work!  Great job!

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[TransAmMike]

Great job on the "Belle" Tony.  Battle damage very convincing!!?

[Rodent]

On 12/12/2022 at 2:21 PM, Mike 1017 said:

This is one excellent B17.

When I was growing up there was TV show 12 O'clock which was all about the B17. After watching the show, I would sit in my bed pretending fly that B17.

Great build

Mike

12 O'Clock High, based on the 1949 movie. I saw and loved many of the reruns as a kiddo as well. I doubt that I ever saw the first runs because of being shuffled off to bed before anything interesting was on TV.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_O'Clock_High_(TV_series)

[TonyK]

12 O'Clock High is on the Hero channel or some name like that. Loved it as a kid and enjoy the nostalgic memories from before. Never get tired of seeing B-17's any way I can and models are no exception.

[Mike 1017]

10 hours ago, Rodent said:

12 O'Clock High, based on the 1949 movie. I saw and loved many of the reruns as a kiddo as well. I doubt that I ever saw the first runs because of being shuffled off to bed before anything interesting was on TV.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_O'Clock_High_(TV_series)

Thanks for posting 

[OldTrucker]

Great looking build. Love the battle damage on the tail, looks realistic.

My dad Piloted B17s at the end of the war in Germany along with his two brothers.

Dad moved into fighters and was lost in Korea a few days before I arrived.

One of his brothers was a radio operator/waist gunner and lost a leg on his 17th flight and their younger brother was on the ground patching them up to get them in the air asap.

I was lucky enough to experience flying in one a few years back.

Just taking off and landings gave you a great appreciation of those that went up day after day.

[slusher]

Very nicely done!

[Tcoat]

Quick note on this. 

I built this for a friend of my son's father who worked on them in WW2 and loved the movie (as fictional as it was). I found out on the weekend that he passed away just before Christmas and since his son does not have room to display it it will be returned to me. 

Now I have to find shelf space for a 1/48 B-17.