Revell of Germany B-17 Flying Fortress

[skymnky721]

Well I dont do planes all that much,,but it is a nice break from cars ect.  I got this off amazon,,cant believe  they sent it in a brown paper bag!   The box was squished almost flat!    Lucky no damage,, but really?  So I dont order  models from the web anymore.   Anyways,,fun kit to do,,gotta pay attention to the directions on these,,very easy to  assemble stuff backwards!  LOL.  But it turned out cool,,I think they have one of these at   Willow run  display in   Yipsilanti  ,,about 10 miles from where I live.  These planes did  so much for WW2,,quite the workhorse  machine.   Anyways,,enjoy your building!

[meechum68]

Beautiful plane! 

One of my favorites!  They were definitely the work horse!

[Jim B]

Nice build, but I'm a bit confused.  Why are there Sidewinder missiles & laser guided bombs on a 1940s aircraft?  Did I miss something somewhere?

[TonyK]

One of my favorites too. I really like your open areas to show your nice detail painting.

[Mike 1017]

A Great Build World's Finest WW 2 Bomber ever manufactured PERIOD. 

[skymnky721]

On 7/26/2025 at 8:09 PM, Jim B said:

Nice build, but I'm a bit confused.  Why are there Sidewinder missiles & laser guided bombs on a 1940s aircraft?  Did I miss something somewhere?

LOL,,no you didnt miss anything,,I had the thought of adding some  modern "strike packages"   ,,I had these missiles left over from some  other kits,,and there was so much room  on those huge wings,,I mocked it up  and liked the missiles  on there.  No,,its not "correct"  as it was originally mfg,,but Ive never been concerned about being "correct" ,,I like to experiment sometimes,,thanks for lookin!   S