Jonathan Read-Bone @Живко Джаков Thanks! I was lucky to get a guided tour of Thorpe Abbotts on a visit to many of the airfield museums across Norfolk and Suffolk early in 2023. This was before I even learned of the Hanks / Spielberg production. I admit to finally kicking off my B-17 builds in unison with the release of the TV Series but a good few months prior to this I read Donald L Miller's book "Masters of the Air" which was absolutely brilliant. I was therefore, really looking forward to the series. I too had to watch it twice, not however, because it was good, but because I couldn't believe it could be so bad! They really missed a trick here, it was poorly paced, badly edited with a very jumbled storyline and lots of nonsense. I felt nearly as disappointed as when I watched "Pacific" after "Band of Brothers". I feel they should have used bits of the excellent follow-up documentary - as they did with Band of Brothers. Do read the book if you haven't already, it fills in so many of blank spaces left by film.
As for aircraft numbers, they can always be confusing and misreported ... I found this set also only came with one "X". To be honest, it looks close enough for me and no one would probably even have noticed if I'd used the B-17F decals which would have saved me £££ on an Academy kit I don't like and decals which are apparently not that accurate 😉
Royal Air Force (1918-now) No. 245 (Northern Rhodesian) Sqn.MR-B | MN625 Czerwiec 1944 World War 2»Operation Overlord - RAF Holmsley South, Hampshire BS381C:241FS36152BS381C:637FS37875BS381C:642
Royal Air Force (1918-now) No. 247 (China-British) Sqn.ZY-Y / MP126(Sqn.Ldr. Basil Gerald "Stampe" Stapleton DFC) Czerwiec 1944 World War 2»Battle of Normandy BS381C:241FS36152BS381C:637
Dave Smith I like this and a superb theme. I'm about to start a UN land-rover. Can I as which white you used. I've had some catastrophic results in the past.
1 November 2023, 17:31
Jonathan Read-Bone Dave … excellent question. For the first time ever, I tried spraying white over silver having previously applied a black primer. I've never been able to spray white successfully before, but over silver I found the white settled really well and the slightly metal feel to the finish, to me anyway, looked more realistic than any previous attempt at painting with white. Also, any missed silver becomes a nice bit of shade and any missed white becomes a naturally weathered area. Try it!
1 November 2023, 19:31
Dave Smith Great stuff notes taken I'm going to give it a go.. Which silver was it I have a few.
5 November 2023, 19:09
Jonathan Read-Bone Dave … I used Vallejo Aluminium but I would think any would be just as good.
Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German Air Force 1935-1945) Unknown UnitWL-24368 Lipiec 1944 World War 2 - Eastern Front RAL7028 Dunkelgelb RAL6003 Olivgrün RAL8017 Rotbraun
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