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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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| Category: | Aircraft - Propeller
Aircraft - Propeller |
| Used from: | 1938-1968 |
| Used by: |   |
| Manufacturer: |  Boeing |
| Model: | B-17 Flying Fortress |
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Gerald Willing owns this item
B-17G Early Production HK Models 1:48
01F001
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Grzegorz Janikowski I saw yesterday this model on my stationary shop! It's huge!
Also beautiful
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)709 BS, 447 BG
A Bit-O-Lace 297976 (Lt. Bates) | Silver, Yellow
Calvin GiffordI am glad I did not run out and grab one when they first came out. Disappointing. I very much hope HK Models listens and corrects any subsequent release - I would very much love to see an ACCURATE new-tool D/E Flying Fortress. My Dad flew in them as a belly gunner in the SWP and got shot down in one, right before they swapped out their B-17's for B-24's - then eventually got shot down in one of them as well!
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Paul Juliano owns this item
26. December 2019, 00:26
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JD This was fun, but they ruined it with those awful stickers..how to deal with them?
9. January, 00:57
Paul Juliano Unfortunately, the answer is probably "tedious masking".
9. January, 01:34
JD Ugh...Bandai does this too with some of their kits...
9. January, 02:22
JD Did yours come with decals and stickers? The database says it does, mine didn't...
9. January, 03:09
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Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)324 BS, 91 BG, 8 AF
41-24485/DF-A/Memphis Belle (Capt. Robert K. Morgan) | World War 2 - RAF Bassingbourn
May 1943 |
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31. December 2019, 23:04
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23. December 2019, 16:41
Share Mark PrystaukI'll take the HK kit over the Monogram one, as I hate dealing with raised panel lines (I had built it when I was a teenager). It looks like a B-17 and will look good on my shelf...and none of my friends or family will notice it not matching Boeing's drawings. That said, I agree with Jeff that HK and other manufacturers have little excuse for not being accurate with their designs, considering the availability of data, images and drawings.
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Boeing B-17G-15-BO Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)322 BS, 91 BG, 8 AF
42-31367/Chow Hound (Lt. Jerry Newquist) | Bassingbourn
17. December 2019, 16:59
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Björn Svedberg Time to build something big over the Christmas and New Year holidays!
I've had this kit for quite some time, but now is the time to start building it. I just made some extra space along side the Lancaster and the Catalina where I can display it when it's finished. The kit even has some really nice figures in it!
17. December 2019, 17:04
Selman YararThe Britmodeller link is for the 1:72 version. This mistake made me buy an antique kit with raised panels. I'm quite angry about that.
11. February 2019, 18:13
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Carlos Cisneros In 1/48 that's all that there is to pick from. Monogram with the G and Revell with the F. Both are 1970s vintage. Everything out there today is a rebox of one or the other.
11. February 2019, 19:21
Selman Yarar That's ok, what i wanted to point out is that the page contains a wrong review link.
11. February 2019, 19:28
Selman Yarar Maybe the source of that mistake is that the 48th kit is numbered 04297 and de 72th one 04279 which is veery similar???
11. February 2019, 19:30
Carlos Cisneros Ahhhhh... possibly a case of the fingers typing faster than they should...
12. February 2019, 17:26
Wim van der Luijt followed the link....the first thing I see is 1:72 on the box art, yes the link is wrong, but it is also very obvious....have you reported the wrong link?
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25. November 2019, 00:55
Soeren . Not really, if you mean the HKM kit, which is a G and not a F
, but the chances that a F will follow are quite high
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Selman Yarar I've sold the Revell kit, so no more nightmares...
2. December 2019, 09:07
John wants this item
22. February 2017, 23:58
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23. February 2017, 09:52
gorbygould But for a 1/48 B-17 it's pretty much the only game in town. And cheap.
23. February 2017, 10:06
playtime 222 Can't argue with that, Gorby. Jbm is new to this gig and this would be a pig of a build.
23. February 2017, 10:24
wilky Hasegawa and Monogram also do 1/48. Or is the Monogram kit the Revell tool or the other way around?
23. February 2017, 10:41
playtime 222 From the full product timeline (click on the 1978 New Tool to see the whole picture not just the 2 entries), it's based on the 1975 Monogram. The Revell is supposed to have less internal details than the Monogram too. Hence, I'm inferring raised panel lines and poor fit from the reviews of the earlier boxings. I know there are several 'New Part' versions after this which may have corrected some of it but I doubt it.
23. February 2017, 11:25
gorbygould It looks like the Hasegawa is also from the original Monogram tooling, also, I have never seen one for sale.
23. February 2017, 14:57
playtime 222 Plenty at Hannants and the AviationMegastore... if you can afford to shop there
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wilky I won't buy from Hannants. They have a minimum spend for Australian buyers and gouge on shipping. I have purchased from Aviationmegastore but they are expensive too, they have stuff that I can't seem to source elsewhere
23. February 2017, 18:06
Warren Inman Why is it garbage just because it has raised panel lines? Are they any less accurate that the idiotically huge engraved ones they use nowadays? Look at an aircraft from ten or so metres away and they mostly disappear anyway.
25. November 2019, 00:56
Carlos Cisneros Not to mention that real B-17s had overlapping skin panels, and raised rivets. Recessed panel lines representing butt joined skin panels, and recessed rivets replicating flush rivets are more inaccurate. Raised panel lines look more like overlapping skin panel lines.
Granted that the old Monogram molds are getting old and soft in detail after more than 40 years of usage. But if you can get your hands on an older issue kit, the detail will be much more crisp.
25. November 2019, 01:04
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Eduardo Arguijo thanks, it really took quite a while. In special since I didn´t want the wheel wells to be plain.
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Eduardo Arguijo I agree, but after to much time on the bench i just wanted it finish, and didn't want to over do it. Thank you Michael
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Andrew Horton Beautiful job! If you ever decide to give it a new home, I know of a museum that is looking for 1/48 B-17 builds.
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Will DosselPB-1W (1/72) complete and now on display at work.
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)324 BS, 91 BG, 8 AF
43-37993 | Cambridgeshire
February 1945 | NMF
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Share CortexNow imagine Revel does B-29 re-issue.
13. August 2019, 05:55
Share Thomas WirschingIsn´t it time for a completely new mold offer? I would be very interested in an up to date kit of this historical important aircraft
11. August 2019, 17:51
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)324 BS, 91 BG
42-97880/DF-F |
1944 | Little Miss Mischief
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Holger Kranich completed this item
9. September 2013, 07:46
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LUIS ALFONSO AGUIRRE MORALES Hi Holger: I have one in the resurrection stock
....this old guy is not the best but is one of those models to make you smile and cry remembering deep memories stored in the fogs of the time!!!
1. October 2013, 04:20
Holger Kranich Absolutely! I can still remember how i made the exhaust stains with a lighter
1. October 2013, 06:49
Es-haq Khosravi Any photos of the completed model? Couldn't find it in your albumes.
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2. April 2016, 15:03
Brian Eberle Yes, this is the Verlinden kit. I modified it with a few scratchbuilt details.
2. April 2016, 16:43
EnsignExpendabl Looks great! Are you going to build out the rest of the plane?
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MRMLA Definitely! Well done!
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Boeing B-17G-35-BO Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)323 BS, 91 BG, 1 CW, 1 AD, 8 AF
42-31909/OR-R | Bassingbourn
April 1945
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Share Harry Nelson jrI am looking for this yb40 kit is it still available? In 1/48 or 1/72 scale.
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Paul Moore How do you add what kit this is to your project? This is not scratchbuilt. I see the options of kits, but can't seem to attach the kit to the project? Thanks.
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Thomas Bischoff Nice collection of Thunderbolts and it looks like some Heavies will follow?
24. February 2018, 14:56
Cuajete Very nice Razorbacks collection. Congratulations!
24. February 2018, 20:07
Christian Keller Thanks, these P47 (and B24 and B17) are all shown in the book "assembly ships of the mighty eight". With my colleages we had the idea to build them all in 1/72. You will find them under
www.scaleknights.ch 24. February 2018, 22:41
Thomas Bischoff The 4 engined bombers were on display at Münchenstein some years ago?
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Alec K Great collection
. Looks like Scale Knights is a great group of modelers.
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Guy Rump Great collection of Thunderbolts, very impressive
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)91 BG
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B-17SuperScale International 1:72
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Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)413 BS, 96 BG
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Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)431 BS, 11 BG
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Boeing B-17G-35-BO Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)323 BS, 91 BG, 1 CW, 1 AD, 8 AF
42-31909/OR-R | Bassingbourn
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Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)351 BS, 100 BG
42-5864/EP-A | Thorpe Abbotts
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Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)63 BS, 43 BG
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Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)324 BS, 91 BG
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Daniel Phelps Thanks Mates for the comments on the engines, i'll be working in the wheel wells next.
16. December 2017, 17:39
Daniel Phelps Hello everyone,
I need to have this monster finished by next Saturday.
Wish me luck!
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Boeing B-17C Fortress Mk.I Royal Air Force (1918-now)220 Sqn.
AN527, NR-L | RAF Nuts Corner
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Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)324 BS, 91 BG
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Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)29896 |
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Share jriggen I recently acquired a kit for MONOGRAM #85-5614 148 The Visible B-17G Flying Fortress but the plans/instructions are missing. Is there any chance that I could talk someone into sending me a copy of the plans? Either scanned and emailed or copied and mailed is fine with me. I'm very willing to pay you for your efforts.
Thank you,
Jim
11. April 2018, 14:35
Thomas Bischoff I have Kit no 5600 but the instructions should be identical for all of them. I'll send you a scan
11. April 2018, 14:52
Ken Kolenovsky added this book to his library.
16. March 2018, 18:01
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Logan Eden Good Afternoon, Ken Would this be another book in the O'Neil Cresent library??? Possible to check out this one also???? Catch Ya, Logan
30. March 2018, 18:33
Ken Kolenovsky Hi Logan! Yes, I picked this up a while back. I will bring it to the meeting for you to check out.
31. March 2018, 15:48
Paul MooreGreat kit. Looks awesome completed. It's a big one though. You have to think where this will be displayed before you buy it.
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