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Roland Sachsenhofer
First pictures of the first steps in the construction of a B-17G, whose mission role particularly appealed to me: I had long been fascinated by the sea rescue missions of this B-17 equipped with a droppable lifeboat! So I was delighted when I found one of the rare kits on the subject here on scalemates.
A few months ago I had already built an Academy 'Flying Fortress' in an early B version, the kit qualities of which I thoroughly enjoyed. The accuracy of fit is not far from 'perfect' and the details that are often missing in these Academy kits have to be added wherever it is important. In this case that means A set of etched parts for the cockpit and nose area, as well as an exterior set, especially for the engines and undercarriage, and resin tyres, also from Eduard. Not to forget: the seat cushions from Kits World were used in the cockpit

Łukasz Gliński
Lucky you! Following

Finn
I'm in

Roland Sachsenhofer
That makes me happy, Łukasz and Finn!
The SB-17G is slowly taking shape. The V-position of the wings needs to be changed: in my opinion, Academy has set a much too steep angle here! The corrected position of the wings also results in the distances at the wing-fuselage bonding points.... the fit here would be excellent!

Juergen Klinglhuber
following 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Das freut mich! 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
In preparation for the surface colours, I have now done the following: I have masked those stripes over the black primer that are to remain visible as black lines separating the NMF surfaces from the large yellow zones using suitably wide Tamiya masking tape. I also masked the areas on the leading edges that carry the rubber 'de-icers'.
Next, the anti-glare areas in front of the cockpit and on the inside of the engine nacelles are sprayed, then.... then come the Alclad metal colours!

Cuajete
Great! 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you!
There was not much to see of the SB-17 for a short time - the application of the yellow required extensive masking!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress. I hope that there is no bleeding with that yellow paint 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Somehow I have missed this build... But I will follow from now!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Villiers and Robert! Indeed, I had to sand over the colour edges a little....

Roland Sachsenhofer
At last I can replace the unattractive sanitary towel pictures of the SB-17 with ones that show their true appearance! 🙂
The new pictures are already close: the high gloss level comes from the sealing of the decals.... now it will be adjusted with different clear coats.

Cuajete
Very nice painting job so far 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you, Cuajete!

Łukasz Gliński
Love that colours, waiting for the details

Michael Kohl
Ahh, this is going to be a beauty.

Juergen Klinglhuber
nice one,....👍

Rui S
Looking Great as always 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Łukasz, Jürgen, Michael and Rui: thank you for your motivating comments!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Now the sea rescue SB-17 has been completed!
A final challenge was the attachment of the lifeboat: as the original photos show, the gunwale should be more or less flush with the underside of the B-17, but this was impossible to achieve with the moulds of the kit boat! I have now created a new gunwale with Tamiya masking tape and painted it yellow after cutting it to size. After that, and with careful adjustments, I was able to fit the boat correctly.

I am very pleased to have found this kit here on scalemates from a colleague, so that I have been able to realise an old dream: I have always been very enthusiastic about this version! Thank you for your input and your motivating comments!

Cuajete
Top job one more time. Great result, Roland 👍
Congrats!

bughunter
Great build with perfect masking and painting!

Crazy! The sailors might first lose their ship and then be bombarded with a boat!
Seriously, how did they drop the boat exactly where it was needed? Flying low? With a parachute?

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both! That is very appreciated! I am attaching a very descriptive link that could answer your question....

planehistoria.com/sb-17/

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful model and photos, Roland! As always from your workshop... Chapeau bas!

Skyhiker
It looks like it's wearing a yellow sweater. Top job as always.

Łukasz Gliński
Fabulous, I'm in envy 👍 Wish I could get this boxing too

Rui S
Beautiful outcome as always 👍

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work. A real head turner.

gorby
Amazing work!

Michael Kohl
Turned out as beautifully as expected.

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Skyhiker
Still seeing a yellow sweater vest here. Like a nerd plane that saves people's lives.

Pietro De Angelis
Another masterpiece,
mr. Roland no longer surprises us...

Roland Sachsenhofer
Now I can thank you for all your animating and motivating reactions, mates! I am very pleased that you like the 'B-17 in the yellow sweater'! (Thanks for the marvellous association, Skyhiker!) I'm sure you can imagine how pleased and motivated I am - thank you!
What I'm looking for now is a conversion option for a passenger-carrying variant, which I also find unusual and, well , cool.

Kyle DeHart
Started a photo album for the project.

Kyle DeHart
Got engines built and installed into frames. This ancient kit is showing its age on the molds, and instructions and basically everything. Certainly Not for beginners but I'm not doing a serious build and will muddle through it just fine without getting too worked up.

Kyle DeHart
Front suspension mounted to chassis of the factory T and rear suspension dry fit. Then dry fit the fenders for fun. There's a ton of black on your average model T. Mine will be an interpretation of the factory "commercial green" for the body and truck bed.

Jv
Looking very good

Bozzer
Definitely brings back memories

Kyle DeHart
Got the factory T on its wheels and fenders on. I tried to break up the blacks a little with some greens and grays but it mostly just looks dark in pictures. Some nice contrast in real life though. A note to anyone building this kit. My torque tube was not long enough to center the rear wheels under the rear wheel arches. They ended up too far forward. I just added a small piece to the rear of the transmission to push the centerline of the rear end back just a hair. Seems to have worked well enough.

Jv
Thanks for the info on how to solve problems whed rear akel
And whed the colours
Just remember Ford would give you any colour you like as long as it's black lol

Kyle DeHart
No problem Jv. Seems like it could be a common issue with this kit. Isn't a complicated fix but it makes it look a lot better. I Put up a pic of the new axle position now.

Tom ...
👀

Kyle DeHart
Hi Tom, welcome!

Jv
Yes a bit desapointing if its out
Can up put up pics of how you fixed it
The porcshe 959 from Tamiya I think has same problem

Christian W
Stock 🙂 Sweet. The model kit box doesn't expect, that there is the "regualr" kit in with all it's tuning and customizing options included.

Kyle DeHart
Christian, I honestly had no idea when I bought this kit that it was actually two entire kits. I just thought the model T hot rod would be cool to build!

Kyle DeHart
Jv, I added a picture of my simple modification. I found a small circular part in my stash of unused stuff (I believe it may have been an ignition coil). I shaved it down, drilled the center and then inserted it into the back of the trans where the torque tube goes. Then I inserted the torque tube into my new piece. I circled it on the picture I added. The torque tube is the gray piece on the left, the transmission is the gloss black piece to the right and the small piece between them is my mod. Easy enough and I'll touch it up with some black to blend it right in.

Kyle DeHart
Also got some headway on the hot rod. Blown Lincoln 430 dropped into the chassis and suspension put into place. This car has a bit more color to it than the stock T, that's for sure.

James C
👀👍

Kyle DeHart
Welcome to my twin build circus James!

Kyle DeHart
Body mounted to the stock frame assembly and seat, peddles and parking brake lever attached. Still need to do some detail painting such as the wood bed but we're getting there.

Kyle DeHart
And now we have two model Ts with bodies. On the chopped coupe I used the rear of the orange tinted glass with the clear front windshield. Simply because I though the orange glass was cool and when would I get another chance to use that. But who wants to look through orange glass as they're driving

Jv
Looking great sofare

Kyle DeHart
Thanks Jv. Coming together.

Christian W
This is a quite interessting color choice for the choppen T. Nothing fancy 😄 Super!

Jv
Just got another kit abit the same
2 in one from revell

Tom ...
Kyle, we want airbrushed flames all over the body. we expect nothing less 😄 !

Christian W
Expect and await 😄

Kyle DeHart
Hahaha. Thanks guys. Tom, airbrushed flames would fit this old nostalgia hot rod perfectly. Alas, I have no airbrush. I'm firmly encamped on the rattle can side of things. Have to look through the decal graveyard and see what I can come up with.

Kyle DeHart
Factory T now at 90% complete. Top down enjoying a day off work…perhaps a Sunday cruise. Detailed the wonderfully placed under seat fuel tank with a brass cap and straps. Wood bed and headlights also installed.

As for the chopped T. Flames it is. Lol. And a touch of pinstriping on the duck tail. It's Also nearing the end. Should be able to knock these the rest of the way out tomorrow.

Jv
Looking great my new kit is a 1/8 scale
2in 1 but only the hotrod

Rui S
Shiny 👍

Christian W
Cute 🙂

Kyle DeHart
Thanks guys. Nearing the end now!

Kyle DeHart
Both of these cross the finish line. Really had a lot of fun with both of these little kits. Not much to say other than that. Some tricky fitting pieces and a ton of flash to clean off but they turn out pretty cool!

James C
Nice work 👍

Kyle DeHart
Thank you James!

Jv
Congratulations on your butiful result

Tom ...
Nicely done, Kyle. They came out really great!

No chance you'll try airbrushing? It is quite a journey to get decent with it but I do love the results now. It's like its own hobby really.

Kyle DeHart
Thanks Jv.

Thanks Tom! I had fun with this…I have gone back and forth with the airbrush thing quite a bit. There are a lot of benefits, to be sure. And I'd imagine it's very satisfying once you get it down. Just not sure if I want to add another hobby to my hobby. 😂 I've only considered getting one about 100 times or so, just haven't talked myself into it yet. Maybe I will down the road one day.

Tom ...
Totally understand. It can be a rabbit hole for sure and the results you have are great.

Kyle DeHart
I appreciate the kind words!

Rui S
Didn't you use an airbrush? 😮 Can you explain your technic to achieve such a nice shiny result with brushes?

Kyle DeHart
Thank you for the compliment about my finish! I've never owned an airbrush or even touched one. Rattle cans, my friend. I've been using them since I first started model building. I use the hairy stick to do all detail painting and painting of small parts, but all the body work and big stuff I shoot with rattle cans. Nothing special at all.

Christian W
So do I. I'm familiar with airbrush too but I'm preferring rattle cans. "Quick and dirty" 😄
I use my airbrush mostly with clear coat or when I have a couple of part of different kits to be painted in several colors. Mostly black flat and semi gloss, aluminum, iron. Only for the big parts like chassis and interior tube.
If I use the airbrush then not only for a handful of parts. The benefit sometime is to less on my point of view. When the preparation and cleaning takes more time than the brushing 🙂, then I take rattle cans.
The only collection I completely paint with airbrush are my silver Corvette. Just to be sure that the body color has the same color. By using rattle can it could be a small different by changing the can from one to another.

Bozzer
Evening gentlemen. Just to add my thoughts...
I was an avid rattle can man, and I had some great results with them, back in the day. However, for shells and bodies, large stuff, etc, I wanted an airbrush, for the numerous colours, that you couldn't get? It took me a while, to find my own techniques and get everything right, but now it's second nature. I basically love the control, and the lack of wasted paint. Yes, I still screw up, but that's because of my own stupidity, not the equipment. People talk about the cleaning up after, but I just run some cellulose thinner through all my airbrushes, and that's it. Maybe once a month, I'll strip them down, for a thorough clean, but that depends on usage? But, I definitely think that a decent airbrush, is the key. My Badger 360, was the best investment that I ever made. I also have the Badger Rage, for my detail stuff, a Neo, and a couple of cheap Chinese copies, for clear coating, etc. And definitely, I still tinker with the hairy stick, for the finer details. I hope this helps you all?

Kyle DeHart
Christian, Bozzer, I appreciate the insights. I definitely see the advantages in color control, wasted paint, custom colors and all that. I'm not against an airbrush by any means. Just isn't something I'm ready to add to my arsenal yet. But I never rule it completely out for the future! I'll never give up my hairy stick though. Lol

bossy122
Here lately, my TS sprays have been setting with flat areas in them. I don't know if the paint is old or what. The thing I find with an airbrush is less paint getting under the masking tape since I can control the air pressure, where as with the can, it's like blasting your model with a fire extenguisher. But I certainly understand hating the clean up of an airbrush. The cup alone takes 10 minutes, then the feed, then the pin.....and with me, I have to clean all the shit off the airbrush itself....and by then, the garage is a cloud of thinner....awful.

Kyle DeHart
I've had some dud cans from Tamiya as well bossy. Had a silver one that did extremely odd things. Eventually for a decent coat down but it was quite wasteful. And I'm really not a very good modeler, I even use krylon and rustoleum cans from the big box stores every now and then if I Like a color. Always worked ok for me. Anyways, like I said, I know the benefits of the airbrush are there, I still just can't bring myself to add that to my hobby at the moment. It's a limiting factor but one I can live with so far.

Neuling
Very nice Models T !

Kyle DeHart
Thanks Neuling!

Ethan981
How did you add more then one image but besides that very nice car

Kyle DeHart
Should be an option when you create an album to select images. I post from my cell phone and it gives access to my photo albums in my phone and I just select which ones I want.

Bozzer
Jeez, I nearly wet my pants, when I logged on!
This was an amazing build! Nice to see it back, on my newsfeed!
Hey Kyle, ya plastic fantastic. How's it going, over there? What's in the pumps???

Kyle DeHart
Well I've been doing tolerably well Bozzer. No real complaints. Have t had a lick of bench time of late. Just working and working on the old homestead. Hoping it slows down soon. Hope you're doing well, my friend.

bughunter
I like the green one more - it looks like a car Laurel and Hardy used in a movie 👍

Kyle DeHart
Thanks Frank! I actually like the green one more as well. This entire thing is ancient tooling but they did a good job on it for the time. I'd like to do some more Model T builds, either this kit or the modern ICM stuff and I plan on getting an ICM model A too. Love the classics.

Bozzer
Any more work done, on your Rolls Royce, mate???

Christian Bruer
Back to ship modelling, USS Santee out of the Trumpeter USS Sangamon. I choose Santee for her Ms17 scheme.
Working on the hull and airwing has already started.
Happy Modelling
Christian