SB-17G (Força Aérea Portuguesa) - completed

Spanjaard
very nice. out of curiosity, what is the use of the yellow thing under the fuselage?

Paulo Almeida
Well done. Very nice work Marco
@Spanjaard: It's a lifeboat used for air-sea rescue duties. It would be dropped in the water near survivors.

Christian Bruer
Very nice and clean work on a unique subject 👍

Ferry Dierckxsens
Great built, and a wonderful subject too. I like the subtle weathering, it just gives the right feel to it. Very well done!

Choppa Nutta
nice

Rui S
LINDO. Parabéns Marco 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Great! Most interesting subject and a adorable model!

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely, if I ever buy a B-17 kit, I'd go for this livery only

Marco Preto
Thank you all for your kind comments!
Spanjaard, as Paulo Almeida wrote, it was a life boat, that equipped the search& rescue version of the flying fortress (SB-17)! If I'm not mistaken, you can find a photo of one of such boats being deployed (USAAF aircraft) on the Warbirdtech book on the B-17 (I can be wrong, but I clearly remember seeing such photo during my research for the build).

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Spanjaard
Thanks a lot Paulo and Marco

Stephan Ryll
Very nice work !

Bryn Crandell
Supurb job. This is a uncommon scheme that modelers do. It's unique. I like it.

Lochsa River
Great work on this unusual B-17!....this is in the stash for when the B-17 urge arrives....did you find photos that show the strong coloring at the engines on the wings underside?

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Marco Preto
Thank you for your kind comments!
@Lochsa River, I did not find photo of Portuguese B-17Gs in flight, where we could see its underside, but there are plenty of evidence for heavy exhaust stains, mainly on the inner engines. Very used machines will show exhaust stains on all 4 engines, as can be seen in this article nationalww2museum.or..b-17-flying-fortress

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Rui
Very Nice! 👍

Finn
Nice build of an interesting subject