Mark Aldrich Posted December 4, 2010 Report Posted December 4, 2010 http://store.spruebrothers.com/articles/WingScaleB-17.htm Now, where does it get put??
ewahl Posted December 4, 2010 Report Posted December 4, 2010 I do not need this . . . I do not need this . . . I do not need this . . . I do not need this . . . Oh, fooey, I do! Ed
Dick Montgomery Posted December 4, 2010 Report Posted December 4, 2010 Wow! And I thought my Airfix 24th Mossie was big! (and it is!). I'm waiting for the 32nd B-47 or B-52.
skysoldier46 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Posted December 4, 2010 I do not need this . . . I do not need this . . . I do not need this . . . I do not need this . . . Oh, fooey, I do! Ed OH I WANT THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!! May not need it but want over rules.
ghodges Posted December 4, 2010 Report Posted December 4, 2010 Thankfully, my love of 1/48 has made me imune to such plastic seduction.... However, I will enjoy looking at pictures of them and seeing them at shows! They will be impressive! Gil
JohnRatzenberger Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 My library has many, many books on the B-17, 8th AF, BG histories, crew bio's, etc -- I've been in love with the B-17 since well, at least when the War Lover (the book) came out, if not before. Nonetheless, this is nuts ... Ain't gonna happen .... For one thing, I'd have nightmares thinking about preserving (or restoring) that rivet pattern -- that would take all the fun out of it.
Mark Aldrich Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Posted December 5, 2010 (edited) I just can't imagine where one would display it....once it was built! Edited December 5, 2010 by Mark Aldrich
TheDude Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 Holy cow! :o That kit is huge! That's almost too large even for the veteran 1/32 scale builder that I am. Almost. I will have to see it in person first...
DavidF Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 I may never be able to build it, but I still want it. I'm saving my pennies!
Ron Bell Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 Notice the B-25 in the background of some of the shots?
DavidF Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 Yep, they're bringing out 3 different configurations of the B-25. I'll have to have at least one of them!
Mark Aldrich Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Posted December 5, 2010 And I thought hoping for a 1/35 CH-53 was never going to happen. I might get lucky yet!
VonL Posted December 7, 2010 Report Posted December 7, 2010 So much for 'stabilizing' the stash...no more excuses...
Mark Aldrich Posted December 7, 2010 Author Report Posted December 7, 2010 Can't wait to see one on a display table at a show! Massive can't describe it!
TimHortman Posted December 26, 2010 Report Posted December 26, 2010 Thanks for the link! I will have to try and talk myself out of this one - I really don't have the room!
LRandel Posted December 27, 2010 Report Posted December 27, 2010 I don't care where I put it--I want at least one of these. I wonder if they will make an earlier version like the multiple versions of the B-25 they are doing? This will be an incredible year for 1/32 scale bombers--the B-25s, the He-111, and now this B-17G. I just hope the interior detail is as nice looking as those external pieces.
SkyKing Posted December 27, 2010 Report Posted December 27, 2010 I just hope the interior detail is as nice looking as those external pieces. I just hope the interior is more accurate than the exterior, which should simulate lapped panel joins and round rivets instead of trenches and divots to hold "washes" and "filters." No B-17 ever looked like what that kit's surface "detail" purports to portray. It's truly sad when accuracy has to be sacrificed for the latest modeling fads, especially in a product which could break new ground. When it was founded (and I was there shortly thereafter), IPMS was about building accurate models, not "pretty" ones built to a formula.
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