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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 21, 2015 22:52:46 GMT -5
Well time to start another project. This will be a familiar one with just a bit of a familiar twist.  This will be for a tribute build on YouTube. The Year of the Dog. More soon. Joe |
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 21, 2015 22:59:29 GMT -5
First up will be to show you what I have begun to collect for this build.   For most this will be enough to tell you what the twist will be. More to come..... Joe |
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Post by JimD on Mar 22, 2015 0:51:16 GMT -5
Woo. Hoo.
First row seat for this one. Can't wait.
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Post by Leon on Mar 22, 2015 3:33:39 GMT -5
Count me in Joe! I really enjoy seeing your work.   |
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Post by wing_nut on Mar 22, 2015 7:53:46 GMT -5
oh my, so many possibilities.
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Post by dupes on Mar 22, 2015 8:14:07 GMT -5
Hooooo boy. The question is, how crazy are you going to get?
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Post by TRM on Mar 22, 2015 8:19:41 GMT -5
LOL...You're already going to "sell" it before you even built it!! I like that one...confidence!! Count me in for sure!! I became even more in love with these after flying in one back in September!! Rock on!! Dupes...the answer might be in that massive pile of white S**t under the box!! |
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 22, 2015 11:07:34 GMT -5
Many thanks all.
Funny I put the sign there and did not even think of what it could mean. I hope to be starting the actual work today.
Joe
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 22, 2015 11:18:44 GMT -5
I think I am in heaven now... this is going to be BLAST!!! Guys, move over I am going to the first row!
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Post by JimD on Mar 22, 2015 11:20:14 GMT -5
I think I am in heaven now... this is going to be BLAST!!! Guys, move over I am going to the first row! Day late and a dollar short....see above...I got front row seat...but I could be persuaded to move. I like Scotch and fine cigars  |
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 22, 2015 13:29:23 GMT -5
Plenty of room.
Joe
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 22, 2015 13:29:51 GMT -5
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Post by dupes on Mar 22, 2015 14:14:28 GMT -5
Dupes...the answer might be in that massive pile of white S**t under the box!! I just wasn't sure if there was a raft of aftermarket getting involved as well. I have one of these kits sitting in the stash that has EVERY set made for it (got it in a trade). There's so much that I'm scared to even start it. Sort of defeats the purpose of getting all the bits, doesn't it?  |
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 22, 2015 14:26:03 GMT -5
Dupes the extras are going to be done by me with a few exceptions. Loving that challenge. I do however have a visible Fort that I have a number of sets of AM stuff to go with it.
Joe
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Post by Rick on Mar 22, 2015 17:17:36 GMT -5
Wow Joe. I'm still taking a break to clean-up my workbench and you're already diving into a bigger project than your 109. I think I'll look over the shoulders of the crowd in the front row as you create another masterpiece.
Rick
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 23, 2015 9:04:03 GMT -5
Rick I am just thrilled to keep going. Finishing a large project is a bit depressing. Thankfully I have many projects I want to get to so sitting around is impossible at this point.
Not sure of the masterpiece part. I cannot help but look at others work and feel that it is so much more polished than mine. Someday I will achieve that look, I hope, and then I will feel I have reached a milestone in this hobby.
Joe
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Post by DeafStuG on Mar 27, 2015 19:55:02 GMT -5
Nice start.
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 28, 2015 22:42:43 GMT -5
Many thanks but tonight was the real start.
No pics but I worked a bit with the dremmel and the saw and have holes cut in the fuselage. I still need to work on cleaning them up.
I spent two hours grinding and sanding the interior detail away also. More on that later.
Joe
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Post by TRM on Mar 29, 2015 5:57:53 GMT -5
Sounds like you are up to no good again there Joe!! Bring on the carnage!! Looking like a nice assembly going on so far though!! Keep it coming!! |
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 29, 2015 21:16:42 GMT -5
T a good friend is calling this the Joe style now. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing.
Regardless, it is a path chosen and a style that I am enjoying.
Joe
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Post by fightnjoe on Mar 31, 2015 22:23:14 GMT -5
Just a quickie of an update to show the first cuts. Large chunks have been cut out to show different areas of the interior. What you see is after six hours of grinding, sanding, repeat. This will turn out good, I hope. You will also notice I have drilled and then cut out the access doors. These will be cleaned up and the edges thinned a bit.        Next up will be to clean up the cuts and move into the interior with grinding and sanding away that detail. All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged. Joe |
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Post by TRM on Mar 31, 2015 22:28:33 GMT -5
Chop chop chop!!! Very cool!! Looking forward to seeing the interior get slapped around!! |
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Post by JimD on Apr 1, 2015 0:13:24 GMT -5
Man...this is going to be so good. I'm stoked.
Wanted to ask you if you're working off reference books or photos you find online or what. Reason I ask is that I have the Squadron Walk Around book stashed away somewhere. It's got some phenomenal photos in it. A lot are from the Fort we have here in Galveston. Just thought I'd mention it if you're looking for references.
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Post by fightnjoe on Apr 1, 2015 9:12:39 GMT -5
Many thanks.
Jimmy I work off of a couple of books that I have as well as photos and diagrams. I was fortunate that I was able to contact a gentleman in the UK that was in on the restoration of Sally B. I, with his permission, saved several hundred photos of his. All told I believe I have roughly six hundred photos.
Joe
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Post by JimD on Apr 1, 2015 9:21:16 GMT -5
Whoa...then I'd say you've got it covered...haha. I figured you had plenty of reference photos.
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Post by dupes on Apr 1, 2015 10:01:05 GMT -5
To be honest, this is really what this kit deserves to take advantage of all of the included detail plus the avalanche of aftermarket that's out there. Still glad that it's you not me! |
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Post by sturmbird on Apr 1, 2015 16:43:16 GMT -5
Joe,
after reading the book on the Regensburg / Schweinfurt raids, one thing that was commonly pointed out as a weak spot on the B17's was the location of the oxygen bottles in the cockpit. They are under the seats and on the wall behind the pilots. Burnt like fire works.
gary
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Post by Leon on Apr 1, 2015 18:05:36 GMT -5
Awesome work on the cutouts Joe! |
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Post by fightnjoe on Apr 1, 2015 23:46:45 GMT -5
Thanks all.
I do have a ton of aftermarket stuff for the 1/48 Fort but I still do not want to use it. I am saving it for a very special project.
Joe
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Post by M1Carbine on Apr 2, 2015 0:24:42 GMT -5
Joe looks like your going to town on this bird.....im tuned in.
Bob
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