I put a floor in the waist gun position and, since it looked like some interior would be visible through the blister, I made these (2). They represent the low bench-like structure right under the waist guns. The gunner could stand on, or rest one foot on it when working the guns. They also served as storage space for some of the extra ammunition canisters.
Here, I've made this little piece (with the four holes) to cap off the compartment floor. I think the Hasegawa kit includes this as part of the floor, but you still have to drill out the holes.
The cockpit cover fit pretty good except at the center post and outer edges of the windshield. The gap was big enough to require little shims. Super Glue will finish it off.
On the B-17C, the commanders viewing blister is mounted on the center line, but on the B models, it was offset to the right. Academy missed this.
These blisters fit the fuselage curvature very nicely. Good job Academy!.
The locating pins will be mostly hidden by the painted framework.
Pretty clean on the bottom compared with all that busyness topsides.
