Barry's B-17B **FINISHED**

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Very shiny! Will look impressive in the cabinet!

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Looking very good
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Yes Shaun, Alclad Polished Aluminum for the shine, Magnesium on the front of the nacelles, and Aluminum for the fabric covered control surfaces.
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Barry wrote:Yes Shaun, Alclad Polished Aluminum for the shine, Magnesium on the front of the nacelles, and Aluminum for the fabric covered control surfaces.
Very effective it all is too Barry. It's shiny enough to use as a mirror to get shaved in :grin:
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AWESOME. One very beautiful finish. This is going to be something special.

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It is a nice kit but it has one big problem with the decals. They are for a Y1B17 instead of a proper B-17B. Here is a picture of the one I plan on doing. but have to get codes and hand make the unit marking on the nose.

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Right Chuck...that's the squadron I'm doing too, but not any of the flight leaders so as to avoid that fuselage stripe.
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Superb finish on the 17 Barry, well done.

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:oops: Little screw-up here: when I masked for the de-icer boot. I didn't cover all of the tailplane and got a little blowback which left this. I don't think it was because of the tape lifting some sheen. In any case it's like this to some extent on all of the flying surfaces. I tried simply overspraying with more Alclad, didn't work...the Alclad is to translucent. I've got to respray black and do the Alclad again on the affected areas. I've done just the underside of the wings first to to be sure it's going to look ok. Anyway, this is going to take a couple of days to fix so I may not finish in time (but I will finish).


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ouch. I'm sure you'll be able to sort it though Barry.

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That's a shame Barry - fixable but it means more work of course. The photo does make it look to me like the masking tape has perhaps lifted the finish as everything looks very straight.
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finally..decals went on nicely. Wing insignia are too small I think, but they do reflect the correct lighter blue that was in use in the 1930's.

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That is simply stunning!!!!
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AWESOME. simply awesome.

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Re: Barry's B-17B **FINISHED**

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Nice and shiny and typically '30's looking, very nice.
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