I finally finished the Revell B-17G EL LOBO II in 1/48 scale.
But first a bit information about the B-17G EL LOBO II.
EL LOBO II was assigned to the 457th bomb group‘s 748th squadron based at army airfore station #130 in Glatton, England in March 6th 1944.
The 457th bomb group began combat operations during the big week of 20-25 February 1944 when US bombers carried out concentrated raids against German aircraft bases, factories and assembly plants. Later EL LOBO II would be assinged to the same bomb group/squadron. Participating these missions didn’t come without a risk, unfortunately on 14 March 1945 EL LOBO II was forced to land near Lohne, Germany due to battle damage. I don’t know what the exact fate was…
for now enough history.
so here is my shot at the Revell B-17G EL LOBO II in 1/48 scale. I‘ll show photos of the major steps I made but unfortunately I didn’t make Photos of every step 
first I painted the interior in zinc chromate/dark green and then I painted the details with mate black
Since this is the second kit I built so far, I din’t know much about weathering so I didn’t do any weathering on the inside…
After all, everything went together fine except the windows, the cheek winows in the bombardie/navigator section just didn’t fit.
Then I put the fuselage together and masked everything, I highly recommend buying eduard their masking kit because there are multiple really small windows especially with the ball turret! I also recommend to place the landing gear in place after you painted the fuselage!
After I masked everything I primed the model first in Revell enamel grey and then I primed the whole model in Alclad their gloss black primer
Now the most tricky part of the build came, painting the whole model in Alclad chrome, I didn’t use Alclad aluminium because I really wanted a mirror effect !
I was surprised by Alclad! the product did an amazing job and was actually quite easy to apply, but at large surfaces I recommend spraying it at an angle, I also applied multiple thick layers.
then I applied the defrosting boots, no step lines, anti-glare panels and the decals.
And now the final Photos, also before I applied any weathering I coated the whole model in Alclad their aqua gloss coat. It also worked great and didn’t affect the chrome effect.
during the building proces I learned a lot and I also bought some weathering products like Tamiya their weathering kit (bombs and fuel cans), ammo Mig airfield dust (wheels and jerrycan) and Tamiya panel liner.
after all I enjoyed building this beautiful B-17G! I hope you like it and I apologise for any bad english grammar since I’m from the netherlands. Any tips are more than welcome! I hope you like it!
Greatings from the Netherlands!