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Well I finally finished this monster. I tried to make to reasonably historically accurate by the few pictures I’ve found. It was the first time that I had painted first and then put together. Other than a nasty ventral seam that didn’t work out too bad. I’m most proud of the lights in the wings, belly and tail. I used some gems that my wife uses for cards and colored them with magic markers. They really show up well and look nice. It was also my first time using EZ line. I really liked that, but I got the wrong color and I painted them black. Unfortunately the paint started to flake off. Next time I will use a black magic marker. My little dudes look Sh*tfaced in the pic. They don’t look like that in natural lighting so I guess the flash brings the crap out. I hope you enjoy the pics. I have recieved a great deal of inspiration from this board and I hope that’s carrying over in my work

Thanks All!

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Good work! Nice-looking Fort.

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Looks good! Like the pre-shading and weathering.

Jim [cptn]

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Nice job, man.

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Your B-17 build is excellent!

Toshi

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Looks good,have’nt built one of those in many years not since the 70s.

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Nice build, great work. I’d have a drink or two also,after every mission.

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Beautiful work ! Your detail painting is excellent as well.

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Very cool. Love those -17’s !!

BK

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Thanks guys. I figured this was my one and only B-17 so I wanted to do my best. Eduard canopy masks were the best otherwise if I had to hand paint or mask those I probably would have joined the crew and got sh*tfaced as well[:D]

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Good work on the paint job, nice, flat, weathered look. Your right, the lights do look real.

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She looks pretty awesome! A word of advice: NEVER attempt to use magic marker/permanent markers on kits. I’ve seen a fair amount of ruined kits from folks who used them for weathering and such. Not a pretty picture.

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Black sheep so you think the marker will bleed off the gems? Otherwise the only thing I would use it for is coloring the Ez line

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Love the finish on this one, great job!

Mike

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Pretty darn awesome! I’ve never had the guts to build a four engine bomber in anything bigger than 1/72nd scale.

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Great job with your B-17…I have a B-17G in transit to me from Revell of Germany and I’m looking forward to building it. It will be my first USAF bomber. Hope I can do it justice like yours! [:)] [Y]

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Thanks again guys I’ve learned so much from this forum and it always amazes me what people can do with their models

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As I’ve said very often ;

A modeler is his or her own worst enemy .We see the flaws .Others see hours of fine work capped by a beautiful build .Fine Job indeed ! T.B.

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Yep My motto is “My models don’t look half bad…from a distance”[:D]

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Greatmaker

Fine job done on the old gal, looks really good.

About the magic marker question, I see no harm using it on the glass jems like you did. The problem arises when Sharpies are used for pre shading as the ink will bleed thru the topcoat eventually. It may take days or weeks but it will bleed thru. Sharpie makes some oil based markers compatible with enamels.