A
1/48 Monogram B17 WW2
bomber. This was a big model to build.
I weathered it quite a bit and added battle
damage. It was a lot of work but well worth it. I used
charcoal (sticks) and chalk, and some thinned out black
paint.
The
bullet and flak holes where done with a knife and soldering
tool.
Great
Book of Bombers: The World's Most Important Bombers from World
War I to the Present Day - This remarkable reference records
the history of more than 90 significant aircraft that have
seen service since 1914, including the B-17 Flying Fortress
that gained renown over Europe in World War II ad the Avro
Vulcan used by the RAF during the Cold War. Ranging from single-engine
dive bombers to multi-engine strategic bombers, each aircraft
featured is illustrated by rare historical photos, color profiles,
and detail cutaway drawings, and accompanied by detailed
development, production, and combat histories.
Air
Classics - Contains historical accounts by the men who
lived in the belly of a B-17 bomber or in the cockpit of a
P-51 Mustang. Also provides
photographs of historic aircraft and air battles.
Flying
Guns of World War II - This is the story of the guns used
by the air forces fighting World War II. It includes the technical
aspects as well as some of the theory, or perhaps politics
is a better word, behind the thinking of the various air forces.
Great
Fighting Machines of World War 2: Allied Bombers - Allied
Bombers not only includes unique film coverage of the war-winning
Avro Lancaster and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress but also puts
you aboard the Wellesley and Whitley, the Blenheim and Hudson,
the Wellington and Mitchell, the Boston and the Sterling.
You are also familiarized with the Soviet SB-2, and the Boeing
B-29 Super-fortress
which, armed with the atom bomb, sealed the end of the
war.
