NOT Mine. Ebay find.

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:37 am

Just checking ebay & saw this..............
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B-17-Memphis-Bell ... dZViewItem

WOW BLOODY AWESOME is all I have to say on it

Ja
Steel Bonnet

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:43 am

Awesome model, but was the nose art on both sides? I only remember it being on the left hand side if looking from the pilot seat. Does anyone know? Thanks
momaw nadon

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:58 am

WOW!
I would love to have that, but not in my XD budget... (Although someone was saying they had a 5000.00 budget for XD - Here you go buddy!)

I send a message to the seller and asked why they don't have a 1/18 scale crew manning that bomber? I asked them if they knew there were companies that made 1/18 military figures. I am curious what kind of response I willl get.

My response:
Hello,

yes, we are aware that other companies make 1/18 crew. But other companies can not compete with us in quality and level of detail. We believe that figures would spoil the artistic impression of our models.

If the 1/18 scale B-17 nose is going for $3400.00 plus, I wonder what 1 1/18scale crewman would go for?

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:06 am

That think is awsome!

Razor who has a XD budget of $5000

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:02 pm

Somebody bought this model for 3495.00 plus shipping...

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:45 pm

WOW didn`t think it would go due to pricing no matter how detailed it was.

Now the BIG question is does the guy in mexico who won it,is he a member or reader of this site????

Be nice to think so

IF you are the Buyer & are on here, Please Please DO post photos of it once you have it,maybe with figures on board or with a US/German fighter parked alongside it

Ja
Steel Bonnet

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:15 pm

if that excites you then you can buy a whole 1/18 B-17 fuselage for about $160. You'll have to paint and detail it yourself but since your saving about $3250 and getting more of the plane, probably not a bad way to go..

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:43 pm

Who makes that kit?

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:46 pm

http://eam.net/EAMRC/bomber17/bomber17.htm

You need to get both the fuselage and the 'top hatch' which is basically the top part of the forward fuselage.

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:57 pm

Oh wow. Thanks for the link. I can't see what it's made out of. Is it Balsa or plastic?

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:01 pm

i think it's molded fiberglass.....not wood for sure. Quite nicely shaped but you'll need to cut out windows etc as well as completely detail the interior. You should also get the vacuformed parts too, which are nose blister, turrets etc.

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:22 pm

Aferg WOW mate that`s great

Thank`s very much for sharing that one

Now if only there was room to house something like that

Ja
Steel Bonnet

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:04 pm

That is very awesome. So much for the price though. It would be perfect for a diorama.

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:05 pm

Aferg:
What a great little film. 90% of the "boneyard" shots were taken from the movie "The Best Years of our Lives", with actor Dana Andrews walking in the yard.

One of the altime great WW2 era movies.

The model B-17 is a piece of work also.

Thanks for posting.

TTT

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:12 pm

well the trouble with the model is that you have to make the wings and all tail surfaces yourself. They give you plans and inst'ns but thats about it.

The fuselage is nice though, eh..

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:53 am

So what do they mean by wing cores? Is it just foam or something? The finished product looks good but the wings look like they need detailing. I must say I am considering this kit.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:53 am

they give you squared off blocks of styrofoam that you build the wing around, out of plywood. Same for the tailfin and for the horizontal stabilizers. You need to be fairly handy with woodworking to do a proper job as you need to make formers and then sheet it all with thin plywood.

if you go to www.rcgroups.com/forums and look in either the electric warbird forum of the scale electric forum there is a build thread going on for this EAM B-17 and you can see for yourself what is involved.

yappy · Post by **yappy** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:01 pm

These folks must be new distributors for HpH Ltd model products from Czechslovkia. Check out their website http://www.hph.cz. I tried to email them several months ago to see if they were interested in selling after market 1/18 products scale but my mail would never deliver to there company email address. Absolutely no question HpH products rock.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:05 am

Sure makes $70 for the Avenger look like peanuts!

-Ski