1:18th scale B-17 model (well, the nose anyway)

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1:18th scale B-17 model (well, the nose anyway)

Post by Lance Quazar » Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:36 pm

Has anyone seen this:

It looks terrific, but it's wildly, insanely expensive and extremely rare.

And, according to this review/builder, the kit itself sucks with bad directions, missing pieces, etc. and is very hard to put together.

Still......looks sweet!

http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php? ... nt&id=3090

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Post by Tinman » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:09 pm

Sounds like a nightmare to build!

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Post by aferguson » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:36 pm

aslo sounds like a nightmare to buy as it costs many hundreds of dollars.

This one is not so fancy but is the full bird.

http://www.raidentech.com/nibflfoboai6.html
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Post by vmf214 » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:15 pm

I have one of these kits I got on clearance at Squadron some time back ($200) and I'm quite pleased with mine. No missing parts, fuse section is molded pretty nice, no complaints. It's not a kit for the faint of heart to be sure but I think the dudes write up was abit harsh, imo.

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Post by Lance Quazar » Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:42 am

vmf214 wrote:I have one of these kits I got on clearance at Squadron some time back ($200) and I'm quite pleased with mine. No missing parts, fuse section is molded pretty nice, no complaints. It's not a kit for the faint of heart to be sure but I think the dudes write up was abit harsh, imo.
Can you post pictures???

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