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Scratch Built B-17 by Don C. Viewed 1776 times.
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| Image Comments |
| Don C | 22-Sep-14 14:32 | |
| JohnG. | 22-Sep-14 17:58 | | Impressive!!! VERY WELL DONE!!!! |
| heywooood | 16-Oct-17 11:14 | | can't look at them without thinking "Bandits!! 12 o'clock high!!" |
| BriandKilby | 17-Oct-17 07:38 | | superb detailing don! |
| Don C | 17-Oct-17 13:18 | | Thanks guys. This was my first attempt after 45 years. Probably my favorite. It was with the 63rd Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group in Port Moresby, New Guinea in 1943. |
| Don C | 17-Oct-17 13:20 | | I had a ride in the Aluminum Overcast of the EAA. I can't explain how much respect I have for the guys who took these into combat. Amazing! |
| hjlittman | 17-Oct-17 18:37 | | Superb model! Had a ride in one when I was a kid and my father worked at Wright Field. It was wonderfully huge and noisy. A few years ago Aluminum Overcast was at Van Nuys. I climbed aboard and was immediately impressed by how claustrophobic it was. It's amazing that all those young airmen took on long, cold, cramped missions in these things and kept on doing it! The president of one of the model clubs I belong to piloted 22 missions over Germany in one. Now in his 90s, I'm sure he has shrunk a bit but I can see that he was nowhere as large as I am even when he was a 20 year old lieutenant. I have met men who were over six feet tall in their youth who flew in B-17s. Amazing! |
| Huey V77 | 17-Oct-17 19:10 | | I have to chime in. I spent 4 months on the road, back in "91" and "92", with "Memphis Belle". Worked for David Tallichet, touring the east. The movie "Memphis Belle" was on HBO, great advertising for us. Even got an hour in the left seat, from Atlanta to Birmingham. I should have written a book about it. Drank lots oh beer with many of WWII vets. Have hundreds of true story's told to me. Was an awesome time in my life. |
| John M Oshust | 17-Oct-17 20:29 | | Huey v77. I am envious. Bravo! |
| bobgood | 15-Jul-23 11:35 | | Love this shot..... |
| Don C | 17-Jul-23 21:21 | | 6 1/2 foot wingspan |
| BriandKilby | 18-Jul-23 08:43 | | Very nice don! |
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