B-17 Flying Fortress

[JMSmith]

and a couple more.

[inkworm]

Cheers for that...here's the result.

[JMSmith]

my pleasure

[Maciej N]

Cheers for that...here's the result.

WoW! Nice!

[Jarink]

Notice that the B-17E in the above pictures had the early remote controlled turret and not the later Sperry Ball turret. If you look very closely at this picture, you can see that both B-17Es captured by the Japanese had this type of turret. There are two small bumps under the fuselage, the forward one being the turret and the smaller rear one is the observation/sighting blister.





It's torn up from 60 years in a swamp, but this picture gives a good idea about the general arrangement of the two exterior parts of the turret. Notice there are also two small windows above the sighting blister for a better view to the sides.
Swamp Ghost's belly turret

[inkworm]

Scroll down on this page as it shows both the remote Bendix and Sperry with some interesting info.

I did look at the difference but wasn't 100% sure so the confirmation means it's changed now.

[Jarink]

Well, that's looking simply awesome now! Bravo!

[inkworm]

Just for John I can now exclusively reveal I've been working for WETA on artwork for the new Dam Busters movie...

[JMSmith]

you twat,

saw it over on the other discussion, only you would stick that in but just for you where is the drive for the spinning motor