B-17 Flying Fortress

[pkassak]

SORRY Gammary, I will jump in to this topic with my input. Based on Zamexes panel lines drawing...
still a WIP.

[gamary]

SORRY Gammary, I will jump in to this topic with my input.

No problem. Since I've put it on hold.

[Jarink]

SORRY Gammary, I will jump in to this topic with my input. Based on Zamexes panel lines drawing...
still a WIP.

Something about that just doesn't look right. Pretty much everything forward of the dorsal turret looks odd. The nose especially seems thin and a little low.

One thing for certain is that the radome is way too thick. The actual ones were a smaller diameter than the Sperry Ball turret. Check out this thread "A Few For The B-17G Mickey Radar Gurus" over at WIX for a lot more details and photos

[JMSmith]

sorry guys,

but to me it looks like a pregnant banana

[pkassak]

Hmm, if it is a pregnant banana, then the drawing provided by you John is also that case...see the overlay of mine and the drawing submitted by you.
I believe Zamex did better lines...so the shift in engine, wheel or some others dont bother me too much
Just comparing the shape of body to react to banana hypothesis...

[Jesters-Ink]

And I reached this conclusion . . . . . before rain stopped play.
http://premium1.uploadit.org/JeSTeRs//17fl.jpg

[pkassak]

aaaand that is the proper body ?
NICE one... THUMBS UP

[JMSmith]

as jarink says, all the front end is wrong,

looks a bit like a sucked toffee, if you understand what i mean

always concidered the basic shape of the drawing i supplied to be 99% correct, in all the thousands of images i have of the 17, there is not one with that shaped front, i will start shovelling them out to back up what i am saying

[Jarink]

And I reached this conclusion . . . . . before rain stopped play.
http://premium1.uploadit.org/JeSTeRs//17fl.jpg

When (if ever) are you going to finish that?

[gamary]

sorry guys,

but to me it looks like a pregnant banana

Bananas can have ***? That is disgusting. I'll never have a banana split again.