Where is a good site to get information about the landing gear to use in building a model of the B-17? I have a friend whose first language is not English and he has asked for help in building an aircraft model of the B-17 Flying Fortress ( Scale 1:48, finalized it will be 95 cm in length). He wants it to be as authentic as possible.
Regards, Tom Callahan in Pensacola
A fair collection of online B-17 photos is available at
A bunch of decent fairly inexpensive books can be found by searching for "Flying Fortress" at
Is he looking ot make a flying model? If so, that is very small and will present many problems, not the least of which will be extremely high wing loading. If I were him, I would look at some of the commercial plans available for the larger ones. Bob Holman Plans is a good source for large scale plans. Many of these also contain detailed drawings of such things as landing gear.
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