Visible 1/48 B-17's are Available Now

On Jan 2, 2:51=EF=BF=BDpm, " snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net" wrote= :

I picked one up today from Hobbytown USA in West Phoenix. Two things I noticed was it had Monogram on the box, and it was made in China. Now that the B-17 molds are in China, maybe Trumpeter will upscale them to 1/32 scale

Mine came over the weekend. Has anyone done a review of any kind on this kit? Is it strictly a re-issue or have there been some upgrades?

i heard that kits are run out of generic plastic plants, owned by pols or military shmucks.

how much is it going for?

on 1/15/2008 7:38 PM Count DeMoney said the following:

Here's one:

1/48 visible b-17 review for more

MSRP, $31.95 US

This would be the perfect kit for someone to do a huge after-market resin/photoetch superdetail set for.

Pat

and add a clear wing to it too.

How old is the visible B-17 kit? were there ever plans to try it on other planes?

Craig

Laugh ........... When I ordered this kit (I actually ordered 2 of them) in July, knowing it wouldn't be released until early 08, I had a plan. Over the last 6 months, I bought every piece of aftermarket PE, Resin, Canopies, Masks, and decals I could find. We took a short vacation to Tucson and I spent a day at PIMA Air Museum and shot about

200 photos of their B-17 on display. I also bought several of the walk around's and books. I'm very prepared. It's going to be an interesting build (:>

Monogram got the ball rolling for aircraft with their visible P-51 "Phantom Mustang" kit in 1961.

later did a visible Huey helicopter during the Vietnam war. The inspiration was probably the AFAIK original visible kit, the Strombecker Disney Satellite rocket from 1955: that Renwal started making all sort of visible kits of things (engines, people, and animals) and the craze caught on with other manufactures. I had a visible Tamiya X-1 in 1/72 scale a few years back.

Pat

I guess that should be 1956. This must have stayed in production for several years as my older brother had one of these around 1960 or 61 that I remember him building. Scott Lowther is going to have a model of the original von Braun passenger rocket out shortly; this is where the whole Space Shuttle concept first got rolling:

Sharkit of France is also bringing out one of the orbital stage in 1/72: Pat

oh no, another miss lunch for a year kits. where's the penny rolls?

please share some pics with us.

I wish Monogram would do a fuselage half in clear for all of thier large planes, ie, the B-25, B-26, A-26, B-24, B-29, seems a shame that they have a nice interior that can't be seen once it is built.

the 29 with it's trolley and gunner positions would be cool.

Let's see, some Japanese company made a 1/72 clear P-51D. Sort of a 'mini-Monogram' one. Don't recall the mfr. There have been several airliner models with a clear fuselage half, haven't there? I think Revell had 1 or 2, & I'm thinking the Bandai or whatever YS-11 had a clear fuselage half at some point. I think there was a Japanese- made WWII Japanese bomber made with clear parts too. I had Jeff Roberts of Combat Models make me a clear 1/32 F4U-5 for my 'some day stash', I'd like to do it in the same manner as the Monogram Phantom Mustang. It is a shame that many of these models with highly detailed interiors don't have clear fuselages. I guess cut-aways & maybe custom vac clear fuselges are the only other options.

On Jan 16, 12:28=A0pm, Pat Flannery wrote:

The B-36 had a trolley, on the B-29 you just crawled through the tube IIRC.

Pat

Tamiya did a C6N1 Saiun "Myrt" recon aircraft with a transparent port fuselage side in 1/50 scale back in the late 1960s.

Pat