Author Topic: B17 Little Miss Mischief (Read 4356 times)

Lord ReDhAwK · « **Reply #30 on:** July 11, 2006, 12:50:43 PM »

Next up is a pic of something I did with the de-icing boots. All period pics I have seen did not reflect boots on the forward wings. What I did was to take a little of the grime off the BMF wing and on the OD wing I spray painted over the BMF to give a more worn look from flight. You will also see that I chose to go with all red spinners (the original bird had 3 different colors for spinners..red, black, BMF) as pointed out by Guppy...Note that the Rear stabalizer had 1/2 a boot on the top section. The bottom section of the stabalizer had the boot removed...

Lord ReDhAwK · « **Reply #31 on:** July 11, 2006, 12:54:27 PM »

Next up was the part that was driving me crazy. Many thanks Fencer for squaring me away on this. The right side fuselage with identity letters. I went with the BMF door as reflected in the same pic Fencer attached. Notice that the bottom portion of the OD green paint has another gray shade of paint underneath it. Cant remember the RGB I used but I tried to make it close to BMF, while still having a touch of difference. The material file further blended the BMF and gray paint together for a smoother look...

Lord ReDhAwK · « **Reply #32 on:** July 11, 2006, 12:57:02 PM »

You will see that the weathering is continued to the underside of the bird (although shadow is taking away from the effect in this screenie.) Oil, grime, smoke, ect. We also now have the machine gun elevation slots visable (they were turned off before as Krusty pointed out...

Lord ReDhAwK · « **Reply #33 on:** July 11, 2006, 01:01:54 PM »

Finally will be the nose art. Looking through the previous pics you will notice that the right side fuselage noseart does not have the mission plaque's? (yellow and red bombs) above it. I researched every picture of the group I could find and could not find any bird that had them on right side. Noseart yes, but not the plaques. Please let me know if this is not the case

I upped the saturation per Krustys suggestion and gotta admit Im much happier with seeing the noseartf rom a distance. Nice match across the bird with the red portions (balances her nicely IMO.)

Once Krusty posts the example of the OD camo he was talking about, and if there are no further correction, I feel she will be ready. Helpful critiques most welcome.

ReDhAwK

Krusty · « **Reply #34 on:** July 11, 2006, 09:07:52 PM »

I'm going into the other room to scan that camo for you now. However I noticed a problem with the spinner -- all of it is red. Normally just the cap is red, the hub (the parts where the blades attached) was metal.

Give me 15 minutes or so to scan some pages.

Krusty · « **Reply #35 on:** July 11, 2006, 09:16:44 PM »

Image 1

It's a type of camo. It's not set in stone like RAF schemes. Some have it around the entire upper surface (edging the wings like this image) some just have it on dorsal surfaces (like the image after this one).

Krusty · « **Reply #36 on:** July 11, 2006, 09:17:50 PM »

Image 2

Krusty · « **Reply #37 on:** July 11, 2006, 09:29:54 PM »

As for the image posted earlier, I circled a couple of areas that clearly show this camo, and one on the stab that I *think* carries it. I can't tell but I'm guessing there's at least 1 or 2 more by the stabilizer, but that's in the shadow areas, and I cannot see.

Lord ReDhAwK · « **Reply #38 on:** July 11, 2006, 09:54:35 PM »

Rgr that Krusty. I appreciate you scanning those for me. I will get it squared away. No prob on the spinner. My fault. I knew it was only the cap but had a "Doh!"

I'll fix it.

ReDhAwK

Guppy35 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 11, 2006, 10:04:37 PM »

It's not just the cap that's red. Look at the photo I posted. It's all of it. You had it right to begin with

Lord ReDhAwK · « **Reply #40 on:** July 11, 2006, 10:10:22 PM »

f a b u l o u s! You are absolutely correct. I guess I didnt have a "Doh!"

ReDhAwK

Krusty · « **Reply #41 on:** July 11, 2006, 10:38:56 PM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
It's not just the cap that's red. Look at the photo I posted. It's all of it. You had it right to begin with

How very unusual!

Reynolds · « **Reply #42 on:** July 12, 2006, 01:13:04 AM »

On the chin gun, there are two more lines behind those for the guns themselves. They are on the bottom of the chin turret. Are those supposed to be there?

Guppy35 · « **Reply #43 on:** July 12, 2006, 02:17:10 AM »

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Originally posted by Reynolds
On the chin gun, there are two more lines behind those for the guns themselves. They are on the bottom of the chin turret. Are those supposed to be there?

Yep. See photo below

Reynolds · « **Reply #44 on:** July 13, 2006, 04:13:55 AM »

Hmmm. never noticed them before! Thanks! Hey, where do you get all of these pictures?!?