"Memphis Belle" B-17F

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • This video shows my build of the Revell 1:48 scale B-17F "Memphis Belle" model kit.

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  • @stewpadasso297
    @stewpadasso297 2 місяці тому

    I have one too😂 still hanging in my office. I built mine when i was about 13 years old. Paint is a little off but it still looks nice. Im in my 40s now. I have a B-29 and a B-24 in the same scale. They made good kits in the 90s.

  • @carlosballesteros4670
    @carlosballesteros4670 8 місяців тому

    I have my own 36 year old "Belle". Indeed, it's a beautiful airplane with almost the same paint scheme, including chipping around the calf flaps, nose, propellers, etc. Looks like we all modelers around the world think the same ideas: I hung nose down on the wall mine, along with a beautiful DC 3 in 1/48, one C130 Hercules in 1/72, and an F27 Fokker. I guess my wife is a supporting hero allowing me drilling away all walls for my gallery. Boy, I love airplanes. Kudos from Mexico.

  • @michaelfails315
    @michaelfails315 7 років тому +4

    I'm glad you did this one because I'm starting the exact same model this weekend and it's nice to see a high quality build done.

  • @woody3590
    @woody3590 Рік тому

    I am currently working on this model. Very tedious work to get it all right. I have done my research. I am currently just two years in at using an airbrush and have bought three from Iwata and what a learning curve to that! Every time I use it I get the hebby gee bees lol as one can ruin a model pretty quick if the airbrush aint clean or paint isnt mixed right and air pressure too. Lots of practice and I have taken two airbrush course offered at the colledge here nightschool. Your model looks excellent...GRATZ WELL DONE SIR.

  • @themediocremodeler-zm7ny
    @themediocremodeler-zm7ny Рік тому +1

    Very nice job! A lot of history there. Thanks for the video.

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  Рік тому

      Thank you, it is a really good kit to work on.

  • @mathersdavid5113
    @mathersdavid5113 7 років тому +5

    Superbly realistic model- definitely one of the best out there. The camo work is perfect.

  • @williamgreer849
    @williamgreer849 2 роки тому

    Great job on putting the Belle together.I too agree not much detail in cockpit nose area.Your paint looks great.Hopefully I will get mine like yours.Mine just not being done in three days.

  • @tonypence0602
    @tonypence0602 3 роки тому

    Very nice. Great work.

  • @outsider238
    @outsider238 8 років тому +2

    Love the weathering job you did on this! The whole thing really looks amazing!

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому +1

      +outsider238 Thanks!

  • @wakemanedwards3450
    @wakemanedwards3450 8 років тому +18

    My great Uncle George Petty drew all of those girls. Known as the "Petty Girls" in the day. I actually have a coule of originals Boyd.

  • @carlosteran5617
    @carlosteran5617 4 роки тому

    Hi, I got just the same one waiting to be build. I Got a Titanic 1:400 first, working on it, not every day but I GOT TO DO IT, cuse the only first class sapnish wonen who survived was my gran gran mother so...my mother is waiting to put it in her house..jejeje, but what I do really love doing it is WWII planes....beautiful job, thanks a lot to show it, I,d preffer to do the "Meat Hound", but I will think bout' it. All the best from Alcalá xe Henares, Madrid, Spain.

  • @federationshipyard4073
    @federationshipyard4073 8 років тому +1

    Excellent work Boyd, she looks great hanging on your wall. Another job by the Grand Master. :)

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +Federation Shipyard Thanks Dennis :)

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 2 роки тому

    Nice job!...I seen the movie and I just watched a doco about this plane.. thanks from NZ ✈️👍🇳🇿

  • @sorichar
    @sorichar 8 років тому +2

    Great Job! I recently built Revell's G model B-17 in 1/48. My only complaint was the mold details were a little soft on it. Had a good time building it all the same. Thanks for sharing!

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +sorichar I thought the same thing about the detail on the B-29 I just did as well.

  • @michaelkovach7973
    @michaelkovach7973 8 років тому +1

    Did a wonderful job on the "Memphis Belle" Boyd!

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +Michael Kovach Thanks Mike!

  • @flyingfortressrc1794
    @flyingfortressrc1794 2 роки тому

    Looks good, I've got one to start soon.

  • @RocketBoy1969
    @RocketBoy1969 8 років тому +5

    Beautiful work! Love the WWII war birds!

  • @246spyder
    @246spyder 8 років тому +1

    A personal thing, but I like to see the exhaust soot trails on the engine flarings and wings, adds life.
    Obviously a wonderful build, goes without saying.
    As an aside my favorite was the "Duel" truck, you really caught the menacing aura of the original, just as Spielberg intended.........

  • @SkyrayModels
    @SkyrayModels 8 років тому +1

    Very nice looking B17 Boyd.

  • @christurbo951
    @christurbo951 6 років тому

    Great job!!! I built that kit as well. A lot of fun!!!

  • @carlosteran5617
    @carlosteran5617 4 роки тому

    As well I found " very empty inside" ,but I'll try to open the bomb bay and work on it. You did a wondelful job on that B-17f !!! Cheers and bye.

  • @DavidSmith-um6ms
    @DavidSmith-um6ms 7 років тому +2

    That's fantastic work..the Belle is undergoing the finishing touches on restoration and will be ready for public display sometime in May of next year at the museum of the United States air Force in Dayton Ohio in time for the anniversary of her 25th bombing run

  • @charliebowman785
    @charliebowman785 5 років тому

    I have my own B17F Memphis Belle and I'm still crazy about it. Its size is amazing. My "Memphis" has been with me for about 30 yeas now and looks like this kit is the very same! I do agree with you about it results disappointing the lack of detailed interiors; there are no interiors whatsoever! well, I guess we shouldn't be so rude with Revell as the only hardly detailed interior is the cockpit. Congrats to you as this model is a result of a very nice 3 day work!

    • @paulmurphy773
      @paulmurphy773 Рік тому

      regarding the interior on this kit, all the detail interior parts from the Monagram G kit fits perfectly in the Revell F kit...also replace the Revell top turret for the Monagram top turret with the Revell top turret glass on it and u now have a top turret with elevatable guns...

  • @carlosteran5617
    @carlosteran5617 4 роки тому

    It' so nice to hear you, thanks a lot !!!

  • @enniomarchi8708
    @enniomarchi8708 7 років тому +1

    bellisimo modello,ben spiegato,avevo costruito questo modello anni fà ancora della monogram.marchi ennio.

  • @thecaptain2521
    @thecaptain2521 8 років тому +1

    That's a beautiful plane. My brothers father in law flies I think it's the B17 and the B24 Liberator around the country to the air shows. He even gave me a picture of Michael Dorn (Worf) flying it, he is also a pilot. I'll have to find it and share it with you guys. GREAT JOB as usual!!

  • @cjdavis2684
    @cjdavis2684 5 років тому

    Awesome work as usual Boyd. Where I live I'm not far from the airport, and there is a field near it where they have old WWII aircraft. And in spring and summer they fly over my house on the weekends, one of the planes is a B-17, the other isa B-25, and then they also fly a P-51 mustang, a F4U Corsair, and a Bi plane that is painted up like the Red Barron's plane over as well. So it gets cool seeing and hearing them flying over. Plus we get an airshow every July at the airport so you get all kinds of military planes fly over then. One year we had a huge old bomber fly over. It was bigger than the 17, and 25. Only seen it once but it actually rattled the windows when it flew over. Bit your 17 reminds me allot of the one that fly's over in the summer.

  • @dereksewkumar07
    @dereksewkumar07 5 років тому +1

    "😉Fantastic build ..She's Just beautiful 💜💜 B17 all the way! ...just to say I've got both the 1:72 & 1:48 ..probably Cary out the build on the 1:72 1st ..well built looks gorgeous ..well done Sir!
    d 🤕the dog 🐕

  • @christurbo951
    @christurbo951 4 роки тому

    Great job!!! I built the same model years ago.

  • @redshirtforever1977
    @redshirtforever1977 8 років тому +1

    Great work Boyd, she looks real enough to fly. I took your recommendation from the Model Shop and watched "Sole Survivor". I had never heard of it but enjoyed it. I was surprised by the ending, I thought I had it figured out about 2/3 of the way through but was wrong.

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +Red Shirt Forever Cool, gotta luv a Rod Serling twist :)

  • @janehill9764
    @janehill9764 Рік тому +1

    canadians put lots of nose art on their halifaxes and lancasters. check out 'Vicki the vicious virgin', a halifax bomber from a canadian squadron. also, monogram parts are interchangeable with the revell kit. i built my b-17 F by using all the parts from the B-17G.

  • @MsixtyA3
    @MsixtyA3 6 років тому

    Excellent job! Thanks for sharing.

  • @orlandonostagiafever1964
    @orlandonostagiafever1964 7 років тому +1

    love to see that B36 video loved the B29 and B17.

  • @GarDee0
    @GarDee0 8 років тому +1

    Terrific job by the way

  • @5200210jim
    @5200210jim 8 років тому +1

    she came out great boyd.

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +James Shulenburg Thanks James :)

  • @revodave
    @revodave 8 років тому +2

    hi boyd nice work iv just finished my 1:72 Memphis Belle ill post pic soon

  • @clintlewallen4857
    @clintlewallen4857 8 років тому +2

    i was going to get the same plane my self you beat me to it lol nice job as always boyd you should get the kingfisher its a nice little plane

  • @Ettoredipugnar
    @Ettoredipugnar 5 років тому

    It looks real ! As apposed to other models that are super detailed.

  • @rogerdailey9357
    @rogerdailey9357 2 роки тому

    Very cool video. I saw the Memphis Bell reconstruction at Patterson. The war bird flew on all three mission my Uncle Frank flew. I the video I forgot to the Bell did not drop down in altitude 1May43 Saint Nazaire raid for beaching radio silence they stayed at altitude. You can watch My Uncle’s documentary on UA-cam “3 Days In May 1943”. Great model

  • @MikeCindyWhite
    @MikeCindyWhite 8 років тому +1

    Wow! Awesome work!

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +Cynthia White Thanks!

  • @mohawksniper79
    @mohawksniper79 5 років тому

    Very nice job i got one im waiting on till i get all the extra's and will have motorized propellers and a light kit. Now HK models have a 1/32 B-17 and a few others in 1/32 scale bit pricey but worth it. thay have nice detail and you can scratch build more detail a lot easier.

  • @brucerobinson7295
    @brucerobinson7295 5 років тому

    Hello Boyd the rudder and the control surfaces were fabric covered they faded driffently than the metal parts hope this helps explain the various shades of olive drab nice build keep it up stay the course Bruce

  • @davidpaschedag271
    @davidpaschedag271 8 років тому +1

    As normal Great build Boyd! Going to have to get my kit out I guess! LOL

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +David Paschedag (WOLF 359) Git er done Dave ;)

  • @Kabul81
    @Kabul81 8 років тому +6

    Nice job,could you do a how to vid on hanging models safely on the wall?
    Jman

  • @johnbrown7858
    @johnbrown7858 6 років тому

    Beautiful bomber! A true fortress!

  • @jpatt1000
    @jpatt1000 4 роки тому

    After building Monogram's B-17G I too was disappointed with the lack of detail on this interior of this one. I don't know If I'll take the time to detail out the forward compartment in the nose because HK may come out with a 1/48 F to follow their G. It does need the detail in there as it's quite easy to see in especially if you leave the plexi out like you did. If you're adventurous, HPH has a 1/48 B-36 which is very nice. (I'm doing a youtube video review soon.) The B-52G just came out too. (Should have mine Monday.) It is also 1/48 although I am disappointed the option to do a Vietnam era D isn't available.

  • @janehill9764
    @janehill9764 Рік тому

    IPH models have produced a 1/48 scale B-36. that is the largest plastic model aircraft in existence.

  • @p.j.c.2.0
    @p.j.c.2.0 7 років тому +1

    nice Boyd.

  • @hoangchris9413
    @hoangchris9413 8 років тому +1

    Very nice i'm actuali working on kitt tamiya F4u birdcage au 1/32

  • @georgevalkosky7451
    @georgevalkosky7451 8 років тому +3

    Great job as usual Boyd! Do you think the odd camp pattern could be repairs from flak damage?

  • @keviniglesias5693
    @keviniglesias5693 6 років тому

    Good Job

  • @Plydrms
    @Plydrms 2 роки тому

    Nice! How did you mask off the black de-ice boot on the vertical stab leading edge? I have trouble masking clean curves like that...thanks-

  • @jpatt1000
    @jpatt1000 8 років тому +1

    I still find it odd that the Revell (and especially the Monagram) kits both molded the bomb bay doors closed! If you were disappointed by the lack of interior detail on this one, have a go at the Monogram G model! Enough to keep it interesting. (The nose compartment is where it is really needed because of the glass nose and the Monogram kit delivers!)

    • @johnmatullo2899
      @johnmatullo2899 6 років тому

      I always thought the 1/72nd Revell kit had the opening doors!

  • @williammouys7650
    @williammouys7650 2 роки тому

    Amazing 👏 job !!! Which olive drab do you used

  • @waterloo745
    @waterloo745 8 років тому

    very very nice

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +waterloo745 Thanks it was a very fun build.

  • @RyanSheridanLifts
    @RyanSheridanLifts 2 роки тому

    Awesome build, did you paint the fusasalage or did you leave it in the color that the plastic came in?

  • @dr.doppeldecker3832
    @dr.doppeldecker3832 4 роки тому

    Imho the chipping effects look a bit strange. I know that paint first and mostly chips on edges, but on your model the overall paintjob is pretty much like out of the factory and just some scratches on the edges. I would also make the body of the plane weathered and more "ruff". But to be honest this is nitpicking, all in all its a great model well done!

  • @anthony605
    @anthony605 3 роки тому

    Very nice. What is the color paint used on the flaps?

  • @markfeist1312
    @markfeist1312 4 роки тому

    Very nice. My Memphis belle kit is on order. Have you ever done the R.A.F Lancaster heavy bomber?

  • @colincrisostomo1490
    @colincrisostomo1490 4 роки тому +2

    Hey, I’m about to start this model in a couple days when everything I need comes in. Any advice or suggestions?

  • @pazz316able
    @pazz316able 2 роки тому

    Hey
    Can you name the colors you used?
    I want to do this model but uncertain which colors to use and yours look beautiful

  • @MoonwalkerModels
    @MoonwalkerModels 8 років тому +1

    Man, that is a nice build up Boyd! This has always been one of my favorites as well and you have done her justice!! Really like how you are hanging them on the wall! What are you using to hang them?

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +MindlessModelWorks Kenny I'm using dry wall anchors with the screw left sticking up. Just hooking them on it.

  • @commonroadjunction4047
    @commonroadjunction4047 4 роки тому

    I’d love to build that

  • @annihilatingangel4588
    @annihilatingangel4588 6 років тому

    inside detail seems spartan, especially for a 1/48 kit. i want to build this beast but this vid demonstrates that she's gonna need a lot of work for detail. check out plasmo's 1/72 Airfix B 17 build and you,ll get the gist. Nice job though.

  • @dickwhittington7321
    @dickwhittington7321 5 років тому

    Sorry, a bit off topic I know, but what is the Maximilian (The Black Hole) robot model right at the very end of the video, is it a model kit or 3D printed?

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  5 років тому

      Max is a model kit that was put out by MPC back in the 70's. They are pretty rare now. They also made VINCENT and the Cignus.

  • @MJKToys
    @MJKToys 8 років тому +1

    not a bomber but the P-61, right up the alley of the B-25: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow#/media/File:Northrop_P-61_green_airborne.jpg

  • @chuckmetz6381
    @chuckmetz6381 3 роки тому

    I stumbled upon this video, I've done plenty of WWII a.f.vs over the past 13 years, this actually makes me want to do a WWII flyer. Good find. 11:54, is that the robot from "The Black Hole"?

  • @bills.4242
    @bills.4242 3 роки тому

    Amazing! how did you do the painting so well? any videos that you know of to show how to do this? Thanks!

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      @woody3590 Рік тому

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  • @subimtryingtoget100subswit7
    @subimtryingtoget100subswit7 6 років тому

    I was 19000 subscriber:)

  • @breaktherule758
    @breaktherule758 7 років тому +1

    Coooooool heres the sub 👌

  • @68gto400
    @68gto400 8 років тому +2

    Great Job...Did you find out that the REAL DEAL Memphis Belle is at Wright Patterson being restored?... sadly its going for a static display is what the AF told me... What did you use for that antenna on the back going up to the top of that stabilizer?

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому

      +68gto400 Yes, I saw that they were restoring her. Kinda makes sense about it being non flying. It would be tragic if something were to happen if they flew it. I'm afraid that will be the case with a lot of the original birds from WWII. They will just be too valuable to fly as more time goes by. Probably be mostly replicas that will fly.

    • @68gto400
      @68gto400 8 років тому

      That's good and bad I guess... I need to find my G Model b17 kit and build it... urgh

    • @TKommando
      @TKommando 8 років тому

      +TrekWorks Did you know that the Liberty Belle B-17 burned up after an emergency landing. I first heard about it on UA-cam just surfing through videos.

    • @TKommando
      @TKommando 8 років тому

      +T Kommando I have flown in a B-17. It was called Nine-O-Nine. I even took video of the flight and put it on my channel if you want to watch.

    • @68gto400
      @68gto400 8 років тому

      +T Kommando They are planning on rebuilding it with parts from uncle sams junkyard what I hear...

  • @maartendeklein7420
    @maartendeklein7420 4 роки тому

    Very nice bild, my englisch is not so good i hope you now it😏.

  • @interestinghistory3623
    @interestinghistory3623 7 років тому +1

    This is my favorite plane the pilots name is Captain Morgan the bad thing the plane got scraped in WWII the good thing the Captain and the co-pilot re build the plane i believe and i know it is getting fixed up

  • @Name-ke6sf
    @Name-ke6sf 5 років тому

    I have to built (try )this

  • @madcat1007
    @madcat1007 3 роки тому

    What is the point of painting the interior when it will never be seen again?

  • @davidkingen
    @davidkingen 6 років тому

    What is the wing span of that model

  • @gametech3450
    @gametech3450 6 років тому +1

    Do the propeller blades move?

    • @callumsmodellingcentre6902
      @callumsmodellingcentre6902 5 років тому

      Props are stationary unless you don't glue them. For large scales you can get motors for them.

  • @Lobsterman550
    @Lobsterman550 7 років тому +1

    do they still sell this???

  • @maartendeklein7420
    @maartendeklein7420 4 роки тому

    Whats the color nr of the plane? I build het to , tanks 🤔

  • @ILSRWY4
    @ILSRWY4 7 років тому +1

    Nice model... but I would suggest doing your research on how the placards are placed on the Prop blades. Your decals are incorrectly placed..

  • @tickles196
    @tickles196 6 років тому

    What paints were used?

  • @AvengerII
    @AvengerII 8 років тому +1

    FYI Boyd,
    Ohio has the original B-17F Memphis Belle at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio.
    The Air Force repossessed it from the city of Memphis, Tenn because the town fathers could not properly care for the aircraft. They let it sit out in the open FOR DECADES with no protection. The plane was gradually being worn down by the weather, bird droppings, and vandals.
    Virtually every flight instrument and most of the interior of the plane was scavenged by thieves and people with nothing better to do with their time (aka vandals aka idiots with no appreciation for history and the art of engineering and manufacturing let alone the sacrifices of the guys who flew in that plane during World War II).
    Darn shame... So many historic vehicles (ships and planes) get scrapped before their time and then others they let deteriorate this badly.
    I doubt this plane would have been saved if it hadn't been THE Memphis Belle. (Scratch that thought -- I guess there's a fair chance it STILL would have made the cut given how few World War II planes actually still exist. I think in total there's less than 50 surviving B-17s worldwide out of just under 13,000 built. 39 of those are in the US.) There's a long history of bomber aircraft being named after this plane in the Air Force (two B-52s, an FB-111A, and an active-duty B-1B Bomber) and quite a few of these have also been preserved in museums around the country. There's also another B-17, a G-model, that was painted as the Memphis Belle for the 1990 movie and still flies with those marking.
    The plane has been in Dayton for over a decade now and it's taking a long while to get it back up to display condition. They want to take their time getting the plane close to the shape it was in when it was retired. I would imagine they're going to have to scratch-build a lot of replacement parts and virtually the entire interior's furnishing.
    The plane will eventually be a part of the permanent collection in the museum's World War II gallery I'd imagine...

  • @GarDee0
    @GarDee0 8 років тому +2

    I thought the camo was bullet damage they fixed and just painted with whatever green they had

    • @carlosteran5617
      @carlosteran5617 4 роки тому

      Not, it wasn' t like that. The Scheme of camo was thought and done that way mixing thatspot of green over olive green, I tell you cause I've beeen reading about. All the best!!! I would like to be american...I tell ya this.🤫

  • @Halo_1O492O7
    @Halo_1O492O7 6 років тому

    I have 13 models and howling am I willing to show off 2. Short story short brothers get jealous

  • @user-jyanome-daisuki
    @user-jyanome-daisuki Рік тому

    各部のパーツ接合面の処理が甘いですね。特に、操縦席廻り、主尾翼が気になりました。

  • @johnprice7303
    @johnprice7303 2 роки тому

    No offence intended...but the joint between cockpit and fuselage is not great!

  • @flyurway
    @flyurway 8 років тому +1

    Yet another video where no one says anything, just plays music no one likes.

    • @TrekWorks
      @TrekWorks  8 років тому +3

      And yet another comment from someone who contributes nothing more than ignorant hate.

    • @flyurway
      @flyurway 8 років тому

      Well, "hate" is a rather strong word. Nice job on the model anyway.

    • @AvengerII
      @AvengerII 8 років тому

      You're kind of late complimenting the model work... I think Boyd tuned you out.
      Not that I blame him.
      There's way too many drive-by-shooting UA-camrs who have nothing better to do than spread their misery around... Not that that this will register with you.

    • @flyurway
      @flyurway 8 років тому

      Well, I'll probably get over it.