A photo-etched set for the bomb bay of a B-17F model in 1:72 scale. It adds thin metal parts where injection-molded plastic cannot manage fine structure.
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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine bomber of the Second World War. You can recognize the F version by the one-piece glazed nose without framing. The bomb bay takes up the middle of the fuselage and is divided by a narrow catwalk along which the crew moved between the front and the rear of the aircraft; on both sides of the catwalk are vertical bomb racks. That is exactly why the bomb bay is rewarding on a model: if you leave the doors open, you can see into the inside of the aircraft.
Photo-etched metal is as thin as real sheet, so the structure of the racks and the walls of the bomb bay looks as slender as it did on the real aircraft. An injection mold cannot manage that; parts from it come out thicker and full of fill. Which parts are in the package and exactly where they belong is shown in the instructions enclosed by the manufacturer.
The parts are held in the fret by thin tabs. Separate them with a sharp blade on a hard surface, not by twisting, and sand the remains of the tab away. Make the bends over a straight edge or shape them with flat tweezers. Degrease the parts before gluing and glue them with cyanoacrylate glue applied in drops. Fit out the bomb bay before you glue the fuselage halves together; after that you cannot get inside.
The set is for modelers who want to build the B-17F with the bomb bay open and who are not satisfied with a simplified plastic part. The kit, paints, glue and tools are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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