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Looks like its been parked ready for scrapping.I find it strange that engines and props are still in place.

LOL

The nose gun mount looks like the one for the tailgun set up.Any other pics?

Well thats not what I wanted to see first thing in the morning.Damn.

Ray, I see the hours in all that work and its first rate.You have years to go but it will be worth it.Congrats Ray.

That press is one of 3 Five Thousand tonunits built early in the war.One of its sisters has been in operation in albany georgia.I have named it OLE PAINLESS.It will certainly squeeze the butter out of that duck.

Yes, the turret has been finished some time ago.It is down in douglass.Maybe Chuck can post a picture of the finished product.I could not make the plexiglass so Chuck had a go of it and was successful. I am back working on the cockpit turtledeck as well as the Bombay bulkhead parts.

Thanks Scott, been waiting for a B-17 news update even if it was brief. You delivered in a big way and enjoyed reading. B-17 Filmology Sifted Forth is an interesting mystery. Hope we hear more and a conclusion. The B-17 at the USAF Armament Museum at Eglin is in bad need of some TLC that coats of p...

Some of the crew are the same.The guy in the back row middle is the same in both pics.Look at the ray bans and the ears.The front row left guy(officer) is the same guy in both pics as well.Maybe some more.Very strange.Something to do with uniforms so as not to give away when the graduated from the s...

Engines and props gone as well as aft crew door.It also has a stinger tail gun.I cant enlarge the photo to see if the adf is still in place.Might have belly landed.

I can tell that was a lot of work.Thanks for posting the pics and the info.

Hey OLD BILL, I have finished the stretch form dies for the bomb bay bulkheads and now finishing up the dies for the compression channels in the bomb bay.It has been a challenge would be a nice way to put it.Now on to finishing skins and turtle deck.The top turret came out nice :D .Thanks for the in...

Thank you much for the kind words Dave.

It does appear to me anyway to have the long cheek window common on vega built birds

Neat stuff.