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OldBillB17F wrote:Very cool. Great work Hang. Now to get your new-build top turret on something.

The new turret shell is moving right along. I'm waiting on the molds for the glass.

Uh Bill, I already work through the night.You hurry up and win the lottery and then oh well you know the drill.The museum loved the nose glass and thank you for all the help with drawings.

thank you much,Bill.Will be building more soon but must get the turret finished and installed asap.No shortage of things I have to get done.I'm getting worn out.

The nose piece looks great. It turned out really well. The “Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby” could use one of those. Bill, one of these days I will get the time to call you. Hopefully this weekend. I have a couple of B-17G paint questions you might be able to answer. If you notice the picture of shoo shoo baby...

Hello,hello, is this thing on?????

Look at my Hang the Expense picture and you can see the long nose on a G model.

Early g models had the long nose glass and there are pictures of late g models in the war with replacement f model nose pieces.you just limit the upper travel of the guns to prevent stricking the glass.

The nose glass is now on City of Savanah.It fits really well and MAYBE DRY MARTINI WILL POST A PICTURE OF THE PLANE WITH THE NEW NOSE ON IT.just thinking out loud.

Hey OldBill, that was a real good article and really brought back memories of doing the very same thing to a monogram kit.The detail the guy went to in fantastic.I am currently trimming the full size version of an F model nose glass to be installed on city of savannahs' B17.the long glass will certa...

Looks like she landed on the beach and the guns have been removed in prep to be flown off.Notice she seems to be mired in the sand as well.Good save.

Mold should be made right after Christmas for the turret plexi and I will get the photos to Dry Martini to post.

Minor correction.We started with 3/8s and it thinned too much up the front.I picked up a rough late G glass and its thickness up the front is a little over .150.So tomorrow we are pulling a piece of 1/2 inch and we will see what we come up with.The fun begins when I start to trim this rascal to fit ...

Hey Scott, I have a picture for you.Give me a call and I will send it to you.thanks Tom

There is also the name Francess under the pilots sliding window.Also of note is the reinforcement plate aft of the nose framing and it looks to be 3/16 to 1/4 inch thick.I wonder if it was for testing different nose guns(Cannon)possibly?The ball socket is not for a cannon for sure.

Those cheek gun mounts are correct for an E model especially in a combat zone.You cant see squat pass a 50 in the small window like what is on movie Memphis belle.