B-17m "harpoon"

[BlackOps]

Greg, she came out great!

[cthulhu77]

Thanks all !  Had a "whatif" chuckle after receiving a message from a concerned modeler about my mistakes on trying to model the Navy PB.
   Yeah, you all aren't kidding, that kit is a real treat. No really.

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Great one, Greg - cheered up my day!  It takes real skill to achieve such an impressive result from such an ancient kit.

[Rafael]

Thanks all !  Had a "whatif" chuckle after receiving a message from a concerned modeler about my mistakes on trying to model the Navy PB.
   Yeah, you all aren't kidding, that kit is a real treat. No really.

What it was meant for, besides fun!!!

a toast to creativity, imagination and art

Rafa

[philp]

Can't wait to see the diorama you put this one in.

You are doing a dio, right?

[cthulhu77]

[cthulhu77]

B-17M

Grant pulled the plane up out of the low clouds, the heavy four-engine bomber had been scraping the waves on the last patrol pass. With visibility so low, it was tough on the pilots, and easier on the submarines looking for transport or merchant vessels.
"Skipper, we have weather clearing to the north, it looks like this stuff is going to burn off."  The intercom was still crackly between the navigator's station and his cramped cockpit, he'd have to make sure the ground crew fixed that when they went back to the base.
Now that they were above the fog and cloud cover, he could see the Bay Bridge in the distance. Maybe he could get a day off and go fishing sometime soon, if he was lucky.
Grant chuckled to himself, "Yeah, if pigs had wings."  Of course, he was better off than most of his chums, since he was a star, the military had chosen to keep him from going overseas.  Testing out the new ship and sub hunter plane had turned into a media event, just yesterday he had a Movietone crew aboard for the entire flight, jabbering throughout the day.
A loud squawk came over the headset. " Detecting something directly beneath us, large. Are there any scheduled ships in the area?" Grant looked to his right, and the copilot shook his head, "No."
"Better drop down again then, I should have brought my fishing pole!"
He eased the stick, and the plane gently headed down into the cloud cover once again.
"Holy C !"  Just in front of them was a massive submarine, as long as a merchant vessel, with an airplane on it's back. The markings were American, but he knew they didn't have any military boats like this. The sharp eyed copilot spied the flag flying from the aft. "They're Japanese!"
Grant could see the crew frantically trying to ready the guns as he swung back around, the 37mm cannon in the nose pointed straight at the sub's tower. " Ready the torpedoes, and get set to drop the charges." Test plane or not, this was one Japanese sub that would never see home. "Fire"The nose of the bomber erupted in light, and two torpedoes dropped from the wings, most of the men in the submarine never knew what hit them.

[Brian da Basher]

Just gorgeous Greg!!!!

This is one of my favorites! You could fool lots of people with that cool photoshop job.

Outstanding!!!

Brian da Basher

[noxioux]

That's a real beauty.  Awesome concept and execution, man!!!

[wolfik]

absolutely stunning!!!
its a great build my dear!!!

[Jetfixer]

WOW. and like WOW.

Nice one Greg.

Greg

[Captain Canada]

Great little read, Greg ! Thanks !