"The Dam Busters" - Movie aircraft. Finished pics & back story (at last!) pg 18.

[zenrat]

The Academy B-17E, is just a B-17E, the B-17D
has the earlier small tail fuselage without the
power turrets and there's also a lot of differences
between the E, F and the G in terms of the forward upper turret, windows, waist gunner positions and tail guns.

Yes, kit is E.  Masks are F/G.   Still doesn't make them fit though.   

[zenrat]

Some pictures.

B17 Op Chastise WIP 01-04-2024 01 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

And the bomb bay with the z'ed central spine to allow for bomb clearance.  You will all remember how this plays a role in one of the movies most dramatic scenes when the bomb in Gibson's plane (G - Glenn) won't start spinning and the navigator and Co-Pilot hang off the walkway and run on top of it to get it moving.

B17 Op Chastise WIP 01-04-2024 02 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Wings go on tomorrow.

[PR19_Kit]

You will all remember how this plays a role in one of the movies most dramatic scenes when the bomb in Gibson's plane (G - Glenn) won't start spinning and the navigator and Co-Pilot hang off the walkway and run on top of it to get it moving.

Oh yeah, didn't they hit it with a baseball bat first and then tried  to kick it into motion, and did the running thing with only seconds to go before the drop time?

[NARSES2]

And the bomb bay with the z'ed central spine to allow for bomb clearance.  You will all remember how this plays a role in one of the movies most dramatic scenes when the bomb in Gibson's plane (G - Glenn) won't start spinning and the navigator and Co-Pilot hang off the walkway and run on top of it to get it moving.

 

I watched a rather nice little Brit comedy/drama (Their Finest) the other night about a British Min of Information propaganda unit feature film on the Dunkirk evacuation and how the FO and MoD wanted then to change it and involve an American hero for the US audience. 

[jcf]

The Academy B-17E, is just a B-17E, the B-17D
has the earlier small tail fuselage without the
power turrets and there's also a lot of differences
between the E, F and the G in terms of the forward upper turret, windows, waist gunner positions and tail guns.

Yes, kit is E.  Masks are F/G.  Still doesn't make them fit though. 

They wouldn't as just about all of the windows in the
nose are different, ditto the nose transparency and it has a Bendix rather than a Martin turret.
Of course B-17 differences are no biggie compared
to nose turret B-24s.

[Weaver]

You will all remember how this plays a role in one of the movies most dramatic scenes when the bomb in Gibson's plane (G - Glenn) won't start spinning and the navigator and Co-Pilot hang off the walkway and run on top of it to get it moving.

Oh yeah, didn't they hit it with a baseball bat first and then tried  to kick it into motion, and did the running thing with only seconds to go before the drop time?

And then one of them fell out with the bomb, shouting "Yeee Harrrr! Surf's Up!!!" accompanied by the film's iconic Beach Boys soundtrack...

[Rick Lowe]

You will all remember how this plays a role in one of the movies most dramatic scenes when the bomb in Gibson's plane (G - Glenn) won't start spinning and the navigator and Co-Pilot hang off the walkway and run on top of it to get it moving.

Oh yeah, didn't they hit it with a baseball bat first and then tried  to kick it into motion, and did the running thing with only seconds to go before the drop time?

And then one of them fell out with the bomb, shouting "Yeee Harrrr! Surf's Up!!!" accompanied by the film's iconic Beach Boys soundtrack...

Really? I thought I recalled the line as "Charlie Don't Surf!" More of my Old Age memory problems...

And surely it would have been a Cricket Bat, what?

[Old Wombat]

And surely it would have been a Cricket Bat, what?

In a B-17, in a movie about the AMERICAN raid on the Ruhr dams?

[zenrat]

You will all remember how this plays a role in one of the movies most dramatic scenes when the bomb in Gibson's plane (G - Glenn) won't start spinning and the navigator and Co-Pilot hang off the walkway and run on top of it to get it moving.

Oh yeah, didn't they hit it with a baseball bat first and then tried  to kick it into motion, and did the running thing with only seconds to go before the drop time?

And then one of them fell out with the bomb, shouting "Yeee Harrrr! Surf's Up!!!" accompanied by the film's iconic Beach Boys soundtrack...

Really? I thought I recalled the line as "Charlie Don't Surf!" More of my Old Age memory problems...

You are both confusing it with "Dr Lovedamn, or how I learnt to bounce the bomb".


Wings are on,   

The Academy B-17E, is just a B-17E, the B-17D
has the earlier small tail fuselage without the
power turrets and there's also a lot of differences
between the E, F and the G in terms of the forward upper turret, windows, waist gunner positions and tail guns.

Yes, kit is E.  Masks are F/G.  Still doesn't make them fit though. 

They wouldn't as just about all of the windows in the
nose are different, ditto the nose transparency and it has a Bendix rather than a Martin turret.
Of course B-17 differences are no biggie compared
to nose turret B-24s.

I know all that now.      Not something I have ever paid attention to.  Buying the wrong mask set was down to me relying on memory and being too lazy to check which kit I had before ordering.

[Wardukw]

You will all remember how this plays a role in one of the movies most dramatic scenes when the bomb in Gibson's plane (G - Glenn) won't start spinning and the navigator and Co-Pilot hang off the walkway and run on top of it to get it moving.

Oh yeah, didn't they hit it with a baseball bat first and then tried  to kick it into motion, and did the running thing with only seconds to go before the drop time?

And then one of them fell out with the bomb, shouting "Yeee Harrrr! Surf's Up!!!" accompanied by the film's iconic Beach Boys soundtrack...

Really? I thought I recalled the line as "Charlie Don't Surf!" More of my Old Age memory problems...

You are both confusing it with "Dr Lovedamn, or how I learnt to bounce the bomb".


Wings are on,   

The Academy B-17E, is just a B-17E, the B-17D
has the earlier small tail fuselage without the
power turrets and there's also a lot of differences
between the E, F and the G in terms of the forward upper turret, windows, waist gunner positions and tail guns.

Yes, kit is E.  Masks are F/G.  Still doesn't make them fit though. 

They wouldn't as just about all of the windows in the
nose are different, ditto the nose transparency and it has a Bendix rather than a Martin turret.
Of course B-17 differences are no biggie compared
to nose turret B-24s.

I know all that now.      Not something I have ever paid attention to.  Buying the wrong mask set was down to me relying on memory and being too lazy to check which kit I had before ordering.

Your not the first and sure as hell won't be the last to do that matey ...ive done it more times than I care to remember 

[Rick Lowe]

And surely it would have been a Cricket Bat, what?

In a B-17, in a movie about the AMERICAN raid on the Ruhr dams?

Assimilation, down to spending too much time in the UK?

[Rick Lowe]

Your not the first and sure as hell won't be the last to do that matey ...ive done it more times than I care to remember 

As I keep saying, "Mental Notes aren't worth the paper they're not written on."

[Charlie_c67]

You will all remember how this plays a role in one of the movies most dramatic scenes when the bomb in Gibson's plane (G - Glenn) won't start spinning and the navigator and Co-Pilot hang off the walkway and run on top of it to get it moving.

Oh yeah, didn't they hit it with a baseball bat first and then tried  to kick it into motion, and did the running thing with only seconds to go before the drop time?

And then one of them fell out with the bomb, shouting "Yeee Harrrr! Surf's Up!!!" accompanied by the film's iconic Beach Boys soundtrack...

Really? I thought I recalled the line as "Charlie Don't Surf!" More of my Old Age memory problems...

And surely it would have been a Cricket Bat, what?

Oh? I thought the guy used whatever he had lying around including a Muffler, a Gear Knob, Seat Cushion Stuffing and a Cigarette Lighter. A Sgt Malcolm Gyver I believe. Also known as Mac... 

[Rick Lowe]

That sounds about right,,, though IIRC he got a bit fancy at times, and included the odd spent .50 cal casing... 

[zenrat]

Bomb cradle going in.  The bomb isn't attached yet hence the clamp.

B-17 Operation Chastise WIP 10-04-2024 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr