Nice electrical lighting and prop motor action.👍

I was an avid model builder when I was 12 to 18 years old. I was a big fan of Revell, Aurora, Monogram and sometimes Lindberg. I made ships, airplanes, military vehicles and later, automobiles. I built a large Lindberg B-17. It may be in a box in my garage. I thought then and now, I was a pretty darn good model maker. My fantasy job was with Lucas. Of course life intervenes and I now collect prebuilt auto models costing much more than the old styrene. I've revived the hobby part building a wood model of a sailing ship. Guys like this have taken the plastic model hobby way beyond what I could have imagined back in the day. By the way, I have a 1962 Revell catalogue with a $.15 price tag. The bicycle and model shop I visited weekly surely gave it to a good customer like me. Looking through it I am amazed at the prices of many models that I bought and thought highly of. As a child of WWII I had the B25, B24 that I thought were great. They were $.98 each!

Just a hint to all my modeling pals out there. Buy yourself a food dehydrator. I use it to dry painted parts. Mine has a cover to keep dust off the parts, I cut out most of the shelf bottoms so larger parts will fit. Cuts a 24 hour drying time down to a hour or so and really hardens the finish. 👍💯

Monogram designed and manufactured the B-17G , not Revell. revell took over monogram and is trying to take credit. . btw, revell manufactured its own 1/48 b-17. it is a b-17 F called the memphis belle and though it fills the gap for a 1/48 scale b-17F, it is not as detailed as the monogram kit..but its spartan interior would be perfect for interior lighting wires and boards..you can spruce up the revell 1/48 b-17F with monogram parts...Revell also made the B-17F in 1/72 scale. i still have both unbuilt in my model collection.

Very well done. Congratulations for getting around the difficulties of the modification. I build 1:8 scale die cast models, and some of the mods I install can be difficult to construct for an intermediate. I retire next month and getting back into modeling as a full-time hobby. Times have changed since I was a kid building Revell kits - a re-learning process.

It's a Monogram kit, reboxed by Revell. Revell never did work that good back in the day..

Im 61, id love to have the eyesite to do one of those projects. Excellent build my friend.

My only bit of constructive criticism is that the fire extinguishers ( the bottles with the nozzles) should be red. Built this kit years ago when it was first issued. May have to build it again if I can find the shelf space. Nice work BTW.

Nice. I re-watched the movie Heavy Metal from the '80s a while back and this would be a great kit to recreate the Pacific Pearl !!

When drilling holes out like that, use a step-bit. You'll increase the size of the hole without drift and you don't have to change out bits as much. Then, when you get close, switch out to the exact size (If it's different then the closest size on the step-bit).

Reverse the polarity on your motors, all the props are running backwards.

Consider using a stepper bit for drilling holes.

Just found your channel. Love the corsair!

You talked about getting people into the hobby. I used to build models a while back but haven't in a while. Recently, I started thinking about starting up again, but a random sampling of kits just stunned me with how much they cost now. A 1/25th car $65.00, a 1/25th truck, $110.00, I think the average price I saw for all the kits I looked at, in general was maybe $120.00. Most of these were kits that would have been in the 8 to 15 dollar range when I was building (and this was in the 80s and 90s). The have just become unreasonably expensive, if I had a kid today who was interested, there is just no way they could do the kind of model building I did back in the day. I realize there is inflation, but these are not just a bit more money, they are crazy expensive now. Model trains are the same. I saw RTR boxcars that were over 50 bucks each. Locomotives are routinely in the multiple hundreds, to put together a train of 10 cars would cost a fortune now. It's a shame, but it's no wonder the hobby is dying.

Needs a crew ,looks like a ghost ship all things considered it looks pretty cool I might give it a little while for them to get the bugs out and give it a try

A friend built this kit back in the 80s and put electric motors in for the props. He had it controlled by a model railroad rheostat controller, and when he went to full power it threw most of the props violently across the room after moving the plane about 2 feet. He rebuilt it and put a stop pin on the controller where he figured the limit was... this was pre-LED and he didn't want to melt it so he opted to forgo the lights...

This model is aicent I remember doing it fifty years ago

Oooo! B17 might be a good option as well. Sub'd. You have a clear voice and good tone. Nice production. Like to see a little more length and detail. You have some good skill to share with us. Excited to see where you go with this channel.

Cool, did you have to paint it? I've never seen a kit like this before, im 64 from Ocala Florida just FYI , ok i subscribed, can't wait to see the finished product, where are you at ,just wondering

Nice , looks like the engines are all turning the wrong way when running though .

Sir hi, you have applied the USAF insignia wrong on the port wing (Up side down), WHY.

I think it's Way too bright not to scale at all I'll slap some resistors on that. I had to build 12 of them for a Restaurant with light and Motors . I think I had 140 bucks in supplies for the products for all 12 .someone gave me a couple of the the kits you used and you are so right they are junk the only thing I kept was the sound board. But iam making a few changes and making 3d parts for the B17 .good video. Thumbs 👍

Well all considered it looked pretty good on camera (made me smile anyway!) the sounds; are they all from the kit speaker or are the engines and props adding sound? Something is not quite right? Maybe? First timer and enjoyed the experience so I have L & S’d and shall return. By the way she looks enormous for 1:48!! Bob England

Did they intend for the props to rotate in reverse?

Excellent, would not most interior lights be red? Otherwise great.

ur bottle of glue.......what is that red thing and how can i get one

Your engine carbs aren't clocked correctly

Cool, but Props rurns in the wrong way.

Dude this kit is absolutely prehistoric, if you wanted a better fit and nicer detail you should have got the hk models kit

It's a rebox of a very old monogram kit not the best for accuracy or fit

I had a viewer share that it was unsafe to drill with rubber gloves on! I ask you this. When I go to work and operate on people as a Scrub Nurse in the operating Room. Should I take my gloves off when we are drilling in your Brian, bone and teeth. ? Lol come on people But yes, be careful when working with tools. Wear safety gear and keep hands clear of sharp things.

That sound from the engine was too loud