On the workbench - July part 1

Here are a couple of modifications to the 1/600 B-17 G from Tumbling Dice

TD B17Gs (and I have a lot of these) sometimes have the top turret MG missing.  Here's an easy fix that also adds a little variety to your bomber stream....

USAAF B17 Gs had a defensive weapons upgrade over earlier models.  They got a chin turret and two armoured gun positions in the Navigator/Bombadier compartment, either side of the nose.  It is easy to model these two positions using a bit of plastic rod, cut to shape and sanded down....

Flames

Here is how I make Flames for putting on aircraft to show damage.

You will need "modelling" pipe cleaners, which come in various shapes & colours.  

Discard the ones you don't need (my nieces were really pleased with the cleaners I did not want) and keep the black and white ones that look like this:










Make them into a "hook" shape:
















Paint each smoke plume at the "hook" end with red and yellow paint (Good old Humbrol Enamels.....)








Apply to your victim...!

In this case, a 1/600 Tumbling Dice B-17 G