LF for 1/72 B-17 tail turret - just the gun part, not the gunner's cockpit under the tail from an "F" or a "G", I think. Need a ballish shaped twin gun system for a tail turret on another project. So, if anybody has one spare or the tail off a wrecked model, can I please have it?
As usual, I will pay postage costs to downunder.
I might have one but I'm not really sure just what part you're talking about !
I believe they were called "Cheyenne" turrets? Basically the ball part where the guns are mounted in the picture below:
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OK I'll check. My kid half-started a B-17 a few years back and I ended up using the tail for another project....as long as I can find it !
IIRC all Gs had the Cheyenne tail turret but only some Fs did. Not sure who does models with Cheyenne turreted Fs though.
I think the matchbox 1/72 kit came with a choice of two tail gun fittings.......one was the Cheyenne version.....
I haven't found it yet and not sure if it's a ball or not anyway. Couldn't you just cut the end off a blunt tank/ bomb and cut some slits in it to put the guns in ?
Quote from: Captain Canada on January 27, 2014, 04:52:48 AM
I haven't found it yet and not sure if it's a ball or not anyway. Couldn't you just cut the end off a blunt tank/ bomb and cut some slits in it to put the guns in ?
I suppose so...
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 26, 2014, 08:56:07 PM
IIRC all Gs had the Cheyenne tail turret but only some Fs did. Not sure who does models with Cheyenne turreted Fs though.
I've got an Academy B-17 which has a choice of tail guns, the Cheyenne being one of them. I think it's the 'G' version but don't quote me on that. I have a feeling the Airfix 'G' also has this option, this is the reboxed Academy kit I'm talking about, not the original boxing. As an aside, I wonder what happened to that Airfix original B-17G kit ---
Quote from: kitnut617 on January 27, 2014, 06:40:19 AM
As an aside, I wonder what happened to that Airfix original B-17G kit ---
They lost it under a huge pile of rivets at the old Airfix plant...... ;D
I have two boxing's of the current Revell B-17 which has the Cheyenne version as an option. I will have to do a quick recap of my intended builds for them to find out if I will have a spare, I think I will, and if I do you have the spare.
Gondor
Thanks. Most appreciated. I've been thinking about scratchbuilding as suggested but not had much success figuring out what to use. I suppose a ball of some kind the same size but finding one?
I don't have any B-17 kits to raid, unfortunately. A blunt-nosed bomb or drop tank would be my first thought, followed by the end of a pen/pen lid if I couldn't find an appropriate spare. Plenty of pens with moulded hemispherical ends about.