Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Serial No. 42-32101, Name: El Lobo
-457th Bomber Group, 8th Air Force-
(Monogram 1/48)


by Akio Hasegawa, M.D.

(To view the images, click the underlined phrases, and to return to this page, click RETURN key on the toolbar of your browser. All pictures here are shot by me, a seasoned-pathologist, with digital SLR Nikon D3000 Serial #2001042 with old Nikkor-S 35mm 1:2.8 Serial #380104, i.e., manual focus/manual exposure)

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Since I made this B-17G model circa 30 years ago, it left untouched in the storage box of my late father Tatsuo's house. Diorama pamphlet supplied with the kit was astonishing in those days. Lately I added weathering paint.


Left anterior view after weathering paint (Crick to enlarge).


Right anterior view before weathering paint (Crick to enlarge).


Right anterior view (closeup) before weathering paint (Crick to enlarge).


Upper view after weathering paint (Crick to enlarge).


Posterior view after weathering paint (Crick to enlarge).

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