Hmmmmm...... a big (useta-be) bomber with WAY more guns that normal?  

I think I'm going to be keeping an eye on this one....  

Are we seeing the beginning of a great build here?  

The Pro Modeler version had staggered windows. I marked the wrong side on this one but did not cut before discovering the mistake.

B-17 Guy,

You can find some details on the "goodies" Matt is planning to work with here: http://www.swannysmodels.com/YB40.html

This is bound to be a fascinating thread- rock on, Matt!  

aLeX wrote on 03/27/09 at 20:29:58:

I'm not nearly as good at it as Chuk.

The first attempt at this build was aborted. The more I got into the details the more the G kit would not work for me. The windows were too large, the fit of the new fuselage section was bad as it was made for the F kit, the nose window arraignment was not going to work for the gunship version and the long nose glazing would not fit the G fuselage without narrowing the kit fuselage. I had already cut the top of the fuselage on the G kit but no matter, one half will be replaced in a later build with a clear fuselage half and the other can be repaired as I cut things carefully and saved the pieces. So now I am starting over with an old F kit. When I say old I mean OLD. This is something I picked up from Evil-Bay for a ten spot that someone else had started. They had assembled the fuselage and brush painted it with gobs of silver and lime green paint. I froze the fuselage, broke the glue joints (all orange tube Testors glue), did an inventory to confirm all parts present and accounted for then stripped the paint with Chameleon paint stripper (great stuff). So that's the history up to this point, the pictures that follow should be pretty self explanatory.