Mike Grant Decals 1/48 B-17F (MG 48-040)
and B-17G (MG 72-039 & MG 48-039)
Nothing says 'bomber' like the B-17. Big, bad and dangerous with .50
caliber machine guns pointing in all directions, and God bless that ball
turret gunner!
Mike Grant has released two sheets for the B-17, one for the B-17F
in 1/48 and one for the B-17G in both 1/48 and 1/72 scale.
  The
B-17F "Seattle Warbirds" sheet features marking for three aircraft, two
of which served in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. All three airframes
are Olive Drab over Neutral Gray and have the upper nose blister deleated.
The PTO aircraft are "Panama Hattie" and "Lulu Belle", both from the 63BS/
43rd BG and an ETO machine, "Blooming Grove" from the 325BS/ 92nd BG.
  The
B-17G sheet is sure to please a lot of folks as it represents one of the
most succesful B-17s ever; "Thunderbird" and is available in both scales.
The sheet represents "Thunderbird" after the summer of 1944 when the red
tail triangle was added and the instruction sheet gives the colors as
Olive Drab and Neutral Gray over unprimed metal. Combine this with 113
missions and you have a pretty heavily worn bird!
Also present on the decal sheet itself is a small set of markings for
"Miss Virginia" but no mention of them appears on the instructions.
 The
decals themselves are very nicely printed but covered with a solid carrier
film, so each of the markings must be cut out seperately. Both B-17 sets
come with the US National insignia on a separate sheet from the markings
for the planes themselves and I believe that each sheet provides markings
for one aircraft, but a set of "stars n' bars" are all you need to use
the others. Noted on the B-17F "Seattle Warbirds" sheet is a question
of whether or not the nose art was applied to both sides of these machines,
Mike Grant gives you two sets of each and leaves it up to the individual
modeler to decide.
One of the best things about aftermarket decal sheets is that your
completed model has a better chance of standing out from the same kit
built using kit decals, given that the B-17 always stands out in a collection
or at a contest, these decals will be the icing on the cake!
Many thanks to Mike Grant for the review sheets.
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