[John Youngs]

Originally Posted by PappyB

Looking for opinions from owners of this model -- the good, the bad, the ugly?

Thanks!

Pappy - How about a few pix?? My take on these huge B-17's is generally fairly good, although I don't own any & don't plan on getting any. I've got a friend who has two of them & aside from the weight (sure wouldn't wanna drop one on a bare foot...!!) issue, my only complaint, per se', is the use of deeply-set "grooves" to simulate rivet lines. If that model were life size, those grooves would be 6" deep & two inches across. Just lightly-scored lines on the metal's surface would suffice just nicely, assuming they didn't want to go to the trouble of actually trying to imprint scale rivet designs into the metal mold's surface. Like so many of Armour's products, they tend to look better from a distance than they do close up - perhaps this is the effect they were trying for in the first place... - I don't know. But, I've certainly seen worse. If you can get it for substantially less than MSRP, I'd say it would be a great addition, assuming you've got the room - I'm sure you're quite aware of just how huge these things are - it would be a helluva center-piece for a diorama...!! - JY