Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Matchbox | No. PK-603 | 1:72

Facts

Brand:: Matchbox
Title:: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Number:: PK-603
Scale:: 1:72
Type:: Static model kit
Released:: 1979 New tool
Packaging:: Rigid box (Top opener)
Topic:: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress » Propeller (Aircraft)

Markings

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17G 50-DL Flying Fortress

US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)

414 BS, 97 BG, 15 AF 446544 "Kwiturbitchin II"
April 1945 - Amendola

Boeing B-17G-30-DL Flying Fortress

US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)

346 BS, 99 BG, 15 AF 238201 2nd Patches
May 1944 - Tortorella

Boeing B-17G-35-DL Flying Fortress

US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)

322 BS, 91 BG, 8 AF 2107027 / LG-Y Hikin' for Home

Box contents

Plastic sprue, Plastic sprue (Clear), Decalsheet (waterslide)

Product timeline

Matchbox

1979

1983

New tool

New box

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Instructions

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Marketplace

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In-box reviews

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Comments

Phil Marchese
The Matchbox Fortress has the most accurate and thoughtfully designed fuselage of any 1/6" scale kit. There are no notorious trenches on the fuselage. Those inscribed panels panels are far less obtrusive than tose foubd in the 2012 resease. The wings are a bit flat in airfoil but are correctly located. This is not so on the Hasagawa kit and questionable on other offerings. The wings themselves are seeming of a whole different design and are inferior. Hasegawa donors can be adopted since that offering fuselage is also grossly mis-sculpted. The clear parts are universally described as thick. There are plenty of examples on the web of this kit built out of the box and the basic fedility of the Matchbox Fort is self-evident.

1 11 March 2013, 18:09