BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY B-17 (PART 8)

April.12.2011 · Posted By - Paul

The pilot / co-pilot compartment would prove to be the most difficult part of building the B-17 interior.  One of the biggest problems was related to sources.  The vast majority of photographs of the pilot compartment that can be found online show interiors of modern airshow versions.  They tend to show stripped down interiors and some modern equipment.  It became important before I started to make sure I could get as many original WWII sourced photos that I could and …

CONSTRUCTION OF A CATHEDRAL CHAPTER HOUSE (PART 1 OF 2)

March.08.2011 · Posted By - Paul

Several months ago I decided to work on a cathedral chapter house with the intention of using it as a basis for an animation.  A chapter house is a large meeting room associated with cathedrals or collegiate churches.

I first had to do some research to determine how this would look and whether or not I would built a real (existing) chapter house or whether to build a fictional one in the style of a historical chapter house.  In the end …

BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY B-17 (PART 7)

March.08.2011 · Posted By - Paul

After an absence of four months I have decided to do another blog.  In the last blog I built a Norden bombsight.  In this one I discuss building the bombardier/navigator compartment.  This is the point where things get really complicated.  I find building the external portion of the aircraft to be the easy part.  Building the interior is harder because you find yourself constrained by the shape of the exterior.  If the exterior aircraft shape ends up being a little …