Piccadilly Lily B17G

By Scott Scalafani

This is the Academy 1/72 version of the B17G. I went through a lot of photos of the Piccadilly Lily B17G from the Bloody 100 of the 8^th Air Force to come up with this paint scheme and weathering. It’s painted with Testors Faded Olive Drab and highlighted with a darker green.

One of the pictures showed a repair panel on the top of the wing, so I added one. The photos also showed plenty of oil streaking from the engines, which ran dirty after a couple of hours.

Piccadilly Lily B17G

There were also some field modifications on the 50 cals. They were staggered in the rear so the gunners didn’t bump into each other.

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