A Thing of Beauty
 

"A thing of beauty is a joy to behold." This is the work of a craftsman. How many hours have you dedicated to this project? When I fly it I will try not to bend it!:grin: (or let anybody put nasty holes in it) :rolleyes:Thanks!

From my part around 30 months off and on. Off while waiting for official documents to arrive. Countless of hours perusing photos, drawings, manuals, books and film. Close friends visiting existing B24's with tape measure and camera in hand. Countless emails to museums, restoration projects and collectors of old manuals.

For me it's next to impossible to even guess how many hours. For Buster, it's been a longer ride.

Hope everyone enjoys it when its released.

have you any desire to do B17 after end work of the B24?
there you can use some materials from B24, textures, models ...

I feel, that on the day, when a B-17 is flyable in IL-2, its the day of the end of the game.
I mean... as long as we are all waiting for something, it can't end. :D

there is one person who was involved in B 17 ( and DT has contacted with him ), but now it seems gave up it (((

it would be great if Monguse with his friend continue work on B17

but it's a lot of work

Too bad... looks like a good start.

he just said that after a while he again takes up the cockpit B17, but he had enough strength only to the pilot cockpit

Excellent work on this. We can finally have a complete, flyable, American heavy bomber in IL2. The B-24 may have been the box the B-17 came in, but it was every bit as important.

Weren't there a few attempts at doing a B-17 in the past? Must be cursed.

As much as the B-17 is a great bomber for the 'wish-list', trust me, when you see the work and the attention to detail that have gone into making this B-24 flyable and with all the detail that 'Guse has put into it, the B-24 will be a great addition to the game.

The detail is incredible and some of the extra bits of work that have gone into parts of this bomber will leave many open mouthed!

Looking forward to D-Day (Delivery Day!), cheers, MP