polishing a WW2 B17 Flying Fortress.

green94GT · 04-23-2009, 07:01 AM

here is a awsome clean up job i found on a detailing site. this guy's company always gets jobs like this and after looking at this you will see why.

http://www.autopia.org/forum/pro-det...man-hours.html

***GoofieChic*** · 04-23-2009, 07:52 AM

OMG That is amazing. I wonder why they weren't indoors the entire time. That sun and metal got to be pretty damn HOT.

Thanks for sharing Steve. That's a kick ass job.

green94GT · 04-23-2009, 07:55 AM

on the third day i thin it was they said it was suppose to rain and that is why they went inside that day. but yea that is an outstanding turn around. i could only be so lucky to get a gig like that. and i bet the paycheck was nice too

GTOLord · 04-23-2009, 07:57 AM

Sweeeet Plane

SSFenris · 04-23-2009, 09:03 AM

on a historical note, the only time that a B-17 was in the bare aluminum was right after it came off the assembly line. 95% were in camo (green, black or brown) by the time they reported to their first posting.

That plane looks fantastic! Granted, I think that anything with 4 Radial engines looks amazing, but I'm just biased

blackpony04 · 04-23-2009, 04:40 PM

Sorry Rob, every B-17 from 1944 onward was not painted at all after the threat of German bombing raids on air bases ceased in addition to the introduction of P-47 and P-51 fighter escorts. Any B-17 after that point that was painted was a remnant of the pre-1944 period.

blackpony04 · 04-23-2009, 04:41 PM

Oh, and that "restoration" was incredible! I would have paid for the opportunity to do that.

Trouble · 04-23-2009, 06:38 PM

wow, i'm never gonna complain about waxing and polishing ANYTHING on my car ever again after seeing that... on a side note, my grandpa was an engine and prop mechanic on the B-17 in England, my dad has a whole stash of photos of those things that my grandpa took, including some nose art and a couple that made it home with very large chunks of the airplane missing. those things are tough