B-17G - WWII Heavy Bomber - Custom Military Lego 

At this point, you might Aswell make a Tirpitz battleship.

My grandfather was a waist gunner and flew his 25+ missions...multiple near death experiences. I'm saving up to buy this bomber to honor him!

I’ve just received mine and I have no words... as you said: Insane!

Awesome! The animation is really smooth, fantastic quality! 🐼👍

Nice but to expensive

And today is the public debut of the restored Memphis Belle at the AF Museum in Dayton.

I'd like someone to modify this and put D-Day Invasion Stripes. that would be cool.

Awesome build! My only critique is why couldn't he build the waist guns offset from each other? That way there's room for both figures to increase playability and it's still accurate. They started offsetting the waist guns with the B-17G model. Such a minor critique shows how awesome this build is! I've flown in a B17 before and this looked dead on, interior included!

I remember when I first got this. It was (and still is) an amazing build. I’ve had it for almost 4 years now. Putting it up for sale.

Next stop the Japanese emperial Battleship Yamato (in minifigure scale)

Omg it's so big! That's not what she said :(

*sees price* and this is where i have my Lego B17 IF I HAD ONE!!!!

I remember buying a Howitzer set of yours at the Brick fair in Raleigh NC 2016 and now i'm saving for your M4 Sherman.

I'm buying one because my grandfather served on the B-17G Ruby's raiders. This looks great, guys! Keep up the good work! Please have this out during summer!

Huge fan of Cody's designs, he is a true master!

Bro im soooo sad that im showing up to this 6 years late. I need this so badly the b-17 is my favorite plane ever!!

The memphis brick anyone?

Tail gunner... See that bandit? He's all yours Clay!

I don’t know anyone that could afford this

Y'all Are Lego Gods. I Couldn't Build My Own Custom B-17. Bravo.

This is probably the first time a lot of ur fans have heard most of the theme song

Alright I'll try to give as much info as I can remember (which is not all because my memeories are rapidly depleting) The B-17 was part of a contest that was Started by the US government, A lot of aircraft manufacturers participated. In the day of trials the prototype caught fire, but the UK wanted it anyway. As fitz said there were 25 missions but later on they bumped it to 35+. The biggest weakness in some of the earlier models (B-17 D, E and F) there was barely any protection in the front and a lot of Axis pilots (probably an A6M Zero for the Japanese and a Bf-109 for the Germans) used this to their advantage but it was later resolved with the making of the B-17G (the aircraft in this video) A lot of the casualties for the B-17s over Europe weren't cause by enemy aircraft but mostly German 88mm Flak. A lot of the times these bombers went without escort fighters until 1941 with the introduction of the P-51. The Aircraft consisted of 10 crew. Pilot, Co-pilot, bombardier, navigator, Top gunner, Radio operator(also somewhat a dorsal gunner as the window near their head could have a 50. Browning machine gun placed there), port and starboard waist gunners, ball turret gunner, and tail gunner. The aircraft wasnt pressurized (pressurized bombers didn't come till the B-29l so the crew had to wear really bulky flight suits and breathed through oxygen tanks. The entire aircraft, like most at the time, was controlled by wires, the only set of hydraulics belonged to the landing hear, the nose turret, ball turret, and too gunner. Also one of the first bombers to have a Norden bomb sight. These were also the first aircraft to encounter the German Me-262A. So that's about as much as I know Edit: also forgot, the top gunner was also the flight engineer

B-24 and B-29 would be awesome!!!

I saw this in person at your store in Mall of America! I got to talking about tanks with the guy that was working there for probably half an hour. You have me wanting to go back to Minnesota just to see it again.

2:40 : the B17 was never used in the pacific theater, only in the Western Europe (mostly over Germany and France). Though, the B-24 was used in all fronts, it is my favorite WW2 bomber, can't wait for you to make a lego model of that !

majestic af

I love this kit looks so good I hope Cody keeps building models like this!

YOU FORGOT ABOUT MEMPHIS BELLE IT WAS THE FIRST B-17 TO COMPLETE 25 MISSIONS

Shut up and take my money!

Prima di tutto i prezzi sono esagerati e poi finiscono subito Però e un bel aereo complimenti

I really want one of these

It’s HUGE

The animation is the bomb!! Get it? Cause it's a bomber...

Just finished the 2nd episode of Master's of the Air and I think this is the next thing I'm going to build.

A note about how far the waist guns protrude inside the aircraft. That's accurate, however, the waist guns were not directly across from one another. That placement allowed a little freedom of maneuver, but the gunners still had to do a complicated dance with one another.

This is very cool!

I feel a he-111 coming soon🤫👍🏻

I will say this. It would be cool to have a realistic lego minifig scale one. One that doesn’t have those barriers inside.

A very impressive design Brickmania team! Great job!

You guys should do a speed build of it, see how much time it takes you guys to make one!!! I wanna see the pros do it!

The Adjacent General did a study right after the war that stated that the infantry "Ground pounder" had the highest casualty rate of all services in all theaters.

Awesome I'd buy it but uhhhhhhhhh it's a bit pricey lol

A C-47 would be awesome, but I think a B-24 would be even better. (B-17 and B-24= American heavy bomber brothers)

Looks great

Watch this be $5,000,000,000,000 Worth it (I don’t think people get that this is a joke lol)

B-17 Flying fortress B-29 Super Fortress B-52 Strato fortress Did I miss any???

This are the most cool b 17 bomber of lego 😎😎😎🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

That's pretty fricking sweet

I love everything about this! Also did a C-47 would be awesome!

It’s so beautiful 😭😭👍🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

i love your b 17 and the soper shermen

I'd say this is one of your best kits looks amazing!

looks like an extremely impressive model, no one is more infatuated with the B17 then i am. i have gone on and paid for TWO flight experiences at $430 a piece SO FAR in my lifetime. however $1,700 for this kit is kind of impossible to swallow. i would love to be able to afford it but its way out of sight.

That is awesome all you need now is a ac130

OMG ! I want it !!!

Such a Beautiful Bomber.

We want Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, minifigures and building kits!

Who noticed the sherman and the Italian tank switch?!

Will you guys restock or update the design of the m3 Stuart? Also, can't wait for C-47!

I love the bomber nice job with the looks

that thing is bigger than I thought

You guys should make a hetzer or a ferdinand

C-47?! I can't wait!

Cool intro. Awesome kit. Well done.

It costs $1,750 So just consider that before you think about getting it.

This inspired me to build a Lego b-17

THAT'S VERY NICE AND COOL!!!

I figured out a building method for a sliding canopy for a p51 I built a little while back. It require a 4 stud long axel.

I have a suggestion: p-47 thunderbolt. The silver scheme. That would be cool

You are fantastic in LEGO planes

Sell the design to Lepin so some of us can afford it. Just kidding, you guys do great work.

Great videos! I am a huge fan of Brickmania

THAT IS. AWESOME!!!!!!!

omg this b17 looks suspiciously like a b17

America: We'll let them settle this one. Japan: *Throws paper plane*. Loser! America: *Throws back Fat Man and Little Boy* OH SAY CAN YOU SEE! BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT!

I’m getting one for Christmas !

It's huge I love it!!!

Now im wondering if I should buy a 1.16 rc jagdtiger or this

Cool

Can you guys make a ww1 Canadian soldier then can you ask will if he can make some Ross rifles to be exclusive to the Minifigure?

If the B-17 was to fit only 4 bombs, they would be 2,000 at least. And a turbo charger takes the exhaust and spins it, ejecting it out at a higher speed increasing thrust

My Lego store has this!

Make the crew of the "wolverines" from red dawn the original one

great!

*thats quite big.* *impressive*

Did you now that waste gunners had drift spots one was up a little and one was at that same spot

that is so cool

Wow

You guys should make an "Enola Gay" conversion kit, and maybe some others!

This is fantastic, but I think the radio operator was enlisted, no?

So big and cool ceep it up

Man i wish I could’ve gotten one. Although the b 17 won’t be made again could you maybe start making some of your older models like tiger 2 or Jagdtiger? I would offer you all of my money.

LEGO should sell ww2 air plains and tanks and ships and uboats

That’s massive

Next step: WWI era German Zeppelin.

I thought the b-17 was originally a long range naval bomber, but then it was found that that form of naval bombing was kinda useless, so it was used as a strategic bomber

The b 17 was not the reason the allies win the war. I would argue strategic bombing as a whole was not the reason but if it was then the b 24 was the reason. The b24 was less popular among crews because it didn't have a prssureised cabin or power assisted controls, it it was produced in greater numbers, had a higher flight ceiling, could fly fasylter and for longer and importantly had a greater payload capacity.

Now do the Lancaster

Is the a p47 set?

Within the first few minutes there are a lot of what I would call “over-patriotic” knowledge. The plane could take a beating sure, but the crew all surviving? The ‘shell’ of the plane was so thin that you could punch though it with your hand. Also the B-24 was produced much more than the b-17 (a ration of 1.5:1 roughly) Secondly although some missions did have high casualty rates, the overall losses for the war weren’t as high, whereas for the British suffered close to 50% for the whole war. Finally - “this plane won the war” (or something like that), come on.... really? This plane did have a useful role at hitting German infrastructure Etc.... but there were so many more factors that were way more important to us winning (EG - breaking enigma, the massive soviet military, actually invading the mainland)