B1-B Bone Lancer - 1/48 Revell - Finish Line

[rom1]

Hello!
here is my in progress build.
Maybe the most impressive and big model I ever seen.
I start with this huge box:


I will use these addons:
- Eduard 48235
http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/B-1B-1-48.html?cur=1&listtype=search&searchparam=48325
- Cutting Edge exhausts

http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/bonenozzlepreviewbg_1.htm
- Fox One Decal 48027 " Early Bones"

http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/b1bdecalreviewsjk_1.htm
LET'S GO!!!!
First I had to deal with those huge plastic trees.
They are fragile and parts are easily falling from them.
So, i cut parts and packed them:


OK, well... the box is big...
Recycling?

:bandhead2:
Eduard PE sheets give you some nice parts for the cockpit.
But I won't use them all.
Seatbelts:

Access ladder:


Ejector pins... maaaaaaaaaaany of them:



Some PE and... filler...



Main Gear Bay:


Front gear bay:

Detail are very nice indeed...

Now, bomb bays:
I slightly reworked the bay doors.


Ready for primer!

Tamiya spray primer for the cockoit:


Citadel Skull white for the bays:






The rendering of white is not so good.Too mmuch flat/matt for me.
But it is just a primer.
The final paint will be done with Tamiya paint.

The big fuel tank is also reworked and detailed:




Some work on engines too...
You have to delete thos bumps:


Resin parts:

Somme plastic sheet to maintain AB tunnel:

Dry fitting test:

A lot of work with the intakes. Surfaces are rough..

filler and sanding.. again...


here too:

tada!!

Then some work on "walls" inside the intakes:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_110127-F-3074W-232_-_Senior_Airman_Jeffery_Wood_crawls_from_the_air_intake_of_a_B-1_Lancer_after_performing_a_post-flight_engine_inlet_inspection_at_Nellis_Air_Force.jpg
Drawing with pencil:

Engraving:


after some cleaning work:


A LOT work is remaining in the intakes...

Thanks for passing by!

Romain

Edited March 1, 2015 by rom1

[Tim T]

Wow! That is brilliant work. Always loved the Bone. Watching this with interest.

[Shaun]

Looking good, nice idea with the intake plates.

Were you going to put it after?, its huge!

Shaun.

[rom1]

thanks guy!

Were you going to put it after?, its huge!

hmmm... to be honest, I don't know yet

[HOUSTON]

Romain....

OUTSTANDING &FLAWLESS workmanship. .

Keep up the

[Breaker]

Oh, your truly mad and it's brilliant! I'd love to build one of these one day, when I've got enough space. Nice start

[Tomjw]

Brilliant. I will follow this with interest as I have this in the stash, along with lots of extra Eduard PE.

Cheers,

Tom.

[JOCKNEY]

Hello!here is my in progress build.Maybe the most impressive and big model I ever seen.I start with this huge box:

OK, well... the box is big...Recycling?:bandhead2:

[/url]A LOT work is remaining in the intakes... Thanks for passing by!:cheers:Romain

I'm sorry but anyone building an aircraft this big has to have a bigger dog than this, or maybe a pony ?

Good luck with the build goodness only knows where you are going to put it when it's finished, bomb bays open as a kennel maybe ?

Cheers Pat

[snapper_city]

Great work so far

[arfa1983]

Looking good. Why do you use citadel as a primer? It doesn't bite into plastic at all.

[Madhatter]

yeah wicked! Always love to see these big Bones go together. The only reason I don't have one is because of it's size - I'd have no where to put it.

Love all the detailing so far and I like your choice of scheme to - not just slab gray.

The landing gear is superb too!

Can't wait to see more of this as it comes along

Si

[SaintsPhil]

Great work so far, I've always liked the look of this kit but it's just too big, 1/72 maybe or even 1/144.

My Labrador (who's big for a lab) would probably only just fill that box, for about 30 seconds then he'd shred it!

[Marty]

Fabulous start, looking forward to this one..!

[Rickpadwick1801]

Looking forward to this one, going be watching with interest, I have a b-1 that I built some years ago, it definitely isn't as big as yours.

Keep up the good work.

Rick

Edited October 2, 2014 by Rickpadwick1801

[DaveJL]

Nice start! Good to see someone else tackling one of these. One thing you'll need to do is extend the CE exhaust out of the rear of the Nacelle by about 7mm as the Cutting Edge part is smaller in diameter than the kits' nacelle, then build up to the same level with filler.

Take a look at mine http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234920978-148-revell-b-1b-lancer-oef-2012-finished/

Might give you an idea to what I mean.

Dave

[rom1]

Hi guys! thank you for passing by!

I'm sorry but anyone building an aircraft this big has to have a bigger dog than this, or maybe a pony ?

Good luck with the build goodness only knows where you are going to put it when it's finished, bomb bays open as a kennel maybe ?

Cheers Pat

you're right ^^ In fact, it is my parents dog.

And there is definitly no room for him in the bomb bays...

Looking good. Why do you use citadel as a primer? It doesn't bite into plastic at all.

yep... I'm not very happy with it.

but it seems for now that the paint layer is well stuck.

I hope Tamiya paint will be Ok on it...

Nice start! Good to see someone else tackling one of these. One thing you'll need to do is extend the CE exhaust out of the rear of the Nacelle by about 7mm as the Cutting Edge part is smaller in diameter than the kits' nacelle, then build up to the same level with filler.

Take a look at mine http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234920978-148-revell-b-1b-lancer-oef-2012-finished/

Might give you an idea to what I mean.

Dave

Thanks dave for the tip..

I saw that the exhausts cover are a bit short...

I thought I could use the kit exhausts to prolong those covers...

[Viper15]

Watching with interest, love the Bone! Great start.

[F-32]

Very smart, this is going to be impressive!

[GrahamS]

Recycling?

Recycling? No - just a dog looking for his bone

Graham

[Caerbannog]

Excellent!

I bought the kit when a Shop in Duesseldorf dramatically reduced the first release back in the early 80's. They had a pile of about 10 of these beasts and I had quite some work to simply get this one home. At that time I did not bother with dry fitting or putty and so completition was near ahead when I decided to use Revell spray paint... I always planned to restore and still have the parts. Very much later I decided to get the rereleased boxing and the extras you use here (plus resin Aces seats and white metal U/C) but still not started.

Needles to say: I will watch with great interest

Rene

[rom1]

Recycling? No - just a dog looking for his bone

Graham

[rom1]

Hi,

Here is the cockpit.

Base color is Humbrol 128, stain coated with Microscale varnish.

Then details are painted with Prince August Acrylics.

Basic works. That will be not so visible once the cockpit is sealed.

I did it in a single evening.

Was fun though...

Bye!!

ROmain

[S5 modeller]

Beautiful work in that cockpit, is thst all the kit details?

Getting one of these in a few days, so will be watching your build with interest and for reference.

Keep up the good work.

Matt

[Tomjw]

Beautiful work in that cockpit, is thst all the kit details?

Getting one of these in a few days, so will be watching your build with interest and for reference.

Keep up the good work.

Matt

A good choice Matt. You can still buy plenty of Eduard etch for it as well, if that is your thing.

Tom.

[rom1]

Hi guys,

Beautiful work in that cockpit, is thst all the kit details?
Getting one of these in a few days, so will be watching your build with interest and for reference.
Keep up the good work.

Matt

yess Mat. I just added seatbelts from eduard 48325.

These reference gives you front panels as well, but I decided to keep the kit ones.

A good choice Matt. You can still buy plenty of Eduard etch for it as well, if that is your thing.

Tom.

Actually Eduard released two sheets:

- 48325 for interior/exterior

- 48499 for the exhausts

Here you have a detailled list of Bone aftermarket:

http://www.small-wonder.org/Projects_Revell_B-1B.htm

bye