jrlx Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Hello, I've recently finished Academy's 1/260 B-1 "Excalibur". It's a simple and relatively old kit. My aim with this build was just to test the "black base" technique. Accuracy was not an objective. The kit resembles a B-1 but there are some inaccuracies, like the nose pitot tube. The camouflage was delimited by hand using rolls of blu-tak, which took a lot of time. It was based on photographs, so it isn't especially accurate either. Painting of the aircraft was done by airbrush, using Gunze acrylics over Alclad Black Primer and Microfiller. Only the exhausts were painted by paintbrush. The stand was painted Alcald Steel. The WIP is here. So, without further ado, here are the pictures of the build. IMAG6795 IMAG6796 IMAG6797 IMAG6798 IMAG6799 IMAG6800 IMAG6802 IMAG6803 IMAG6804 IMAG6806 IMAG6807 IMAG6808 Thanks for looking. Cheers Jaime 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very nice. Some of these "Box Scale" kits build up realy well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, John_W said: Very nice. Some of these "Box Scale" kits build up realy well. Thanks John. It's an easy kit to build. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very nice Jaime - your usual attention to detail gave the usual great result! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, CedB said: Very nice Jaime - your usual attention to detail gave the usual great result! Thank you very much Ced! Very kind as usual Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan_Farsight Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Nice work! How big does this work out to be then at 1/260? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Kushan_Farsight said: Nice work! How big does this work out to be then at 1/260? Thanks! It's about 17 cm long, with a wingspan of about 14 cm. Same wingspan of a Spitfire Mk I in 1/72 but a bit longer. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, RMCS said: Lovley Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Very nicely done Jaime!! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 28 minutes ago, PlaStix said: Very nicely done Jaime!! Kind regards, Stix Hi Stix! Thank you very much! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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