Academy 1/144 B-1B straight from the box

[eng]

Evening all, 

 

Recently completed Academy's new tool 1/144 B-1B, a truly superb rendition of this impressive bomber. The kits almost a snap fit build with beautiful surface detailing, lovely decals, canopy masks and the finished article looks every inch a B-1B. Finished straight from the box with Tamiya and Vallejo paints. If you're limited for space this is a beautiful way to still have a B-1 in the collection. GWH's 1/144 B-52H's up next on the bench.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All comments most welcome,

 

Hope you like her, fits on my shelf better than a Revell 1/48 one would.

 

Eng

[GRIM REAPER]

Very nice! You did a fantastic job on the paint!

[Bejay53]

 Dry cool. I did one a few months ago.

1/144 usually not my preferred scale, but I wouldn’t have room for a 1/72 (if you can find one).

[SAT69]

My gosh that does look good!

[Team Aer Lingus]

Great looking model beautifully finished 

 

thanks for sharing

 

Eamonn

[swralph]

Lovely build Eng.😀

[Sky Keg]

Wow Eng!!!! I really like your B-1 displayed here.  I need to turn my attention towards the kit in the “stash” after my current project.  

 

Mike

[binbrook87]

Now that's impressive! Great work. What paint ref. did you use for the grey as it looks absolutely spot on 👍

[dnl42]

That looks most excellent! 

 

19 hours ago, eng said:

... a truly superb rendition ... almost a snap fit ... beautiful surface detailing, lovely decals, canopy masks ...

Just what I need, more pressure to add to my stash. 

[eng]

1 hour ago, binbrook87 said:

Now that's impressive! Great work. What paint ref. did you use for the grey as it looks absolutely spot on 👍

 

I did say it was Tamiya paints I used earlier but I think the overall colour was Mr Hobby Aqueous Hobby Color H305 (FS36118) but I added a couple of drops of white for scale effect. It was pre-shaded with Tamiya Rubber Black and I used a further lightened main colour to pick out a few panels to break up the plain finish, you can see this on the shot taken from the tail end. 

 

Thanks you all for the kind comments, the only thing I should have paid a bit more attention to is the long seam either side of the nose, its not too noticeable but could have done with a little bit more work. Braces inside might be the way forward with this. Other than that its a lovely, straight forward kit to build.

 

Eng

[binbrook87]

15 minutes ago, eng said:

 

I did say it was Tamiya paints I used earlier but I think the overall colour was Mr Hobby Aqueous Hobby Color H305 (FS36118) but I added a couple of drops of white for scale effect. It was pre-shaded with Tamiya Rubber Black and I used a further lightened main colour to pick out a few panels to break up the plain finish, you can see this on the shot taken from the tail end. 

 

Thanks you all for the kind comments, the only thing I should have paid a bit more attention to is the long seam either side of the nose, its not too noticeable but could have done with a little bit more work. Braces inside might be the way forward with this. Other than that its a lovely, straight forward kit to build.

 

Eng

That's great. Thanks for the tips! Results certainly speak for themselves 👍👍

[Screech]

Sweet build!

[F-32]

That looks like an awesome kit, I'm adding a couple to my wants list!

[Stephen]

Beautiful work mate.

 

Stephen

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

Looks great Eng, lovely job! 🏆