eng Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 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 39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIM REAPER Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Very nice! You did a fantastic job on the paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejay53 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 My gosh that does look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Great looking model beautifully finished thanks for sharing Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Lovely build Eng.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Now that's impressive! Great work. What paint ref. did you use for the grey as it looks absolutely spot on 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 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 👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Sweet build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 That looks like an awesome kit, I'm adding a couple to my wants list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Beautiful work mate. Stephen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Looks great Eng, lovely job! 🏆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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