AREA 88 : "Break The Big Leg" (B-1B)Vista: Presentazione Mosaico Elenco 1October 10, 2018That's a pretty big box! 2October 10, 2018That’s probably because the sprues in the box are quite large as well... 3October 10, 2018This time, let's start with the cockpit... painted two shades of grey. 4October 12, 2018Seats and pilots painted, control panel decal applied...looks alright. 5October 12, 2018Looks like everyhing fits... the black dash sits a bit low for my liking, but I’m not going to worry about it. Once the window is masked and painted, very little will be visible anyway. 6October 14, 2018Now for the engines, drilled holes for the LEDs. The fit was a bit tight, but not really a problem. 7October 14, 2018Next up is wiring up the LEDs for the afterburners. With a 5v power supply, we’ll need some resistors. 180ohms should work fine. 8October 14, 2018Looks like they’ll fit. Time for some paint. 9October 14, 2018Thought about painting the wires, but there’s no need. They won’t be seen. 10October 14, 2018Huzzah! We have light! Maybe a bit too much judging by how it’s shining through the plastic. 11December 6, 2018Time to wire up the insides. Have to make sure the wires don't obstruct the swing of the wings. 12December 6, 2018interior painted black to prevent see-through. 13December 6, 2018glued the rest of the fuselage together. Don't tell anyone I forgot to put the caps on the wing pivots... 14December 6, 2018Quick check to make sure the lights still work... thankfully they do! 15December 12, 2018Windows masked, first round of putty, sanding and a coat of paint complete... needs more work. 16March 30, 2019Nothing like an early preview release. No doubt where this box came from! 17March 30, 2019The sprues... are fabulous! 18March 30, 2019...and there's lots of them! 19March 30, 2019Started cutting out the big pieces. 20April 2, 2019Have to sort out the cockpit and the engines again. Luckily I saved the electronics. 21April 4, 2019Not really sure what colour to paint the engine interiors... Tamiya Dark Iron seemed a good bet. 22April 4, 2019Engine interiors assembled and wire holes drilled out. 23April 4, 2019The control panel decals are awesome! 24April 4, 2019Cockpit assembled, Saki and his co-pilot are seated and ready for takeoff. 25April 4, 2019Main assembly just waiting on a bit of sanding on the engine nacelles. 26April 6, 2019Engines sanded and the main fuselage is assembled. 27April 6, 2019A few more extras. I’m not sure there’s enough bombs... 😉 28April 6, 2019Ok. Good. The lights still work. Whew! 29April 7, 2019Masking on the canopy... I’m in love with die-cut masks! 30April 7, 2019Under shading done... let’s hope this works. 31April 13, 2019A few coats of white paint, and voila! The shading is there, but subtle... I’m calling it a win. 32April 14, 2019The panel line wash was much easier with these fine details. 33April 14, 2019Mounted and ready to go! I had a bit of trouble with wrinkles on the base decal, but no one will notice, right? 34April 14, 2019Now for the decals! 35April 15, 2019Decals on... a few bubbles here and there, but I think I can smooth them out. 36April 15, 2019The decals really make this baby pop! 37April 15, 2019Lights all wired up... afterburners are go! 38April 15, 2019And there's the family group picture. 39April 16, 2019 40April 16, 2019 41April 16, 2019 42April 16, 2019 43April 16, 2019 44April 16, 2019 45April 16, 2019 46April 16, 2019 47April 16, 2019 48April 16, 2019 Commenti21 May 2024, 14:43 - Album infoA second attempt at building the B-1 Bomber from Area 88AREA 88 : "Break The Big Leg"122 immagini1:144CompletatoTutti gli albumVisualizza tutti gli album »