Revell 1/72 B1Lancer

[graham22]

Made a start on this one
Its for someone else so will be a rapid build

I've got one in my stash but its a poor fitting kit, not too impressed but it is big, very big
The cockpit has 4 moulded seats, pretty poor on the whole, but when the fuselage is joined together you can only see the pilots seats,
The wings go together OK but you need clamps to mate the edges
The fuselage is a fair fit but the join is quite prominent
The tail is OK
The engines, to be quite frank, are awful
Going to need filler and a lot of sanding to make a decent job
Its going to need quite a bit of nose weight to keep the nose wheel on the ground, (which I forgot to add) so will be drilling the nose to get done weights in
More soon

[UKguyInUSA]

If you're going to do a lot of filler, instead of sanding, use some nail varnish remover on a cotton bud / Q-Tip and wipe the excess off. I learned this trick from someone on YouTube last night, who told me to try t on my Airfix Junkers Ju87B-2 that needed filler on every joint. It works like magic, just wipes it away and saves sanding it all down which has the risk of losing surface details. All I had to do was gently sand the seams / joints themselves. What would have taken me a couple of hours to do took me 15 minutes!

Cheers,

Martin

[graham22]

Jumped forward a bit, added undercarriage and a 1st coat of paint

Added some camouflage

It's for a friend and he's asked for an RAF version..........so now it's a what if.......
Decals started

A mixture of the supplied decals and from the spares box

[graham22]

Nearly finished, just a coat of clear

[graham22]

Finished off the B1 tonight

And

Final photos tomorrow

[JudgeDredd]

Very nice.

That is one big model?

*mental note to self - don't go looking for a 1/24 B1:Lancer!*

[graham22]

Revell 1/72 B1-B Lancer
Built for my Daughter's other half - Whatif RAF colours