1/72 B-52 stratofortress..

[Lee]

WOW........!!!!

[Gav0909]

Holy jebus that thing is huge! Got a place to display her yet?

[ridgers22]

Holy jebus that thing is huge! Got a place to display her yet?

only the floor for now gav haha.. think its going on the ceiling when shes done

[Paul]

That thing is immense

[ridgers22]

That thing is immense

cheers paul.. cant wait to see it finished.

final reveal pics will be a bit of a pain to get haha

[T3hGuppy]

WOW that is one big ass plane you got their.

Get job dude.

[ridgers22]

WOW that is one big ass plane you got their.

Get job dude.

thanks man

haha no wrong about a big ass plane

[EasyEight96]

Holly Molly that long and huge!!! Good job on the build my dad saw your post and he loves it so much cuz he had one too but earlier boxart and he can't stop talking about it lol

[ridgers22]

Holly Molly that long and huge!!! Good job on the build my dad saw your post and he loves it so much cuz he had one too but earlier boxart and he can't stop talking about it lol

thank you so much..glad your dad likes it lol.

just got aftermarket decals for this so should be getting on with things fairly soon

[schweinhund227]

Holly Molly that long and huge!!! Good job on the build my dad saw your post and he loves it so much cuz he had one too but earlier boxart and he can't stop talking about it lol

thank you so much..glad your dad likes it lol.

just got aftermarket decals for this so should be getting on with things fairly soon

GOOGLE Your decal code for the instructions....

they are on line..

take care buddy !

its a big Gal !

How are you going to treat the Wing Root ? after its painted ? going to be hard to hide or blend in !!!
let me know dude !

[ridgers22]

after dry fitting theres not that much of a gap. ill mask and use a little filler and paint it. a little weathering will sort the blend

thank you so much for the info on the decals its a big big help

[Jamesday1998]

Looking good!!!
That is one massive kit

[ridgers22]

Looking good!!!
That is one massive kit

haha thanks james.. wait till its all together.. i have no idea were its going lol but the weathering will have to be on the floor as it wont fit on my bench

[ridgers22]

just a really quick update... well for you guys... it was 3 nights work for me lol. Finally got the bombs all together and glued just sanding and priming then paint and should be all ready to go think i only go a pic before Assembly but hear e you go
Enjoy

only half the bombs


hopefully get more dont this week but lots off college work to catch up on. soo we will see

[snappercity]

Good to see one of these beasties being built...

[T3hGuppy]

Just a couple of bombs then lol

[SiDennis]

That's looking fantastic
Got your work cut with all those bombs mate!

[ridgers22]

thanks everyone

So update time again..

iv actually done alot on this. (well it feels like it )

firstly all the bombs are done. sanded and painted and put on were the should be.

iv also finished the undercarriage on the wings and put the wings on. there was a small gap at the join but nothing really to worry about just got the masking tape out and filled along the join. when dry i sanded them down and re-masked the join and painted. i wasnt too pleased with it so i loaded up the airbrush and did the whole brown section again. when that was dry i put a few more coats of Klear on and now shes all ready for decals..

enough blabbing here are the pics

Lots of bombs


More bombs


all in place


undercarriage


glueing the wings on


taping the join


join all filled


painting the join


and her in all her glory ready for decals



hope you enjoyed i think i will do 1 more update before the reveal

thanks guys
wayne

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

awesome!
Look at the size of that!
Love the camo and the bombs. ... a lot of bombs....

I recommend renting a hangar for the final reveal!
Great work mate, looking forward to reveal day

[UKscalemodeller]

Lots of work gone on here, I'm impressed

[T3hGuppy]

That is really a fantastic looking bird.

What green did you use on the camo? Really like that shade.

[ridgers22]

thanks guys slowly getting there

That is really a fantastic looking bird.

What green did you use on the camo? Really like that shade.

the green is raf dark green from tamiya XF-81

[T3hGuppy]

thanks guys slowly getting there

That is really a fantastic looking bird.

What green did you use on the camo? Really like that shade.

the green is raf dark green from tamiya XF-81

Cheers buddy

[ridgers22]

So this will be the last update before the reveal which im hoping will be next week depending on what time i have..

Not much to say on this one just the decals are on and they look good..Tthese are the warbird decals as the revel ones just fell apart in the water
These are pritty good decals but very hard to get rid of the silvering even with 2 coats of Klear and micro sol it just wouldnt move i hope the weathering will dull them right down but we will see.

anyways enough chatting heres the pics







Thats all guys... see you all in the final reveal

[Gav0909]

Looks awesome dude! Really nice work there, the decals look good.

[ridgers22]

cheers gav. Im not to happy with the decals, they just didnt want to sit nice BUT at least they didnt fall apart like the kit ones did