Revell 1/72 B-1B Lancer

[EasyEight96]

Hi guys first I would like to say sorry for posting a few bombers and never done any progress on it. After a long consideration I've decided to build this monster


This kit is a very huge one and I'm just imagine how is their 1/48 offering. As this is an old kit it has raised panel lines and annoying thick sprues to cut out
Anyway here is what's inside the box.

Manual


Fuselage


Wings


Cruise missiles


Engines


Canopy


Decals






I'll be doing one of the scheme during the year 1996 as its my favourite year as I'm born in that year lol




That's all for now will log in my progress in 1 days time

Matt

[HistoryRider]

Oooooooooh a BONE!!!

Thus one will be fun to watch!!!!

[rip1978]

like to see this kit coming together.

[T3hGuppy]

This looks like a really nice kit.

Looking forward to your work on it.

[Paul]

Yeah that's a monster, look forward to seeing it started

[graham22]

I've got 2 of these to build
I'll watch with interest

[UKscalemodeller]

Ohhhh thats a big 'un

[snappercity]

Good luck on this.

[EasyEight96]

Thank you guys I'll post my progress tomorrow as the computer is down and my dad is busy repairing it now. I promise no abandoning this time I'll make I wake up early and post it

[DBMiller]

Yea! A B-1! I was hoping someone would build one of these! I've seen them at airshows and they are a treat in a high speed pass! One of the 2 aircraft at the show where the announcer warned about the noise. The other was the harrier while hovering.

[EasyEight96]

Wow I didn't know it was that loud Thanks for the knowledge about it and the Harrier too

OK as I promised here is the update.

I didn't done anything on the cockpit yet as I'm waiting for paints to arrive here's the shot of the cockpit before painting(Note the pic was taken at grandma's house in the afternoon)



Later when I got home I assembled the engines and there were massive gaps on both so after some sanding I applied tamiya liquid surfacer


After letting it to dry for few hours I sanded it down and this is the result


While I was waiting I started assembling the wings and it's not an easy job but at the end I still manage to tackle that problem and dry fitted the wings onto the fuselage


Cruise missiles assembled




Landing gears assembled and dry fitted the wheels looks awesome


Tail wing assembled too fitting was bad I need to use a lot of clamps here was the result quite nice but still needs filler



That's all from yesterday and nights work on the Bone tomorrow will start painting the cockpit and weathering it

Cheers
Matt

[HistoryRider]

Looks fun! Keep it up!! Those variable wing geometry kits are "fun"

[T3hGuppy]

Not very well armed lol

Great update dude.

Coming along nice.

[LudvigN]

I have to say, that decal sheet looks to be a whopper for 1/72, probably the biggest I have ever seen Loving this build

[Jamesday1998]

Good update!
The cockpit interior looks pretty good and this has to be one of largest 1:72 I have seen!

[EasyEight96]

Thank you for your wonderful comments guys I didn't did any progress today as I when do the hobby store today as a surprise from my dad

[EasyEight96]

Update

I painted up the cockpit using tamiya xf-24



I lost my photos of the cockpit fully painted so sorry.

Fuselage assembled. Needs lots of clamps


Letting it to dry for a day and added the tail and tail wings







Finally I put in the engines

[T3hGuppy]

Looking cracking dude.