UberDaveToo Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 ...At least to me. Ā Looky here what Santa (in the guise of the United States Postal Service) brung meš! Ā Ā Ā Even the decals are in decent shape! Ā Ā Maybe I can send in the "Young Astronaut" application in for "Space Cowboy" type geezers... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpacecraftGuy Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) That is a lovely monster of a kit. I built it when it was re-released, and I was not great at building and finishing monster kits back then. It's been since disassembled and stripped it back to bare plastic pending scribing and a bit of detailing. It has no cockpit to speak of, something that the aftermarket has never cured. There's a great article in an old Fine Scale Modeler (March 2010?? (Ā I disassembed my B-52 13 years ago and haven't done anything with it since??) by someone who really did a nice job on finishing the thing. The kit decals are super basic. Someone did make a decal set for the 1/72 carriers, but they're long out of production. I've been trying to draft my own. A slow, faltering WIP. I'll see if I can attach an low-res image of some of the markings here. If you open the image in a new tab, you can enlarge it just enough to read the names of the ground crew. They're my space modelling inspirations. Boy, just looking at the mission drop markings already have me breaking out in a cold sweat. What a chore they were...Ā Merry Christmas and Happy Building! Edited December 19, 2023 by SpacecraftGuy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bo105flyer Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Cutting Edge madeĀ a set of B-52A "Balls Three" decals that are now being sold by Fine Art of Decals (same guy but new business after his divorce); CED72111 NB-52A āBalls Threeā checkout fineartofdecals.comĀ Ā they are a bit pricey at $34 Ā Hope this helps, Steve Sliger Greenwell Springs, LA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 58 minutes ago, Bo105flyer said: Cutting Edge madeĀ a set of B-52A "Balls Three" decals that are now being sold by Fine Art of Decals (same guy but new business after his divorce); CED72111 NB-52A āBalls Threeā checkout fineartofdecals.comĀ Ā they are a bit pricey at $34 Ā Hope this helps, Steve Sliger Greenwell Springs, LA Ā The site says the 1/72 sheet is sold out. He has the same markings in 1/144 that is "down to the last few sets" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bo105flyer Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 32 minutes ago, habu2 said: Ā The site says the 1/72 sheet is sold out. He has the same markings in 1/144 that is "down to the last few sets" Well, I just put that sheet in my cart and when I went to check out it did not say anything about being sold out. Ā Steve Sliger Greenwell Springs, LA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bo105flyer Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 18 minutes ago, Bo105flyer said: Well, I just put that sheet in my cart and when I went to check out it did not say anything about being sold out. Ā Steve Sliger Greenwell Springs, LA I just saw where it is sold out. Too bad, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Looks like someone stole your joy....Ā ššš Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpacecraftGuy Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) That's why I started drafting my own - I really want to re-do my NB-52 as Balls 8 and he was long sold out of it in 1/72. And, besides, it's kind of fun researching and coming up with different and additional markings. Tho' I may have to do some extra markings Balls 3 for my Atlantis rerelease. But it looks like this winter weather season I'm just going to try to get my set of shuttle decals finished. All that's left is the top of the nose area and I'm busy trying to match my drafting to the compound curves.Ā It has been a many January/February's project. Time to get it done. Ā Ā Edited January 15 by SpacecraftGuy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bo105flyer Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 23 hours ago, habu2 said: Looks like someone stole your joy....Ā ššš Didnāt steal my joy, I have a set of their 1/72 B-52 Balls 8 decals already. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 'twas a bit of flashback humor..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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