jbryan911 Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 Academy's excellent 1/144 B-1B. Out of the box except for Wolfpack's 3D printed burner cans (a must I think). Primed with Mr Surfacer 1500. Main color was AK Real color Gunship Grey with Tamiya LP for the various other panels. The AK sprayed nicely mixed with Mr Leveling thinner. Decals were out of the box, printed by Cartograph. Weathering was mostly with AK Oil brushers and Abteilung oils. Duke Hawkins book on the B-1 proved an excellent reference. Inspiration for the build came from the Wings of Blue podcast with the Gen Richard Clark, Superintendent of the Air Force Academy. His crew earned several awards over Baghdad during OIF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluedot25 Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 Nicely done…! The “patchwork” finish and weathering looks very good..!👍👍👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 Impressive In-Flight display! The weathering is very authentic. -Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted March 1, 2025 Share Posted March 1, 2025 Glad you added her to the Case, nicely done. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jbryan911 Posted March 1, 2025 Author Share Posted March 1, 2025 Thanks All! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted March 2, 2025 Share Posted March 2, 2025 Wow that's terrific! Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted March 3, 2025 Share Posted March 3, 2025 Yes! Absolutely beautiful. I especially like the alternating light/dark petals painted on the inside of the burner cans! Uncanny! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jbryan911 Posted March 5, 2025 Author Share Posted March 5, 2025 On 3/2/2025 at 9:02 PM, Dutch said: Yes! Absolutely beautiful. I especially like the alternating light/dark petals painted on the inside of the burner cans! Uncanny! As Bob Ross would say it ended up being a happy accident. I used one of the new AK pens for the ceramic petals, but it bled under the masking tape. I used some Tamiya X20a thinner to try and clean it up and ended up with something resembling the real thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flagon21 Posted March 6, 2025 Share Posted March 6, 2025 Such beautiful build Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted March 8, 2025 Share Posted March 8, 2025 On 3/5/2025 at 2:45 PM, jbryan911 said: As Bob Ross would say it ended up being a happy accident. I used one of the new AK pens for the ceramic petals, but it bled under the masking tape. I used some Tamiya X20a thinner to try and clean it up and ended up with something resembling the real thing. I'll have to try that technique! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted March 29, 2025 Share Posted March 29, 2025 Can't believe I missed this one. Beautiful work on your B-ONE. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Garelli Posted March 29, 2025 Share Posted March 29, 2025 Looks great, really nice work on the weathering! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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