Howdy guys and gals,
Ok, well its been about two weeks since my last model and since I have a Dr's. appointment tomorrow I thought i would build atleast one plane today.
So, Todays build is of the Rockwell B-1B "Lancer" Strategic Bomber. This model was part of an old Monogram "Dual combo" kit which included both the B-1 and an F-16 (I havent built the F-16 yet).
This kit is abit harder to find now a days but you can still find it online at places like: Old Model Kits: Aurora, Revell, Monogram and other rare and out of production model kits .
Below is a photo of the box art:
And below is my build sitting on the driveway as usual:
This model is huge when completed even at 1:72 scale. Its fun to assemble although having built it several times before, I opted to leave off the cruise missiles on this build. Having seen this aircraft many times at various airshows, the plane just looks better w/o the missiles. Another thing, I have seen the green and gray camo pattern on one of these birds at an airshow, but for the most part, you see this bird in a dark gray which I tried to replicate here with a krylon rattle can.
Have a good day and thanks for looking,
Greg
ps: this will look pretty neat behind the KC-135 Straottanker i am considering building next :grinball2:
Ok, well its been about two weeks since my last model and since I have a Dr's. appointment tomorrow I thought i would build atleast one plane today.
So, Todays build is of the Rockwell B-1B "Lancer" Strategic Bomber. This model was part of an old Monogram "Dual combo" kit which included both the B-1 and an F-16 (I havent built the F-16 yet).
This kit is abit harder to find now a days but you can still find it online at places like: Old Model Kits: Aurora, Revell, Monogram and other rare and out of production model kits .
Below is a photo of the box art:
And below is my build sitting on the driveway as usual:
This model is huge when completed even at 1:72 scale. Its fun to assemble although having built it several times before, I opted to leave off the cruise missiles on this build. Having seen this aircraft many times at various airshows, the plane just looks better w/o the missiles. Another thing, I have seen the green and gray camo pattern on one of these birds at an airshow, but for the most part, you see this bird in a dark gray which I tried to replicate here with a krylon rattle can.
Have a good day and thanks for looking,
Greg
ps: this will look pretty neat behind the KC-135 Straottanker i am considering building next :grinball2:
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