Revell B-2 "Spirit" Commission Build

Bergemot Decal sheet 

Sanding / re-rescribing all the raised panel lines  

Sanding the entire model smooth to get rid of the hills and valleys of the molding process  

Sanding the entire model smooth to get rid of the hills and valleys of the molding process (darker areas are all low spots) 

Filling engine bay panel gaps with Vallejo acrylic putty. This stuff is phenomenal! 

Windscreen dipped in clear Future and masked 

Windscreen glued in with Krystal Kleer 

Fairing in the windscreen with Vallejo putty 

 

Cockpit installed. Flattened Lead fishing weights glued to the rear cockpit bulkhead with Sprue Goo 

Upper and lower fuselage halves glued together  

“Wingtips” glued on 

This big step in the joint must be scraped and sanded smooth  

I drilled a hole in the weapons bay for a chopstick for painting  

Sanding highlights other low spots 

All smooth and primed 

Leading edges painted black 

And masked off 

Homemade pinwash applied to the landing gear and doors 

Landing gear is complete  

Engine exhaust areas masked and airbrushed black 

Orange peel and overspray smoothed-out with #0000 steel wool, followed by an Isopropyl Alcohol wipe-down prior to clear coating.  

Tamiya gloss rattle can clear; in preparation for decals.  

Highlighting the panel lines with a homemade pin wash made from Odorless , Turpenoid and brown and black artist oil paints. 

Vallejo matte Mecha varnish Applied. The final coat was just dusted on about 6 inches away to achieve a flat finish instead of Matte.  

I got the landing gear installed and put the final flat finish applied. She’s not completely flawless, but I think she turned out pretty damn good! The customer is very pleased. 

I used gunship gray 36118 instead of the actual aircraft color 36099. I wanted it to have “scale effect“ and not look black. 

It actually placed first at my local model club’s annual contest. Soon, it will go home with the colleague who commissioned me to build it