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Cockpit of B-2 Spirit
Cockpit of B-2 Spirit
start of making of 16 bombs
16 bombs for B-2 spirit
bombbay and undercarriage bays in paint
adding metallic details for bays
its strange bug 😄
bomb bay with metdetails set
bomb bay with metdetails set
bomb bay with metdetails set
size comparison of B-2 Spirit with MiG-29 and F-16C
painted bombs
Bombs mounted on RLA
Bombs mounted on RLA
completing wheels
added 5gram weight to the front to improve balance
Bottom half of fuselage with gear bays and bomb bay glued into.
Some metallic details on front top
fitting of lower halfs of wings
fitting of upper halfs of wings
upper wing fitment
lower wing fitment
both halfs of aircraft
after fitting of wings model became tailheavy so i added more weight to the front
total added front balance is 20grams
painted wheels
test fitment of upper and lower half together is not bad
painted landing gear (revel satin white over alclad2 chrome)
painted engine exhausts (thin coat of alclad2 burnt iron over flat black primer)
Landing gear ready
finaly glue top and bottom halfs together
whole model in Mr finishing surfacer 1500 black
whole model in Mr finishing surfacer 1500 black
RAM paint in some areas
preparing exhausts and refuel hub for final alclad paint
paint almost done
decaling of those walkways was real pain
not that much decals on the bottom side
landing gear fitted. Mains were a bit tricky, but after I've drilled holes on one side to slide it in it was not that much problem.
almost finished from back
exhausts painted in Alclad II Burnt Iron
all decals in place
I need to polish out aquagloss over windows its a bit foggy
all those photoedge details in gearbays and bombays gives model a bit more interest
Kommentarer
26 2 October 2022, 23:04
Scot RThanks for sharing your progress Lukas. I have the AMP kit on my stash. Have you found the fit pretty good, or do you see a lot of body fill on those wing sections?
4 October 2022, 17:24
Lukáš SýkoraScot R, thanks for interest.
Fitment generally isnt that bad, BUT almost every part has some flash and big moldlines (some more than milimeter) that had to be adressed to correctly fit parts together.
Also i found some mistakes in the instructions. Strongly advise dryfit everything together and check twice before even looking for glue.
For example in the instructions there is point where you are suposed to glue cockpit to the bomb bay which is totall wrong. Cockpit itself has to be glued to the upper half of fusellage (there is even location tab for it) also there are no part numbers on sprues only visual reference for numbers is sprue callout in the instructions. and there is not mentioned what part numbers are engine intake parts for left or right side (they looks similar but are not and does not fit properly if mixed up.)
5 October 2022, 22:26
