Ok, well here goes. I have decided to put everything else on hold and join this campaign. I am going to (attempt to) build Revell's 1:48 B-1B Lancer.
Ive just opened the box and am staggered at the size of the thing!! and am currently wondering what I've let myself in for!!

Wish me luck people and i will post some pics on here as I go

Hi James

GOOD LUCK!! I am procrastinating that project for quite a while already ... luckily I have more than sufficient others .

Will you do it OOB or do you have a tom of AM for it (I lack the Cutting Edge Nozzles, which is a good argument to further postpone it ) but OTOH I have the Eduard Set, Eduard Nozzles set, SHull ALE-50 Towed Decoy and I bet there is some more in the huge box

so again Good Luck!

cheers

Steffen

I bought this in a moment of madness back in june and have put off starting it until now although im thinking im going to regret putting it off as I have just read a review by someone who built it and it took them 8 months to complete!!

Im planning on building it out of the box

OOB is fine, don't let the online reviews put you off. Alto it does need the usual putty sand putty routine the only thing that makes it a pain is the size of the seams. The only part I really had any problems with was fitting the forward fus. to the rest of it.

Personally I didn't like the weapons load out so I did the bay doors closed rather than spend the money for cruise missle replacements (cheap sod that I am )

Cutting Edge is out of buisness and has been for over a year now so dont hold your breath waiting for their engine nozzles to come onto the market again

The only AM that I did use where Quick Boost (I think ) F-15 Turkey Feather nozzles Same engines in both planes now, and the effect is well worth the extra bucks.

Last bit of advise Instructions say C cell battery in the nose to off set the weight. With the wings swept back, it's still a tail sitter, Go with 2 D cells

Later

Good luck with this mate, i've built the Dragon 144 offering, and i was surprised by the size of that, in quarter scale it must be monster. Can't wait to see it built..

Andy

Thanks for the advice and encouragement guys, i may well be calling on you for more over the next few months!! lol

Ok, done a bit of work in the last few days and felt it was time to update, so here goes



Inside of the forward fuselage, painted and ready to go







I didnt go into that much detail in the cockpit as people have said it's quite difficult to see it when the model is completed



Inside of the front wheel bay

And finally.............



My new best friend!!

More to follow when I get some more time

Just a quick update as I've not managed to get much done

Filled the space behind the rear bulkhead and behind the radar bulkhead with fishing weights and plasicene to try to get it to sit on the nosewheel and glued the two halves of the fuselage together



The nose-cone is removable to allow the radar assembly to be shown off






Completed front wheel bay

I'm pleased with this kit so far, the detail is good and (touch wood) have had no fitting issues

More to follow, although I'm working quite a bit this week so doubt much progress will be made

OK, done a bit more his week, turns out I was at work less than I thought so i managed to do more than I was expecting

I have made the undercarriage for the front wheels, made 16 SRAM Missiles and the two rotary launchers and started painting them, made the 2 bomb bays, the main wheel bay and also glued the wings together

















Any comments or tips are more than welcome

Have a good week, more to follow

Just wanted to give you a heads up on the rear landing gear make sure they sit in there place and have plenty of time to dry.This is where all the weight sits and if not they will just fold under.Looking good so far

Nice work so far. I built one of these monsters when I was 12 years old had to hang it from my bedroom ceiling because there was no room for it anywhere else.

Have completed the tail unit for the Lancer. The stabilisers are joined and can move, howevere down (as shown) appears to be their default position.







Hope you are liking it so far

Dry fitted the weapons load to the rotary launcher and sprayed gloss white, then removed the missiles and painted tail fins and bands on the missile body

Also sprayed long range fuel tank in the 3rd bomb bay and fitted that in place

I have got the top and bottom halves of the fuselage centre glued together and im impressed (but also scared) at how big the model is!!

A couple of issues where the seams did not sit together right, think that is due to the size of it, but with a bit of filler they won't show

















Comments welcome as always

Hi all, been a long time since i posted anything here and have made a lot of progress so here are some pics to show what ive been doing


The whole model glued together


Close-up showing the seam around the cockpit joining the rest of the fuselage


Underside of the model


Model with base coat of green on


Covered large areas of green with maskol to protect when painting the grey


Grey on and maskol off to reveal camo paint scheme






Wheels on and sitting on a mirror to reveal detail underneath

Not too much left to do now, got bomb-bay / undercarriage bay doors to paint and fix and then decals to apply

Any comments / pointers welcome

Completed pictures of the Lancer

I broke the tailplane off as i moved it to take pictures so it is missing from the final pictures

Hope you like

















Its been quite a long build but I have enjoyed doing it. The only issue now is where to store it!!

Lovely work. The detailing on the wheel bays is particularly nice!

Thanks.
Took 4 months to build. Think i go for something a bit smaller and easier next time though

Judging from the nose art, the crew must be fans of Judas Priest?

NIce work! That's thing really is quite huge.