Alright Gentlemen,

some day back I started this monster



This is way too big compared to the kits I normally build



The span is 73cm = 28.74 inch - it won't fit into my display.



A lot of filler will went into this one

Just some preparation work

Close the holes from behind



Grease it or better wax it



Now some bathroom silicon cause the front bay is not even





fill the rest with plaster



and why all this? I think it's easier to detail them by replacing them completely - but not sure, whether I will use it or not ....

open the extra air doors



Oh you gods of styrene .... The canopy has the wrong side struts molded - well then, sand them off



OK, it looks like it could work .... only 2 hours of sanding and polishing



I pray for the god of Future, please help!

Ah and the moldings of the wheel and bomb bays are ready

it worked




so the prozess was:
sanding with a 600 grid, then 1200, then 3000, then with a nail polish set in 3 grades and last a bath in future

well, the destructive things are done .... well almost but today I started the engine intakes and the engines

oh well ... building the engines

the most fizzybizzy part

only 3 more to come, but not tonight

The engines I declare finished


The extra intakes (dont know how those are called ... auxillery intakes ???) are good enough I say



The left engine bay is still drying and the sandman crew has to take a look after that but I think it's ok now

Just one more to come

The left engines in place (just a dry fit)



dry fit of the intake



So now you know why all this

Nice scratch building that ones going to come out nice

Thanks a lot

and now on the exhausts

take some 0.5mm lead wire





press them firmly and you have rings

repeat that for other diameters



and on without words













repeat that four times and you have



right, 4 exhausts

and a dress up check

still looking good

I'm with you there Justin. Martin you are doing some really nice scratchbuilding here !!

Thanks a lot Gents!

I managed to finish the legs - so here all three



now on to the gear bays

Looking very good Martin, some very good additional details you are scratch building. Keep up the good work.
All the best.
tim

Thanks

and now the cockpit:

Cockpit looks really good! They even have space for a beer refrigerator in the back?

Thanks a lot!

some steps further

Nice build Martin! You use some really interesting techniques that could come in handy future projects.

Following this one with interest!



Magnus

Thanks a lot Magnus!

Well the last weeks I just sanded, filled, sanded and so forth - but now:

Have I said it already? This thing is damn huge!


But anyway, the first two of the grays are on

Hello Martin,

I just stumbled across your big B-2... nice work so far! Have you already thought about where to put it when it is finished? Das Ding nimmt ordentlich Platz weg...

Servus,

Sebastian

Thanks Sebastian! No I havent thought of where to put it in the end - we'll see

I got the first grays on to the underside







Well those main gray is darker in real, so I tried to tint the pic down



This comes closer

Thanks for stepping by

OK - the underside I declare done



well in the meaning of painting .... those 5 holes are still to be treated

more at my blog: http://malepo.blogspot.com/

Wow Martin! Great big bird there isn't she? Thought I would post my version of the progenitor of this aircraft. The Northrop XB-35. Russell





P.S. My finish I had problems with, but the size of the machine is sure impressive to me.

Don't you love the flying wing design, whether it was Jack Northrop here in the U.S. or Reimar and Walter Horten in Germany, great looking aircraft one and all.

Still enjoying watching martin.I looked at your blog and your dios are impressive and well thought out continue plz its going to be nice when finished

Thanks you both!

very nice XB-35, Russel. Mine is still laying here .... well some day when I'm refreshed from this B-2 monster.

@Justin, yes I will continue but this will take a while ...