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1/48 Revell b-1B Lancer

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  • Member since
    May 2006
  • From: Chapin, South Carolina
1/48 Revell b-1B Lancer
Posted by Shipwreck on Monday, September 2, 2024 11:30 AM

I am about to embark on a B-1B build. Does anyone know about how many hours that I willl need to invest into this build?

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Monday, September 2, 2024 10:56 PM

Depends on how elaborate you want to get and how well you can handle and work with large plastic sections like the fuselage.  There is a B-1 builder's group on Facebook and most of them are taking more than a year of calendar time. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/510129559386191/

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    April 2020
Posted by Eaglecash867 on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 6:58 AM

Only one way to know for sure.  Wink

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  • Member since
    May 2011
  • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Posted by Real G on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 1:21 PM

The big old Revell B-1B is kind of like Polar Light's 1/350 USS Enterprise Refit; both can lead to epic builds but the road is long.  The B-1 kit came out at a time when the real thing was undergoing changes from the B-1A to B-1B.  Thus some details do not represent a production B-1B model.

Off the top of my head, major changes to the real thing included deleteion of the crew escape capsule, changes to the engine inlet design, and simplification of the overwing fairings.  The engine inlets were originally designed to accomodate Mach-2 dash speed, but the B-1B sacrificed that for stealthier inlet trunking to suit the low-level penetration misison.

But if you choose to build it without any corrections/modifications, it is still a beast of a kit!  Buy lots of spray paint!

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