B1 bomber paint

[lawman56]

Hi all, I know this really isn't a large scale question, but I need some help. Does anyone know where I can find decent pics if the early to mid 90s green/green/charcoal paint scheme for a B1? I've scoured the internet and all the pics are either of a grey scheme or too dark to see the demarcation lines. I can't even find a pic of Revell's 1/48 color call outs. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[is it windy yet?]

I think the scheme was called charcoal lizard, and was also used on f-15e

[geedubelyer]

and was also used on f-15e

 

 

Nearly.........

 

The three tone lizard cammo paint scheme was applied to 71-291, the McDD technology demonstrator. That airframe was used to demonstrate the Strike Eagle concept. Production F-15E's have always been Gunship grey.

 

It was also used on C-5's, C-141's plus early A-10's though.

 

HTH

Edited September 13, 2013 by geedubelyer

[jenshb]

The B-1 in the strategic scheme was not the same "Europe 1" scheme. The colours in "Europe 1" were two greens and a grey - the B-1 (like other SAC bombers at the time) were two grays and a green: FS34086, FS36081 and FS36118. The Detail and Scale book has schematic drawings of the camouflage pattern and is highly recommended also for detailing your model.

 

Jens

[DoogsATX]

Curious. What exactly is "Gunship Quality" paint? Is that like the USDA beef-grading system, only for paint?

 

"Nah, you don't want Artillery Spotter Quality...spend the extra few bucks on Gunship Quality paint...that's the good stuff right there!"

[Gauge1]

Curious. What exactly is "Gunship Quality" paint? Is that like the USDA beef-grading system, only for paint?

 

"Nah, you don't want Artillery Spotter Quality...spend the extra few bucks on Gunship Quality paint...that's the good stuff right there!"

 

Now that's some funny $#it right there...

[lawman56]

Thanks fo all the help. So far I've got the correct paints, now I just need to try to get the pattern proportions right. Did I mention this B1 is in 1/144 scale? I figure I'll be cross-eyed once I'm done, but it's a memorial that a friend asked me to do.

 

He used to be the electrician for B1b 86-0106, which crashed into a mountain in Texas back in 1992 with a loss of all 4 of the crew. He stayed back at Ellsworth, and had to go down there to help clean it up.

 

A few years ago he purchased the Lindberg B1, since he has no room for the Revell monster, and asked me to replicate his old bird. So you can see why I want this to be perfect.

[jenshb]

The Lindberg kit doesn't get a good write-up in the Detail&Scale book on the B-1.  It has numerous shape problems and is representative of a B-1A (one of the first three with the escape capsule).  A better starting point will be to use the Monogram 1:144 kit which is a B-1B to start with.  OK, it's a Snap-tite kit and doesn't come with landing gear (stand is provided, but you could take the gear from a Minicraft kit if you're building it on the ground).  There are some wrong shapes and features too, but nothing like the Lindberg kit - which you will have to spend a lot of time to convert into a B-1B while fixing problems.

 

Jens