B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, Revell 1/72

[themongoose]

Not a LSP but this baby is bigger than my 1/32 PhantomII! My daughter loved the real plane at the USAF Museum in Dayton. She had my wife look all over for it online so I did my best to make a quality build out of it. Surprisingly the seems are really tight on this. lacking detail but hey that's what painting skills are for :-)

So Revell released this before the public unveiling. They tried to predict what it might look like. Not so close. I took pics from the real Spirit, pulled out every decal sheet I own and found individual decals that would make a legit looking bomber. 

I tried to get some better shots outside tonight to show the weathering I did. Somewhat better. I think in the end though I was a little too heavy with the top coat of grimey black and splotches of tire black. Next time even less of a covering would show off the weathering better. 

I tried this in B&W to see if it shows better online

Next here's some glamour shots...

I think this one shows the weathering the best

 

And the pièce de résistance, a bronze award at the Cincinnati Scale Modelers Show last weekend!

Edited October 24, 2019 by themongoose

[chrish]

Nicely done!

[Uncarina]

I hadn’t seen this before, but it is very distinctive! Great work and detailing.

 

Cheers,  Tom

[Gazzas]

Very well done!