Bone in early camo

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April 22, 2022
Lower fuselage half was damage during process of sealing the plastic bag ?
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April 22, 2022
Only one solution.........surgery!
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April 22, 2022
Offending section was removed, required a lot of filling and sanding to rectify.
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April 22, 2022
Position lights were drilled out, filled with PVA, painted silver then covered with more PVA.
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April 22, 2022
Same process for the wingtip nav lights.
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April 22, 2022
canopy masked (but in the end I painted the windows black).
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April 22, 2022
Ready for priming, along with YF-22 & YF-23 for size comparison.
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April 22, 2022
Camo pattern.
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April 22, 2022
Freehanded the camo (overall grey FS36081 with gunship grey FS36118 underside & green FS34086 upper surfaces) I used AV 71-258/71-055 & 71-294.
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April 22, 2022
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April 22, 2022
"American Flyer"
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April 22, 2022
Decal sheet; in the end I didn't use many of the decals as this build will be relegated to the background.

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2 22 April 2022, 08:34

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Let's say this build will be OK placed in the rear of the cabinet! Snapfit kit with heavy details, raised panel lines, more representative of the B-1A's which were modified to B-1B configuration in 1983.

B-1B Snapfit

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