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1/48 B-One Featherless exhaust cans
Review by Steve
Bamford
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This is the 1/48 resin featherless exhaust cans for the later B-1 bombers. If you've bought the 1/48 Revel/Monogram B-1 and you want to do a newer version of the B-1 with featherless exhaust, then you're going to have to scratch build 4 burner cans or use some aftermarket resin items like these. Currently these are the only ones available. These do not include the rods so you have to scratch build those yourself. The rods are not simple round rods, so to get them correct you're in for a bit of work. The exterior of these resin burner cans is not 100% accurate but they are close enough to be a decent starting point to add some scratch built rods and other tiny details. Then finish them off with some drybrushing etc to bring out details and they'd look pretty darn good.
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The cans themselves seem to be too long. From putting calipers to the resin cans and then to the computer screen of photos from the ARC walkaround section, I estimate the exposed part of the resin burner cans is between 5 and 10 mm too long (3/16" to 3/8"). I think it is noticeable in the photos below, but I don't think this is something anyone will notice, but if you are a true rivet counter, then this will probably be a slight issue.
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If you are a serious detail freak that likes to scratchbuild things, then you'll have to do a bit of work to get these burner cans 100% accurate.
If you are a middle of the road modeller that wants to add featherless burner cans without scratchbuilding everything, then these are a good starting point to reach your goal. Remember...to scratchbuild these....you must be interested in making some very involved masters and then casting 4 copies in resin, so using these is much easier and they aren't all bad.
To order a set of these 1/48 B-1 burner cans....read below....
REVELL B1 LANCER Burner Cans cost US$15.00 for a set of 4 and includes shipping we accept checks or money orders.
Mailing address is:
Masterpiecemodels
13215C8 s.e. millplain #273
Vancouver,WA. 98684