Like many people I bought the
1/48 B-1 from Revell (Revell Germany). I then opened the
box....fondled the plastic....awed at the size of the monster and closed
up the box due to lack of reference. A couple of years later I
acquired some photo etch sets.....but again the model sat due to lack of
cockpit and bomb bay references. Then Daco
Publications released
this book....needless to say I had my doubts about how much reference could be
acquired about this front line US bomber. Was I ever impressed when I
opened this book.
TThis book was a huge surprise
and includes all the photos you need to detail this model. This 84 page softcover book from
Daco
Publications is the only book you'll need to
build and super detail your B-B model.
This book contains almost 375 colour photos of the B-1B
his book is 21 x 24
cm (5,33 x 9.5 inch), contains of 84 colour pages.
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front fuselage: |
engine |
You get all the usual detail pics
as well as critical hard to find photos of areas of the plane that would get any
super detailer excited. These would include the rotary launcher and other
configurations for the bomb bays.
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belly |
front cockpit |
The
photos are clearly printed on glossy paper with good light and provide detail of the
important areas of the B-1B. The photos in this review will give you an idea of what this book
has to offer....you've got to buy the book to see
the larger photos.
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aft cockpit |
I was pleasantly surprised to see
the photos of the cockpit and bomb bays.
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weapon bays |
armament |
Daco even uncovered pictures of
the nuclear bomb - but you'll have to
buy the book to see them
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rotary
launcher |
other
weapons |
The text in this book is mostly
photo descriptions to help support the wonderful photos in this book.
There are also photos of bomb loader vehicles.
You can get this
book direct from the Daco
Publications
website.
I'd like to thank
Danny at Daco
Publications
for sending me this review sample.
Steve
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