Exhaust nozzles 1:72 B-1B Lancer are a detail accessory for a kit — a finer finish for the engines of a model of the bomber in 1:72 scale.
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A set of the Metallic Details brand replaces the plastic exhaust nozzles on a model of the B-1B strategic bomber in 1:72 scale. It is not a kit but an accuracy accessory to a model the modeler obtains separately. The benefit is twofold: a thin wall at the edge instead of thick plastic, and depth that can be seen into from behind without the eye stopping at a blind surface.
The B-1B carries four engines in pairs in nacelles under the center section, so from behind a row of four nozzles side by side faces the viewer directly. Any inaccuracy is thereby repeated four times and is immediately conspicuous — on one nozzle a coarse edge would pass, on four it will not. In 1:72 scale the longitudinal seam inside a plastic cone is also hard to sand, because you cannot reach it with even the narrowest file. A finished casting makes that work fall away.
Wash the parts in lukewarm water with dish soap and let them dry. Remove the casting remains with a saw and level the surface on sandpaper laid on glass, so that the edge seats flat. Before gluing, try fitting all the nozzles at once and look at the model from behind at eye level — the four must be in one plane and at the same projection, or the model will look crooked even with the rest built perfectly. Paint separately on a stick: a darker metal shade inside, a lighter steel one outside and light heat discoloration toward brown and blue at the end of the nozzle. Stir metallic paints thoroughly before applying; the pigment sinks to the bottom. A very fine application of dark pigment to bring the grooves out proves itself at the end; do not put matte clear on the metal surface any more, as the effect would disappear. Glue with superglue, ideally gel, which gives time to set them in place.
The set is an accessory to a plastic kit, which it does not hold. Paints, glue and other accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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