B-1 and RESKIT

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Reskit brought probably a fantastic resin kit to the market; the engine nacelles for the B-1 in 1/48 scale.

https://reskit-models.com/scale-plastic-model-kits/b-1b-lancer-nacelles-with-air-intakes-early-exhaust-nozzles-open-engine-bay-for-revell-kit-3d-printed-1-48

I was very excited until I saw the price: 220 euro. That is slightly too much :frowning:

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Thats a sizeable amount of resin there which explains the price, but I note the set has the early nozzles so would need surgery to update with metallic details late nozzles for instance.

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I donā€™t believe the B-1 is currently available in 1/48. I have been looking for one for a few months and Revell hasnā€™t re-released it as far as I know.

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You are right but many of us have one in our ā€œstockā€. Mine has been there for years and with all the rumours that air intakes are wrong, exhausts are wrongā€¦ I was searching for a replacement.

@Whitewolf: you are quite right, they sell these newer exhausts seperatelyā€¦ at extra cost of course.

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They are available on Ebay, and I have seen the odd one for sale at shows here in the UK. The kit has a lot of issues but Metallic details now do a ton off stuff for it including weapons bays, which include beautiful 3 D printed rotary launchers, plus undercarriage bays and undercarriage, plus intakes and exhausts. Others do varions sensor upgrades, Red Fox do latest and early cockpit sets in 3D print etc Barracuda also do resin accessories and now Reskit!! In addition there is a resin flaps and slats set for the wings, plus a new, correctly shaped resin nose.

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Have a look at the metallic details sets, they do new intakes and exhausts as do Barracuda. I recommend the Barracuda intake set as it contains FOD guards which are brightly coloured with various badges/markings on them in various units which are included on some decal sheets. The metallic details exhausts are superb.
I see these Reskit sets are available with late or early exhausts and come with one open engine bay only, for 218 US Dollars and the same sets are available cheaper with the engine bay closed for 169 Dollars. To be honest, for the money, I would expect two open engine bays?
As it happens most modellers will probably be happier with the cheaper closed set. Iā€™m surpried Reskit have not done a full cockpit set, as the kit one is rather bare and could do with upgrading

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