Valkyrie - she is done. No, not an XB-70. The other Valkyrie.

Modeling Subjects Aircraft
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ESCI 1/48 B-26B Marauder


Whew!

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love it when a plane has noseart like that. i am beginning to collect some photos of noseart from ww2. it is amazing to see the variety. very nice build. you represent the a/c very well.

joe

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For a moment there, i thought you were doing an XB-70 no one knew about! Great job on the marauder, swanny! Great job on the weathering! And where did you get the ground crew? [:)]

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Swanny, another great job, real [8D].

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I thought for an instant that you had also been building a XB-70… Well, I’m a touch disappointed… But your Marauder is superb…!

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And who said blonds weren’t more fun??
Great Job Swanny!

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fantastic swanny!![bow][bow][bow]

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Matt,
Really nice build! How does the ESCI kit compare with the Revell Germany kit, or are they shared molds? Any problems encountered during construction?

Gip Winecoff

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Excellent job there swanny.

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Great looking Marauder, Swanny!
Excellent chipping and weathering.

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looks awesome swanny!!!

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Nice B26 but where’s the XB-70? Just kidding, I love nose art!

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great job it looks great the weathering came out great
Jason

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Very very nice!

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As usual, looks good, Swanny !

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awesome, again[:D]. that thing looks great. i guess i’ll have to do my 1/72
xb-70 valkrie soon.[:)]

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Thank you, everyone. I really appreciate your comments.
Gip, I have both kits and will be doing a head to head review. They are not shared molds and there are a lot of differences between them. What was the hardest thing on this kit? Had to be the joints at the engine nacelles to the wings - real bad. Next would be the juncture of the fin and elevators.

The article on salting and weathering is up on my site now also.

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Wow! that looks sharp! Where did you get the decals from? I have a Monogram Marauder in my collection and I think that nose art is cool!

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Rebel, those are Cutting Edge decals. They went on nicely but shortly after they dried they started to crack and peel. Very disturbing.

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I was looking out for an XB-70 too. But VERY nice job, Swanny! Great work on the chipped paint. The figures were well done, too. [tup][tup]