B-1A USAF Bomber 1/144 Minicraft

The B-1 was designed to replace the aging B-52 to serve as a supersonic heavy bomber capable of delivering a nuclear payload. But after a lengthy development program, the B-1A was never deployed and cancelled in 1977 due to rising costs and increased vulnerability to improving Soviet defensive systems. The B-1A continued to serve long after the program was cancelled as a test bed for the B-1B. The B-1B, while physically similar, was not capable of supersonic flight but included significant improvements in payload and avionics over the B-1A.  The new Minicraft B-1A represents the B-1 during continued flight tests in 1981 in markings similar to that of the B-52 operating at that time.

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Product Details:

Scale: 1/144
Skill level: 2
– 3 sprues
– Innovative detailing
– Deluxe decal sheet
– Includes the following markings:

   – USAF B-1A – 76-0174, B-1B test program, U.K., 1982
   – USAF B-1A – 76-0174, U.S. Air Force Museum, 2009

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Paint Guide:

White
Dark Grey
Aluminum
Burnt Metal
Red
Black Grey
Yellow
Dark Green FS 34079
Desert Brown FS 30140
Desert Sand FS 20400
Light Grey FS 36622
Black
Gunship Grey FS 36118
Jet Exhaust
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