SR-75 Penetrator as B-3 bomber?

[seadude]

Saw a topic on the Starship Modeler forums discussing old stealth kits and it reminded me about the following:

I've had a 1/72 Testor SR-75 Penetrator kit for a long, long time. I started building it long ago, but never got very far. One idea I've always had was to build it into a next generation B-3 stealth bomber. Only major downside is that I'd have to scratchbuild some weapon bays for it. And I'm not sure what paint scheme to use either: a) All black, or b) Grey w/ black leading edges, or c) All medium or dark grey, or d) Gunship grey color similar to that used on the B-2.

[Old Wombat]

Why not try negative pre-shading or post-shading?

Something similar to what they tried to do on the F-15 & other aircraft, but failed because they used different base colours & made the boundaries too sharp.

The idea was to remove the shadows & highlights which created the image of "plane" in the viewers mind & to create a flat greyish object with no definition.

More subtle & blended shade, rather than colour, variations should work really well.

I'm sure a good whiffer, like yourself, could do better than the USAF!


Oh, & I'd suggest a generic neutral grey as your base colour.

[McColm]

Sounds like an interesting project.

[Jesse220]

Not a  bad Idea 

[pyro-manic]

I say go for it! As for scratching bomb bays, if that seems too daunting, then you can just scribe a set of doors into the fuselage.

[Captain Canada]

Go for it ! Scratching bomb bays is easy. Just scribe and cut, then build boxes to fit inside. There are any number of kits out there with bomb bays to raid or get idea on how simple or complicated to make it. Besides, once it's crammed with weapons you won't see much anyway !

I'd go black like the SR.....keep the titanium look going.

[zenrat]

In the immortal words of Douglas Adams "paint it pink and erect a 'somebody else's problem' field around it".