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The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 6:45 pm
by Duke Maddog
Merry Christmas all! Just recently I finally brought my two B-2 Stealth Bombers across the finish line thus allowing me to reach another Milestone. Without further ado, here they are:

Number 499 in my 1/72 scale aircraft collection: Testor's 1/72 scale B-2 Stealth Bomber BuNo 21066, which are the original kit decals issued:

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Number 500 in my 1/72 scale aircraft collection: Testor's 1/72 scale B-2 Stealth Bomber "Spirit of Missouri" which are the decals issued at the 2006 IPMS National Convention:

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And just to prove that I'm not posting the same aircraft, here are the two of them side by side:

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Those are some big boys!

Thank you all for looking in, comments are welcome!

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 6:57 pm
by speedgraflex
DUKE! Bravo!

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 10:34 pm
by Stikpusher
Outstanding finish Mark! And Bravo for achieving the 500 mark on aircraft builds!

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The Don would approve :giggles: :wink:

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2025 10:20 am
by BlackSheep214
Wow... I imagine they're bigger wingspan than the old Monogram B-52 Stratofortress kit. Well done, Mark! :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2025 11:47 am
by Stikpusher
BlackSheep214 wrote: Thu Dec 25, 2025 10:20 am Wow... I imagine they're bigger wingspan than the old Monogram B-52 Stratofortress kit.
The B-52 has a slightly larger wingspan at 185' vs. 172' for the B-2. Which in 1/72 scale translates to 13 scale feet or a bit over 2" actual size, since in 1/72, 1"actual =72" scale or 6' scale.

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2025 4:23 pm
by Duke Maddog
Thank you Bruce!

Thank you Carlos on both counts! I love that awesome pic!

Thank you Tom! As Carlos mentioned, they are quite large, and yes, their wingspan surpasses the B-52. That is why I'm looking for room on my ceiling for these.

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2025 5:26 pm
by BlackSheep214
Bedroom…. a great hanging space :giggles:

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2025 1:58 pm
by Medicman71
Great work Mark!! Love them!! :shoutout: :shoutout:

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 1:20 am
by BorgR3mc0
Great B-2’s! I have build this kit and it was severely warped. I hope that your examples where better than mine but probably not. Joints weren’t that good as well as I remember. So, great work on a surprisingly difficult kits.

Re: The Duke Reaches Another Milestone in December

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 9:13 am
by cbaltrin
Merry Christmas Duke! Great looking B-2!