1/72 Bell X-1 (Tamiya)
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This is one I found part built whilst rummaging through the stash. I think it must have been started around 20 years ago and then abandoned. I'd forgotten all about it but decided it was worth reviving. The main wheels have gone missing so I'll be completing in a wheels-up "in flight" pose.
I plan to finish it in the all white scheme it wore when being operated by the NACA.
I plan to finish it in the all white scheme it wore when being operated by the NACA.
It's a nice little kit although mine has suffered from 20 years of part built neglect - so it will be nothing like Dr Grn's.
Mine will be white in an inflight pose with no internal detail.
The reason I'm building it is to get a representative selection of NASA/NACA aircraft form my collection - and to help populate the NASA SIG stand at Telford next November.
On Saturday, I retrieved from my stash the Special Hobby Bell X-1E which might be a good follow up to the Tamiya X-1.
In actual fact, the Tamiya X-1 I am finishing off is the exact same airframe as the X-1E (46-063). Bell rebuilt 063 as the X-1E after the programme lost two second generation X-1s to explosions.
Mine will be white in an inflight pose with no internal detail.
The reason I'm building it is to get a representative selection of NASA/NACA aircraft form my collection - and to help populate the NASA SIG stand at Telford next November.
On Saturday, I retrieved from my stash the Special Hobby Bell X-1E which might be a good follow up to the Tamiya X-1.
In actual fact, the Tamiya X-1 I am finishing off is the exact same airframe as the X-1E (46-063). Bell rebuilt 063 as the X-1E after the programme lost two second generation X-1s to explosions.
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