discussion sr-71 blackbird

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completed this a few weeks ago and forgot to post some pictures up, ignore the base as this will be a dio of a hardened aircraft shelter with eurofighter when finished,that will follow in a few weeks.the blackbird kit is italeri 1:72,still havent tried to weather anything yet,but next time i promise to have a go.the kit came with a drone which i was not going to use but didnt really thing it was usefull for anything else so i ended up sticking it on.all comments welcomed.

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Nice one Andrew, have always been tempted to have a go at this one, how did you find the detail on the kit? This aircraft always strikes me as more science fiction instead of engineering fact. There are a few web sites with walk around photo's of the SR-71 which you probably know about; the paint seemed to get stripped off, no wonder with the heat generated at the speed this baby could go at. Excellent job. Cheers Derek

 

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to be honest, this kit was a bit of a pig, the fuselage just did not want to go together and the wing section was twisted but i may of just been unlucky.