AnthonyWan Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) Well, Cobrahistorian and I have been on a bit of a SR-71 Binge the past several days, so this idea came to me. Sooner or later Brain P is going to release his Blackbird sheet...and those Testor's kits are gonna come out of the stash. Thought we'd get the party started early with a thread where you can show off your builds of the A-12, YF-12, SR-71, M-21/D-21 family of aircraft. Post up reference sites you come across, and any helpful tidbits you happen to want to share :) Personally, I've never made one, but I do have a couple that I'd pull out with new decals to put on them. Specifically interested in the 1/48 YF-12...if anyone's ever made one :) Take care, =Anthony B) Edited December 5, 2008 by AnthonyWan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Incaroad Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) Built this in 1986 or so... 1/48th Testors with a few minor mods here and there, all rescribed, Microscale decals and painted with "Wet Paint Gloss Black enamal, overcoated with Advanced Products Full Flat. All covers were copied from shots i took at Edwards AFB open house. I kinda re-built it in 2007 for the AVG club Edwards Display. I hope this fits the bill. Cheers, Larry McCarley 21045 Edited December 7, 2008 by Incaroad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Okay, how about these pics: Kit used was the 1/72 Hasegawa Blackbird with NASA decals to do it up as NASA 844 (formerly USAF 980, the last new Blackbird off the assembly line). Primary color used for the black coloring was Floquil Grimy Black as it matched pretty close to the coloring of a Blackbird on display nearby to me. The Hasegawa kit builds easily, although accuracy is a little off since it is the oldest 1/72 Blackbird kit in production and near as I can tell the second SR-71 kit produced behind pre-meger Revell's (and they modified their YF-12 mold to do it). Shape looks good and lines look good, but some of the tiny details up close aren't quite right. When built, she does look like a Blackbird though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) Oh, I'm gonna love this thread!! :D Absolutely beautiful work guys, those are some excellent Blackbirds. :mellow: Edited December 5, 2008 by shockwave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mkimages Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Here's my old Monogram 1/72 sled in full covert (read no) markings making a photo pass over Digistan. Anyone ever done an A-12? I've never actually seen a build of one before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobrahistorian Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Well, I got a significant amount done on my D-21 last night. The airframe is together, engine intake spike and exhaust nozzle are installed and the next step is to fill and sand until the vertical fin is completely faired in. Once that's done, it'll be prime, preshade, paint and install on my soon-to-arrive Blackbird which will be converted to an M-21! Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Here's mine. Hasegawa 1/72 one with the "Egg" version. 1/72 SR-71A "Habu", with her "Daughter"! SR-71 Blackbird by Yufei Mao (Hasegawa 1/72) Currently thinking of rebuilding another one from Testor/Italeri,in most traditional and ture man's scale,1/72 of course. B) Yufei Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shadowy_one Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Built this in 1986 or so... 1/48th Testors with a few minor mods here and there, all rescribed, Microscale decals and painted with "Wet Paint Gloss Black enamal, overcoated with Advanced Products Full Flat. All covers were copied from shots i took at Edwards AFB open house. I kinda re-built it in 1987 for the AVG club Edwards Display. I think this fits the bill. Cheers, Larry McCarley 21045 thats the best HABU i have ever seen :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Anyone ever done an A-12? I've never actually seen a build of one before.:( Paul Boyer did one in FSM (January 2006 issue I think) and it was not quite 100% accurate, but pretty good. HS also has an article up for doing an A-12 and it is more accurate then Pauls. I've collected kits to do an A-12 in 1/72, but haven't started the conversion work yet. I would like to do it in 1/48, although trying to find a decent priced Testors/Italeri YF-12 for the unique tail section is tougher then hen's teeth right now. I wish Testors would just stick the YF-12 parts tree in the SR-71 kit so one could do practically any Blackbird from it (including an SR-71C if one so desired). The kits are 85% common otherwise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warghost Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Beautiful Blackbird! Is the black "Night Black"? PS: What is the different among A-12, SR-71 and SR-71C,please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'd be up for sponsoring and moderating a "Black Jet" group build. Say any aircraft that came from a 'Black' program or any actual jet painted black. Say April timeframe. Should be plenty of time after the release of our SR-71 sheet... -brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobrahistorian Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) I'd be up for sponsoring and moderating a "Black Jet" group build. Say any aircraft that came from a 'Black' program or any actual jet painted black. Say April timeframe. Should be plenty of time after the release of our SR-71 sheet...-brian I'm in (EDIT), no wait, I'm not. The little one should be arriving around the same timeframe, so I'm not going to have any time for it. I do have a 48th YF-12 arriving any day now. Anyone interested in resin tailcones? Jon Edited December 5, 2008 by Cobrahistorian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dublg Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Anyone have an instructon sheet for the testors 1/48th scale sr-71 scanned they could email? I bought a kit on ebay that did not include the instructions.....so much for a "mint in box" kit........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Anyone have an instructon sheet for the testors 1/48th scale sr-71 scanned they could email? I bought a kit on ebay that did not include the instructions.....so much for a "mint in box" kit........... They're on my desk at the moment. I'm happy to photocopy and mail you a hard copy. Scanning/resizing and would take too much time. PM me your address and I'll mail them out in the morning. -brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobrahistorian Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Only an SR-71 could have an Egglplane and still look sinister.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Only an SR-71 could have an Egglplane and still look sinister.... Was thinking the same thing! Gorgeous Models folks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) I'm in (EDIT), no wait, I'm not. The little one should be arriving around the same timeframe, so I'm not going to have any time for it. I do have a 48th YF-12 arriving any day now. Anyone interested in resin tailcones?Jon Very interested Jon I'd be up for sponsoring and moderating a "Black Jet" group build. Say any aircraft that came from a 'Black' program or any actual jet painted black. Say April timeframe. Should be plenty of time after the release of our SR-71 sheet...-brian I'd be in for that Brian...:wacko: Edited December 5, 2008 by AnthonyWan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Here's one I built for Lockheed years ago: It's in a display case somewhere... I wish I had taken more pics! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Sweet blackbird Zacto! Love the shading on the lines.. Does anyone else think Zacto should put out SR-71 exhausts?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I'm in (EDIT), no wait, I'm not. The little one should be arriving around the same timeframe, so I'm not going to have any time for it. I do have a 48th YF-12 arriving any day now. Anyone interested in resin tailcones?Jon Yes I am interested. That way I wouldn't have to acquire a YF-12 just to recast the kit parts to convert an SR-71 to an A-12. And yes, a Black jet group build would be great. I proposed a stealth one about 18 months ago, but it fell on deaf ears (and Blackbirds qualify as early stealth). I don't know if I would do the 1/48 kit, even though I have collected bits for it (such as the Cutting Edge exhausts). But there are a couple other NASA Blackbirds I would love to do in 1/72, such as the SR-71B, and the YF-12A and YF-12C. As for differences between A-12s, YF-12s, M/D-21s and SR-71s, I recommend going here for starters: http://habu.org/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Yes I am interested. That way I wouldn't have to acquire a YF-12 just to recast the kit parts to convert an SR-71 to an A-12. And yes, a Black jet group build would be great.I proposed a stealth one about 18 months ago, but it fell on deaf ears (and Blackbirds qualify as early stealth). I don't know if I would do the 1/48 kit, even though I have collected bits for it (such as the Cutting Edge exhausts). But there are a couple other NASA Blackbirds I would love to do in 1/72, such as the SR-71B, and the YF-12A and YF-12C. As for differences between A-12s, YF-12s, M/D-21s and SR-71s, I recommend going here for starters: http://habu.org/ Have that site bookmarked Jay On a totally different note, would it be illegal for you to cast copies of the exhausts that we could trade you other resin bits for? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 (edited) Have that site bookmarked Jay On a totally different note, would it be illegal for you to cast copies of the exhausts that we could trade you other resin bits for? :P Sorry, THOSE I am not recasting as I don't think it would be ethical (and there are copyright issues). Plus, depending on who ended up with the masters, they might become available again in the not too distant future anyway. Also, my experience with recasted parts has always been that they never work quite as well as the originals anyway due to a 1% amount of shrinkage in the molding process that always occurs. As the pieces get bigger, that 1% error manifests itself with some rather nasty surprises. I have one set of these resin exhausts and they will get used in a Blackbird, just as they were intended. That being said, paint work on the stock exhausts can make them look almost as good as the resin ones. Indeed I might do my first Blackbird essentially box stock (as a B model with the canopy closed) before attempting to do a fully tricked out one with a resin pit, wheels and exhausts. Edited December 6, 2008 by Jay Chladek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Sorry, THOSE I am not recasting as I don't think it would be ethical (and there are copyright issues). Plus, depending on who ended up with the masters, they might become available again in the not too distant future anyway. Also, my experience with recasted parts has always been that they never work quite as well as the originals anyway due to a 1% amount of shrinkage in the molding process that always occurs. As the pieces get bigger, that 1% error manifests itself with some rather nasty surprises. I have one set of these resin exhausts and they will get used in a Blackbird, just as they were intended.That being said, paint work on the stock exhausts can make them look almost as good as the resin ones. Indeed I might do my first Blackbird essentially box stock (as a B model with the canopy closed) before attempting to do a fully tricked out one with a resin pit, wheels and exhausts. That makes sense. Hope Brain gets this GB going...should be an interesting event. :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LoganTLR Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Anyone interested in resin tailcones?Jon HI Resin tail cones! Resin tail cones !!! Oh yeaaaa If you (someone) were planning 1/48 I'm in. Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mumbles Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Italeri (Testors?) 1:72 Blackbird I made about five years ago. Chocolate fish to the first person to spot the glaring mistake I will pretend was deliberate! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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