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The Lockheed SR 71 Blackbird. This is one of the most spectacular planes I know. Flying higher then any other production plane, flying faster then any production plane, and first flight in 1962... And not a small potato either... The kit was by Testors, scale 1:48, and I used a True Details cockpit detail set. The Testors kit was quite a troublesome build, partly because I am not used to large models, and partly because of some fit problems and a warped fuselage. But in the end, it did turn out rather nice. I think the detail set was not that necessary, although the bang seats do look great. But it all drowns in the rather overwhelming size of the model... A full build review can be found at modelling Madness |
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The Fiesler Fi 103 V-1, a pulse jet drivin flying bomb, first flown in December 1942. Most impressive fact: when the Germans could not get the automatic pilot right, so they build one with room for a pilot. Hanna Reitsch, a female test pilot, climbed in and figured out how to fly the thing. Later it was even contemplated to put pilots in armed V-1's, but although quite a few cockpit versions were build (the Fiesler 103 Reichenberg), as far as I know, they were never used. The Kit was part of the Tamiya Gloster Meteor kit. On Internet described as a 'weekend project', it was a fast and fun build. I am planning on building a cockpit version as well... |
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