The fastest man alive
Fit of the main parts is surprisingly good.
As the wings are butt-joined to the fuselage, I strenghtened the joint with pieces of wire.
Fit of the main parts is surprisingly good. Everest already sits inside 😉
Quite a lot of putty was needed underneath
Primed in search for blemishes...
When I started masking the airframe for some colour I consulted the photos of the real thing... to find out that these booster tabs were specific for the '6675' plane...
Fortunately they are solid inside...
...so can be easily removed.
Colours are on. Ready for decals.
Decals are on and varnished. Stars and bars are very thick, a bit brittle, and refuse to conform to the fuselage sides - in a hindsight these should be replaced with some leftover decals of better quality. Now to the smaller bits...
Some progress here - rocket engines' exhausts thinned and installed on pieces of 3mm diameter copper tubes in order to add some deepness to them.
Unfortunately a piece of one 'star and bars' decal detached itself, so I decided to remove these from both sides. Fortunately I have spare ones.
On photos of the real thing I noticed some fairing specific for this airframe - I made one from square 2mm plastic rod filed and sanded to shape - looks good enough for me 😉
Finished.
Finished.
Finished.
Finished.
Finished.
Finished.
Finished.
Finished.
After a light gray wash 😉
After a light gray wash 😉
I gave her light gray wash (on popular demand 😉 )
Some natural light photos...
Some natural light photos...
Some natural light photos...
Some natural light photos...
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1 July 2024, 18:59 -
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This is my second attempt to build a Bell X-2 "Starbuster" replica. The first involved the notorious Mach 2 model kit... impossible to build, at least for me. Since X-2 on ground had this awkward, tail-up, stance, I decided to build it "in-flight".
