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                        Finished an old kit.

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                        Phil_H
                        • Member since
                          August 2005
                        • From: Sydney, Australia
                        Posted by Phil_H on Saturday, March 10, 2018 6:41 PM

                        fotofrank
                        Oops. Wait a minute. Just found this illustration at HD Wallpapers. Would be kinda cool. Looks like it's got a D-21 drone on its back.

                        Not quite an SR71. This one's an M21, one of two built to carry the drones. The lighter areas are bare titanium.

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                        SteveCB
                        • Member since
                          November 2016
                        • From: Sandy, UT
                        Posted by SteveCB on Saturday, March 10, 2018 3:52 PM

                        Very cool.  Is there a decal set for the NASA F-18?

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                        Dancing Imu
                        • Member since
                          April 2017
                        Posted by Dancing Imu on Saturday, March 10, 2018 3:39 PM

                        Oh, sweet SR-71 paint!  I'll have to seriously consider doing that for my next kit!

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                        Fly-n-hi
                        • Member since
                          December 2006
                        • From: Phoenix, AZ
                        Posted by Fly-n-hi on Saturday, March 10, 2018 3:33 PM

                        Very cool!  Nice work!

                        [URL=http://picasion.com/]

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                        fotofrank
                        • Member since
                          June 2017
                        • From: Winter Park, FL
                        Posted by fotofrank on Saturday, March 10, 2018 3:30 PM

                        The NASA livery is great. So much more lively than that dull flat black on the Dragon Lady.

                        I just looked up the NASA SR-71, wondering about the livery. It's still flat black.

                        Oops. Wait a minute. Just found this illustration at HD Wallpapers. Would be kinda cool. Looks like it's got a D-21 drone on its back.

                        OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...

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                        Dancing Imu
                        • Member since
                          April 2017
                        Posted by Dancing Imu on Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:48 PM

                        You're kidding me!  I hunted around for days to find a full viable kit, and paid a pretty penny for it!  Aaargh!

                        Well, good luck with the build! Smile

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                        Rob Gronovius
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Fort Knox
                        Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, March 10, 2018 11:46 AM

                        I loved the old Hawk 1/48 scale kits and still have a few of the chromed ones like a Bearcat, Mustang and Thunderbolt.

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                        Mopar Madness
                        • Member since
                          April 2015
                        Posted by Mopar Madness on Friday, March 9, 2018 7:49 PM

                        Wow, that’s a cool NASA U2.  I’ve never seen one like that before.

                        Chad

                        God, Family, Models...

                        At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

                        On deck: Who knows!

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                        jmcquate
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        Posted by jmcquate on Friday, March 9, 2018 5:53 PM

                        Picked that kit up last weekend. Hawk (round 2) re-issued it.

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                        Greg
                        • Member since
                          May 2013
                        • From: Indiana, USA
                        Posted by Greg on Friday, March 9, 2018 4:23 PM

                        Nice!

                        There is a thing on Netflix I happened to watch the other day where one of the guys from Top Gear (James May I think) takes a ride in a U2.

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                        keavdog
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by keavdog on Friday, March 9, 2018 4:11 PM

                        Cool - love the markings.  Such a distinctive profile with that mile of straight wing.

                        Nice job.

                        Thanks,

                        John

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Friday, March 9, 2018 2:45 PM

                        You don’t see many U-2’s on here either. I like it!

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        mississippivol
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
                        Posted by mississippivol on Friday, March 9, 2018 8:11 AM
                        Excellent work! You don't see a lot of NASA schemes these days.
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                        Dancing Imu
                        • Member since
                          April 2017
                        Finished an old kit.
                        Posted by Dancing Imu on Thursday, March 8, 2018 9:59 PM

                        Hey!  I just finished up an old, out of print kit of a Testors U-2.

                        Instead of going with black CIA or gray-on-gray USAF camo, I went with the NASA ER-2 version sans sensor pods.  1:48 scale.  Very little in the way of cockpit, but you really can't see it anyway.

                        ER-2

                        Sprayed the bottom gray with Krylon Misty Gray, added the line with Tamiya Clear Blue.  The decals unfortunately showed their age, and tore in numerous places.

                        ER-2 2008

                        Tags: 48 scale , Testors , U-2
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