Space Shuttle Enterprise 1/144 First Flight

Well, I don't know what to tell you about the desert idea. I'm not a desert fan so sand-is-sand to me. But if you go with the desert landing field, wasn't it accompanied by a couple of fighters on either side? Could add those. I'm sure you have LOADS of spare time to build two more planes!

But I most remember the Enterprise on a tarmac, surrounded by people viewing it. The cast of Star Trek and photographers.

so in front of any nasa-style generic building would do.

I know what you mean.  And believe it or not I am working on a T-38 to put with this somewhere.  The problem is I don't know what aircraft tail numbers were used on this glide test.  I don't suppose you would have any ideas on this?  

Have tried searching the NASA Image Exchange?  Another great source is the Yahoo Space Modelers Group.  C'mon over, we'd love to have you.

Not that hard. Try this: http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/NVA2~36~36~74400~133452:Shuttle-Approach-and-Landing-Test

If you’re going for the authentic desert look, which to me is as bland as a dry lake bed, you could save yourself a lot of time just wetting-down some appropriately colored sandpaper and letting it dry.

Personally, I’d go for that mount-the-split-model-on-a-mirror trick that Frank White showed off in the December 2010 FSM.

That is the way this model is going to be displayed split on a mirror.  It looks really good but if I ever get time to finish it I will be posting some pictures.