Completed Revell 1:72 SR-71 Blackbird

            Toshi,  A great build of a mean looking aircraft.  You continue to amaze.  You are the "stash master", and you do it with quality builds.  I am not worthy.

                                                                                                           knox

roger_wilco

Gorgeous job on that sleek bird Toshi! I saw the one at the USAF museum last year. I have that same kit and your build is very inspiring! Now over to watch your Dauntless build my friend. You need to start selling tickets for your builds as the audience is huge!

 

Toshi

Gamera

$&($&@$@(*&@!!!!! I step away from the forum for the weekend and you're already done!?! You need to bottle whatever you've got there, I could use a little (ok a lot) more pep in my step!

And again you need a great job on her!

 

Toshi

knox

            Toshi,  A great build of a mean looking aircraft.  You continue to amaze.  You are the "stash master", and you do it with quality builds.  I am not worthy.

                                                                                                           knox

 

Toshi

Another very nice build.  Glad you decided to have the canopies open, so the beautiful work in the offices can be seen.  I take over a year to do one and it is way less quality than you do in less than a week.

Toshi- very well done, and very smooth both with the build and the paint! The SR-71 is my favorite aircraft of all time, and you've captured the look very well. The cockpit in particular is very well done, and I'm glad you left the canopies open to show off your work. Those red 'no step' decal stripes are also difficult to lay down correctly because of their length, and it looks like you got them to behave properly! I built the old Minicraft/Hasegawa Blackbird years ago and I had trouble with those red stripes.

Very nice of you to build this for your daughter's boyfriend.

Dave

I had forgotten that Smithsonian Channel on cable did an episode on the SR for "planes that changed the world".  Saw it again last night, along with the episode on the DC-3.

If you get that channel keep an eye out for them, or you might be able to find them online somewhere.

goldhammer

Another very nice build.  Glad you decided to have the canopies open, so the beautiful work in the offices can be seen.  I take over a year to do one and it is way less quality than you do in less than a week.

 

Toshi

Stage_Left

Toshi- very well done, and very smooth both with the build and the paint! The SR-71 is my favorite aircraft of all time, and you've captured the look very well. The cockpit in particular is very well done, and I'm glad you left the canopies open to show off your work. Those red 'no step' decal stripes are also difficult to lay down correctly because of their length, and it looks like you got them to behave properly! I built the old Minicraft/Hasegawa Blackbird years ago and I had trouble with those red stripes.

Very nice of you to build this for your daughter's boyfriend.

Dave

 

The decals were interesting at best.  I used a little vinegar in the water to soak the decals in.  It definately helps.  Thank you sir for the read and reply!

Toshi

goldhammer

I had forgotten that Smithsonian Channel on cable did an episode on the SR for "planes that changed the world".  Saw it again last night, along with the episode on the DC-3.

 

If you get that channel keep an eye out for them, or you might be able to find them online somewhere.

 

Toshi