AMT/ERTL 1/72 XB-70 Valkyrie

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G’Day,

I’m building the AMT/ERTL 1/72 XB-70, however this kit is screaming for some detailing. Anyone know where I can lay my hands on the XB-70 cutaway diagrams, if there are any update kits or if someone has already performed a build review including super detailing ?

Thanks

Cheers

Mark

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My best book on the B-70 is #30 in the old Aero Series, by Steve Pace. It has cutaways, detail drawings, color photos of cockpit and landing gear, and the Paul Matt three view. I suspect you will have to find a used copy. The ISBN no. is 0-8168-0610-1, mine was published in 1984.

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Specialty Press has a book called “Valkyrie: North Americans Mach 3 SuperBomber” that was just published in the last couple of years that has a lot of useful info in it. I don’t have the book handy at the moment, but PM me if you want more details.

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Thank you for your replies.

I’ve managed to track down a copy of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft which has a cutaway diagram.

Although I have managed to track down both books here in Australia, hopefully they will arrive soon.

Thanks

Cheers

Mark

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No cutaways, but another place that has some nice images is NASA’s photo archive, from when they flew the sole remaining XB-70. Here is a link to it: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/XB-70/

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The remaining XB-70 is at WPAFB in Dayton, Ohio.