1988 Monogram kit of a fictional plane. It’s supposed to be able to fly at Mach 25.
This is four of the six parts of the plane. (There are two more parts for the stand too.) The fit was pretty good but there were a few shrink marks that had to be filled and a bunch of ejector pin spots too.
I shot it with Tamiya TS-100 as it is a close match to the color it was molded in, and the instructions show to use the plastic as one of the colors.
A bit off the beaten path for you Mark but should be fun to watch.
So, is the X-30 air breathing? Or rocket powered?
I like to build a few planes a year, usually something different. Or simple; this covers both.
Who knows what it would have been powered with, I was thinking jet engines for lower altitude and maybe a ramjet or even scram-jet for higher speeds?
It doesn’t have a scale listed, but judging by the size of the windows it could be about the size of a B-70.
I followed the painting instructions for the most part but used black in some of the places it called out dark blue. (The box art has black/gray in those areas and it looks more believable.)
Cool, they did 2 of them an Air Force one and an airliner, the airliner was the “Orient Express” They were 1/144 scale.
Yes, they are the same kit pieces but I’m not sure they are 1/144th scale even though Scalemates lists it as such.
To further confuse, the stock number on this one is 1144, (the Orient Express is 1130), but there is no mention of scale on either the box or instructions.
If it is the size of a B-70, that would make these kits closer to 1/200th scale.
Kind of irrelevent since it it a fantasy subject, but fun nonetheless.
The B-70 kits are-Lindberg kit is 1/169, Aurora is 1/105 and Italeri is 1/72, HPH is 1/48. I see no 1/200 but Lindberg is closest.
I’m just going off the actual length of a B-70 (186 feet) if it were the length of this model. That would put it right about 1/200th scale.
The kit decals were what one would expect considering the age and level of detail in the kit; not great and a bit out of registration, but at least decal solvent was mildly helpful on them. However they do not react well with a hair dryer.
The two red stripes on the underside refused to conform to the basic contours so I replaced them with Scale-Master silver decal stripes.
I added more silver decal stripes for the color break on the tails too.
Finished:
Hmmmm!
I have to admit it, that is a very interesting Aircraft. developed that in their mind had to be a real (“High Speed Fanatic”) With a Vivid Imagination, Mach 25? C’Mon Now!