texgal45 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) I have the instrument panels and cockpit tub done, but still need to do the seats. Comments welcome. So far it looks like this: cockpit tub, I got a little sloppy with the yellow paint pilot & RSO panels together Grandma L Edited January 7, 2011 by texgal45 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 You're off to a great start. Keep us posted on further progress. Darwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
texgal45 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) I got a little more work done on my Blackbird. The landing gear and wheels are almost complete. Metallic magnesium on the struts and wheels with silver on the main gear tires. I also shortened the axle on the nose gear because the wheels were too far apart. They looked like the nose strut for an F-14. The bottom of the fuselage has a huge gap where the top and bottom join. This photo shows all of it filled in with Bondo and one side sanded flush. After this photo was taken, I finished the sanding, rescribed some lost panel lines and put on a coat of flat black. It is drying now, so I can't handle it to take any photos. Grandma L Edited January 4, 2011 by texgal45 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Nice Cockpit /Bosse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Looking good, thats a big gap! Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
texgal45 Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) I decided to switch my subject airframe from 17971 to 17979 because I like the artwork better. This is the artwork on the nose and tail fins. The "Night Hawk" is photo documented for 979 in 1988 while the nose art is photo documented for a nose section on it's individual storage cart. It could be attached to any of the various SR airframes, so I chose to put it along with the Night Hawk because they make a good combination. The Night Hawk art was created by A1C Pam Engelbrecht. The artist for nose Habu is unknown, at least to me. These decals came from Cutting Edge sheet # CED72-214. Grandma L Edited January 5, 2011 by texgal45 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
texgal45 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 I can't believe I ate the whole thing finished the whole thing so soon. It is 2:00 AM and I have been working on this project since the middle of yesterday afternoon. That might explain the short number of days from start to finish. Comments welcome. The first photo is the afterburner section before adding the tail cone and turkey feathers This is the D-21 Drone that is included in the Monogram kit. The SR-71 never carried one of these things, but several of them are displayed in museums with a drone beside them. These four photos show the completed model. I used Wally World dollar a can flat black, Model Master gloss coat & dull coat for paint. I used some graphite powder intended for lubricating stuck locks to tint some panels and the alternating RAM panels on the edge of the wing. I still have to finish painting the two crew guys. Grandma L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Fantastic And what a quick build. I love the decals. Great Work. /Bosse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 WOW ! ! ! ! ! ! ! That is a very impressive build and done so quickly too. I have seen several SR-71s both here on ARC and on other modeling forums and yours ranks right up there with the best of them. Congratulations on a superb job. I will be anxiously awaiting your next build. Do you know that will be? Darwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
texgal45 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) Do you know that will be? Thanks for the compliments, Gentlemen. I am not sure what I will build next. It will have to wait for a little bit, because I appropriated hubby's workbench for this build and now he wants it back. I wanted to finish up the SR crew members so I mixed up yellow paint with a slight bit of red. Since I already had it mixed, I grabbed two extra figures out of hubby's spare box and painted all four of them. I got a little sloppy in a couple of places, but the ol' eyesight ain't what it used to be, so it will just have to do as is. I'll keep them handy for my next SR. Grandma L Edited January 8, 2011 by texgal45 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Very nice work on the SR crew. You really nailed that David Clark S1030 suit. Most modelers who even bother to do the crew paint them either Canary Yellow or Bright Orange. They were actually in between, like you have them. I like the detail of the OD Velcro pads and other items you have high lighted. Sometime they wore the white "Moon Boots" as you have shown and sometimes the regular black leather flight boots, a couple of sizes larger than they would normally wear. Darwin Edited January 9, 2011 by yardbird78 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikestomcat Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Very nice work on the SR crew. You really nailed that David Clark S1030 suit. Most modelers who even bother to do the crew paint them either Canary Yellow or Bright Orange. They were actually in between, like you have them. I like the detail of the OD Velcro pads and other items you have high lighted. Sometime they wore the white "Moon Boots" as you have shown and sometimes the regular black leather flight boots, a couple of sizes larger than they would normally wear.Darwin Way to go, and congrats on such an awesome build and finished so quickly. Mike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Just noticed this build in the gallery. Very nice Grandma L, I like the way the panel lines are defined against the black panels, I failed miserably to do this on one of my builds. Well done. Deacon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
texgal45 Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Mike and Deacon: Thanks for your comments. Grandma L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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