jonwinn Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I have the old 1/72 Hasegawa and am going to try to make it look similar to an M-21. the mother ship for the D-21 drone. I am not going overboard on accuracey, I basically want to sand the chines from roughly the launch control officers area to the nose tip, just enough to make it look thinner and more pointed. I think the D-21 drone is not totally accurate, I believe it was a D-21 and the kit depicts a D-21B. I have about 3 of them, Revell, Italeri and Hasegawa's, none look right but I can't find real good images of the one used on the M-21. I have some work done and did a test fit of the fuselage halves, it looks like a decent fit at least. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 The fuselage tail was different too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 (edited) Yes, I think shorter tail cone? Some things will and some won't get done. I will do a better one when the M-21 kit comes out. I promise! LOL Edited May 30, 2023 by jonwinn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 (edited) Italeri (reboxed by Testors) released a YF-12 kit which has the same rear fuselage shape as the A-12 / M-21 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/testors-697-yf-12a-interceptor--137484 . Edited May 31, 2023 by habu2 added link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 Speaking of Italeri I am doing an Italeri 1/72 SR-71A along side the Hasegawa M-21. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 Birds of a feather..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 Moving along good, canopy on, launch pylon on and flame holders painted up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) Tails are on and the layout for the chines. I am using my Italeri kit as a "template" for the chines layout. Edited June 3, 2023 by jonwinn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 I bought a scribe, Trumpeter and don't like it. I have scribed many times but at work on metal fabrications in a machine shop. I used a scribe that looks similar to an ice awl and blued the metal with Dykem blueing ink. I did that for maybe 30 years and this ain't quite the same. So I went on line and found a You Tube scribing tutorial done by FSM. It showed the types of scribes, saws, sewing needles and straight edges. I got a sewing needle from my wife and chucked it in one of my pin vises. Before that I bought a roll of Dymo label tape. Things are much better, I may try the Trumpeter scriber but not right now. Still need some practice but I can fill the over scribes with putty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Cool progress. Question: How big are these in 1/72 scale? Length wise? -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted June 9, 2023 Author Share Posted June 9, 2023 Thanks, dimensions,as the crow flies, are 9 1/4 inches wide by 18 inches long, metric is 234.7 mm wide by 457.2 mm long Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Pretty decent size for 1/72. Kinda what I figured. A 1/48 would be a bit large to store on a shelf or cabinet. -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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