swimmer25k Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Seven months on one of my Holy Grail kits. The only kit parts used were the upper/lower fuselage halves, outboard stabs, MLG doors, and canopy. Canopy frame, pitot tube, nose doors, cockpit and aft end are scratchbuilt. Motor is printed with help from mattersofscale.com. Gear struts are highly modified Wolfpack T-38 parts. X-15 nose and Reskit T-38 wheels. F-106 seat from Aires. Custom NASA masks (made by a friend) and kit decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peacemaker Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Absolutely stunning! I threw mine in the bin years ago. Glad you had the time, patience and skills to turn this into masterpiece. Unbelieveable that in 2024 there hasnt been an injection kit of the lifting body series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 It looks great. I know it was a pain to build. Perseverance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Looks lovely: I REALLY hope that someone will do a 1/24 resin kit of at least one of these: HL-10 would be my Holy Grail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Thanks for posting your completed build! This looks fantastic! I really appreciate you listing the mods you made on this kit as it will be useful whenever I get around to building my Collect-AIre X-24A. I am unfamiliar with the company that you used for the engine - mattersofscale.com. Did they print your engine design or is this something that they make available to the general model building public? Thanks again for showing your great work! Have fun modeling Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulsbrown Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 I love seeing Collect-Aire kits finished, this is one I haven't seen done before. Excellent work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmer25k Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 On 8/9/2024 at 10:54 AM, Mike J. Idacavage said: Thanks for posting your completed build! This looks fantastic! I really appreciate you listing the mods you made on this kit as it will be useful whenever I get around to building my Collect-AIre X-24A. I am unfamiliar with the company that you used for the engine - mattersofscale.com. Did they print your engine design or is this something that they make available to the general model building public? Thanks again for showing your great work! Have fun modeling Mike Mattersofscale.com is relatively new. I provided him with pictures and measurements of the real thing. It’s available to buy on the website. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Thanks swimmer25K! Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Was looking at the X-24A at the USAF Museum in Dayton yesterday. I'd say you nailed it. 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillS Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 (edited) A spectacular model done to “holy grail” standards as per your usual. Now help me figure out slats on my Collectaire F-107! Bill Edited August 23 by BillS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmer25k Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 1 hour ago, BillS said: A spectacular model done to “holy grail” standards as per your usual. Now help me figure out slats on my Collectaire F-107! Bill Thanks Bill. I’d like to score their X-24B to amend for all of the mistakes I made on the A. I’ve got the M2F2, but it won’t need much at all by comparison. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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