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It may be. I wish Estes would re-release their Mercury Atlas kit.

Yeah those won't fit...

Hahahahahaha good luck with that. I retired 3 years ago and I've never been so busy!

In addition to Black Box, other AM companies of that period include True Details, Airwaves, Verlinden, Model Technologies, High Flight and DB Productions.

Shop around, I'm sure you can find one under $80K...

All the A-12 info on my old site was obtained from public sources, so Tommy is welcome to incorporate any and all info from there to use in his blog.

Nose gear retracted

GD pics of main gear (port/left) on the full scale mockup

Interesting never seen the white wings on camo jets, is that an Edwards thing? .

Correct MDD was responsible for the A-12 cockpit, you (I) can see the F-15E & F/A-18D NA influence in the design.

Was the 100kb image file size upload limit removed somehow?

Yes, the offending spam post was (temporarily) located between your and Paul's posts, it was removed by our ever vigilant (and underpaid) moderators shortly after my reply post. All good here 👍

IIRC some of the YF-22 & YF-23 kits had both P&W & GE logos. What scale are you building?

Hard to believe they have been flying for 35+ years. Man I'm old ....

Glad hear it was helpful, even if it's almost 30 years old. The full scale mockup still exists under a tarp in the back lot of the Ft Worth Aviation Museum, last saw it a couple of months ago when I went to photograph the YF-16 restoration. http://www.fortworthaviationmuseum.com/