Lockheed U-2R/TR-1A Dragon Lady Project
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68 10 December 2016, 12:10
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Me 2. The fuselage and wings look like made of soap, not styrene😉
25 November 2017, 21:43
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Many thanks for your kind comments, mates. Welcome.
Łukasz, this plastic is much worse than modeling with a bar of soap.
David, this is a very difficult kit. Plastic quality is very hard to hand. At the beginning I cut a finger trying to work one of the pieces. Fit are very poor and so far I have had to use a lot of putty. But despite all this, I hope the work is finally worth it.
Unfortunately all my attention is now on finishing the Dornier Do-24, but as soon as I finish it, I will continue get to work with this U-2 😉
28 November 2017, 21:10
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Take a seat for this very difficult project, made this 5 years ago : modellversium.de/gal..-1a-dragon-lady.html
5 March 2022, 09:49
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Oh man… Charlie knocked this one off the unmentionable shelf. Now you HAVE to finish it 😉
5 March 2022, 12:41
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Wow... that pressure! Many thanks for your feedbacks, my friends.
This is the most hard kit that I have seen. It's so hard I cut my finger on the blade trying to clean the blemishes from the horrible pieces. Plastic is hard and difficult to manipulate. I do not recommend it for beginner modelers or those with little patience.
Alec, unfortunately, my current activity has kept me away from modeling since the lockdown ended, but I hope to return to this project as soon as I have some time for this. Thanks! 🙂
Oliver, you did a great job. I think I started my U2 in 2013, but it's been sleeping on the shelf of doom for a long time. I will take your project as a reference when I return to mine, although I have not decided yet if I will finally make the R version or the TR version. Thank you very much!
5 March 2022, 19:23
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Thank you for your feedback and glad you like my TR-1A. You have already solved the most difficult tasks, so have courage and continue to the end 😉
5 March 2022, 21:56
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Very interesting. Nice to see crap quality kit becoming a beautiful model
5 March 2022, 22:32
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Indeed! Looking great mate! 👍 Some sterling work been going on here to get it looking this sharp. I'm also tackling a vintage 70s U2 kit currently...
Italeri | No. 808 | 1:48 | Lockheed U-2C | Album by djferrisbueller (1:48)
So following 👀 your build with great interest 👍
6 March 2022, 00:01
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OMG, you will need some serious shelf space for is one! I can indeed see that it is made of some kind of hard plastic, not the usual softish styrene. I can imagine that it is also a bit brittle? But I am sure it will look beautiiful once you are done with it!
6 March 2022, 09:04
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Many thanks Oliver, Spanjaard, Neil, Villiers, Thomas, Julian and Daniel for your nice and encouraging words. Very much appreciated, my friends!
@Neil, your U2 looking so good. I'm sure that you will do a great job when you finnish it 👍
@Thomas, the plastic is rock hard, but not brittle. You can see the comments about it in the new photos that I still had saved and that I have updated to complement this album. It has quite a wingspan, but I have much larger 1/72 planes than this 😄
I have uploaded more photos with comments to show a complete progress of everything I have done from the beginning until now.
13 March 2022, 18:48
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Many thanks, Guy 🙂
There is still work to be done, but as Oliver says I have already solved the most difficult tasks... or so I hope 😄
14 March 2022, 19:58
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And I thought I have a challenge with the P-36 and the XP-77! Much respect for following through with this build!
19 March 2022, 19:22
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Thanks again, Patryk.
Your P-36 and XP-77 also deserve all my respect. I'm sure your models will look gorgeous and that your effort will be worth it 👍
20 March 2022, 10:10
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Hard to find a U-2 in 1/72! Best of luck! I'm sure it will be a great addition to your collection.
23 September 2022, 04:56
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Hi Dean, many thanks for your comment. Sure to will make a difference to my collection. I bought this one more than 12 years ago, being able to choose between this one and the one from Special Hobby. But I chose the High Planes one because it was cheaper, although I didn't know that it is much harder than the other one. Now it's too late to try to get a SH at a good price.
23 September 2022, 12:01
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Modeling the hard way. I admire you for your patience and willingness to make this great effort. I'm afraid the bird would have ended up in the garbage for me. Congratulations!!! 👍👌👍
31 October 2022, 09:14
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Thank you so much for your nice and warm comments, Bernd. Very much appreciated 🙂
1 November 2022, 19:46
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The TR version of the U-2 is a great plane. You got a lot out of this model with a lot of work. Now comes the nice part. Have fun with the model of an extraordinary and interesting airplane. At the end you will be rewarded with a rare and awesome model.
4 March 2023, 14:45
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Harald, thank you very much for your motivating words. I haven't decided yet whether to make the version with Span or without Span. In any case it will go in flight position, because this kit is quite a challenge if you also have to do the bays of the landing gear including the fight with the terrible fit.
Thank you very much once again for your likes, mates!
4 March 2023, 19:31