North American XB-70 'Valkyrie'

Martin Oostrom
One of the best looking bombers, ever!

Jan Marciniak
Those PE nozzles looks impresive. Your doiong great so far 🙂

Dave Burgess
One of the advantages of not finishing a project TOO quickly. I started it in 1995, but didn't see the P.E. until 2012, Glad I waited!

Dave Burgess
Last pic I posted - two Mirage 2000Cs and one Mirage 2000N resting on the 'back' of the XB-70. Gives you a real idea of its size!

2 coats of Alclad primer (it took half a 4 oz bottle to cover this monster!); Ready for the gloss white. Pity - I checked with the hobby shop; they don't sell gloss white by the gallon!

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

Bernd Korte
This is impressive!

Dave Burgess
Gloss white lacquer applied to underside - took a whole bottle, and JUST covered it. Will do topside tomorrow. A bit of a challenge, as I can only fit half of this bird in my (15"x30"😢 spray booth at one time!...

Dave Burgess
Just about done. Uploaded a couple of snaps. The aircraft is essentially complete; I just have to make a stand for it. I was originally going to just use the landing gear wells, but I didn't like the look. Instead, I've drilled a 7/16" hole through the model's CoG and glued a 7/16" styrene tube (3/8" I.D.)in place. I'm getting a 3/8" solid acrylic rod which I'm going to mount on a spare piece of solid oak from a floor installation a few years back, and mount the nice gold plaque (that comes with the limited edition kit) on the oak base. Then I'll take the final set of pics, and put this 25-year old project to rest!

Cuajete
Wow... It looks stunning next to the other models.

Dave Burgess
Got my acrylic rod yesterday, so finished up a replacement base. Took the *official* photos; now I'll put it back in the display case and take one final photo. Then I'm on to its companion: the North American XF-108 Rapier. Those two'll look good side-by-side in the display case!

Bernd Korte
Very impressive! The white paintjob looks spotless!

Bernd Grün
Very impressive build of a very impressive aircraft. Congratulation. Is it a YF-108 Rapier in front of the Valkyrie?

Robert Podkoński
How have I missed this beauty! Fantastic work, Dave! And I love your cabinet with all these prototypes' models 😉

Ben Marshall
Really great job, something to aspire to!! Looks fantastic in the cabinet.. I've always thought this aircraft looks much better displayed in flight configuration, really shows off the graceful curves and streamlining. Separate question: what's the aircraft underneath the Valkyrie in the last few pics? I can't quite place it.. it looks a bit like a Vigilante but I'm sure that's not it..

Robert Podkoński
I suppose this is it:
North American XF-108 Rapier | Album by kryten2q4b (1:72)

Ben Marshall
Ahhh nice one Robert, bang on! Aircraft knowledge fail on my part!! Cheers

Dave Burgess
Yes Robert, you are correct. The F-108 was originally intended as a Mach 3 escort fighter to the XB-70. it was cancelled after the engine program was cancelled. If it looks vaguely familiar, that's because most of the R&D from the program went into the development of the Mach 2 A-5 Vigilante. So, not a complete waste by North American. Model by Anigrand (1:72 cast resin)