Boeing B-29 Superfortress
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"The right stuff." !! Awsome stuff on how these guys were 'chosen' to be the first astronauts. !
Because they, 'knew systems' as they said. Chuck Yeager especially. 👍
Seat of their pants flying with all feed back 'through the stick'. 🙂
I once read about how hot it got in the cockpit of the X-1, 2, and3. That things were too hot to touch coming to the end of each flight. Jeez. ! Courage by the truck loads. 🙂
Yeah its quite amazing 🙂 then they largely got forgotten about for a few years as they were not astronauts
Just like those American negro women who worked out mathematically how to put the first men into space. ! Youtube Video
This one is a bit of a whoops moment.. I realised I had not got any pictures of the X-1 build.
This is the one thats going to be in the bay so Once painted, I will be Making the slight mod to the spine to put magnet into her.
Nice project. Watch out: the fitting of the canopy is a little bit tricky. Need to add a strip of plastic card at the back (around 1 or 1.2mm) for a proper fitting. My own completed project, of it can help:
Bell X-1 | Album by Hikaru (1:48)
Watching with interest - got one in my stash (so far painted interior green and chrome yellow). Thanks Rv for pointing the vices out.
Decals are going on.. had to find stars and bars as the eduard ones were very off shade. magnet on top is the one that will go in mothership the other is already embedded in the X-1's spine.
Ah, I have this kit. Don't forget nose weight. Iirc, you have to add some.
I used nose weight in terms of tiny metal balls, like 1 mm size, and iirc I filled the area around the cabin parts. Presumably, this is a little tricky, because there isn't far to the two rear landing gear wheels. I mean, the closer you place your weight to the pivot point, the less effect the nose weight stuff have for stabilizing the thing.
Hi Jocaj:
I am interested in this versión, but haven't found the kit available, was thinking in make it with the Minicraft kit. Can I watch in the parts dealing with the refueling dtogue and structures???... Thank you very much in ADVANCE!!!
Hi Luis!
Of course! I took some photos, you can find them here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fm76z3607gt62k4/AACfHiJt1R5uvHSoQePtewKEa?dl=0
I hope they will help!
All the best,
J.
Thank you, Gentlemen! Hopefully it will be done by the end of this year
