Rod The Fixer Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Hi all, I'm assembling this old testor kit: to make this Nasa airplane: [/url] Origin: www.aviationphotocompany.com This U-2 aircraft, NASA 708, with its sister ship, NASA 709, was obtained from the U.S. Air Force in 1971 to test instrumentation systems being developed for the early Landsat Earth-observing satellites. The results were so successful that the program was extended, with the aircraft becoming significant Earth-observing platforms in their own right. Because they were capable of gathering air samples at altitudes above 95 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, they also became instrumental in studying atmospheric composition. These data made significant contributions to early ozone studies. As usual a quick look inside the box This mold, from the mid 60s, is really starting to show it's age, for example the amount of flash and warping found in the wing halves was considerably higher. I decided to remove the raised panel and reinscribe before assembly the main body and the wings. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod The Fixer Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 And this is the kit after a primer (Mr. Surfacer 1200) layer: 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Nice start Rod, that will be a big model in 1/48. Nice job rescribing too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod The Fixer Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: Nice start Rod, that will be a big model in 1/48. Nice job rescribing too Yes, a very big model, i have some trouble to take photos inside the softbox 😄 Nice job but ... very boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod The Fixer Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 The plane after a layer of: Upper surfaces - Insignia White FS 17875 (Gunze H-316) Lower surfaces - Light Gray FS36495 (GSH 338) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 NICE! I built this years ago but with the Hawk boxing as an A. I did Testors later and used a cockpit from an old 1/48 Revell F-104 for it. The U-2 was developed from the Lockheed F-104. Will be watching with interest.---John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Ooh that’s looking rather nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Very nice, and one of a handful of favourites—the kit and the U-2. I built one a few years back but lost most of the photos when Photbucket started playing games There are a few left starting on #104. Rescribed it as you have done and same colour scheme. I have another “C” and would do it all again if I didn’t have so much on my plate. Following with interest. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod The Fixer Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 After a decal nightmare ... by Rodolfo Masti, su Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, su Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, su Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, su Flickr I have restarted this old project that had been parked in the hangar "failed items"... Unfortunately the disastrous attempt to repaint the model and the lack of suitable decals (I managed to find only the caracal Models, usable only for the U-2R model ..) forced me to convert the plane to the one used by the CIA (all Black and without any insignia) and here is the result ... still missing some details like the "Pogos" ... by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Nice save!! Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 A pity that they didn’t cooperate, still the full black version looks very nice 👍 Good save Fixer😉 Must say that I like the Hawk/Testors U2 more then the AFV kit as the former though older are better in general outlines then the AFV kit! Also a lot of detail is wrong, though highly detailed. I have them all, the AFV U2C kit the Testors U2C and even the Hawk U2A version. Planning to merge some AFV parts of it in the Hawk kit in the near future ! Cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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