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B-29-96-BW 45-21800 mothership and X-1's

Subject:
Bell XS-1
US NACA-National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915-1958)
High-Speed Fight Research Station 46-62 Glamorous Glennis (Capt. Charles "Chuck" Yeager)
October 1947 The first manned supersonic flight - Muroc Dry Lake Base
Bell XS-1
US NACA-National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915-1958)
High-Speed Fight Research Station 46-63
1947 - Edwards AFB, CA
Scale:
1:48
Status:
Completed

So, been thinking about this one for a while.

B-29A with scratch mods to make her a mothership for X-1, with Magnet inside bay.
First X-1 will be wheels up held in mothership with high power magnet
Second will be Glamourous Glennis on her wheels.

Project inventory

Full kits
85-5711
B-29 Superfortress
Revell 1:48
85-5711 2004 New decals
8079
X-1 Mach Buster ProfiPack
Eduard 1:48
8079 2016 New parts
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Photoalbums

51 images
B-29-96-BW 45-21800 mothershipView album, image #51
1:48
Project: B-29-96-BW 45-21800 mothership and X-1's
1:48 B-29 Superfortress (Revell 85-5711)1:48 X-1 Mach Buster (Eduard 8079)
6 images
The completed set.View album, image #1
1:48
Project: B-29-96-BW 45-21800 mothership and X-1's
1:48 B-29 Superfortress (Revell 85-5711)1:48 X-1 Mach Buster (Eduard 8079)
1 images
The Pile before the battle.View album, image #1
1:48
Project: B-29-96-BW 45-21800 mothership and X-1's
1:48 B-29 Superfortress (Revell 85-5711)1:48 X-1 Mach Buster (Eduard 8079)
2 images
X-1 S/N 46-062 Edwards AFB 1st half 1947View album, image #1
1:48
Project: B-29-96-BW 45-21800 mothership and X-1's
1:48 B-29 Superfortress (Revell 85-5711)1:48 X-1 Mach Buster (Eduard 8079)
2 images
X-1 S/N 46-063 Edwards AFB Oct 1947View album, image #2
1:48
Project: B-29-96-BW 45-21800 mothership and X-1's
1:48 B-29 Superfortress (Revell 85-5711)1:48 X-1 Mach Buster (Eduard 8079)

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The Americans
Ideas 3×In progress 3×Completed 27×On hold 1×Cancelled 3×

Comments

2 June 2021, 15:23