North American X 15 A2

Christian Bruer
nice X 15 photo 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Ready for paint.....

Stephan Ryll
aah - I´m in 🙂

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
I'm in to !!!! I built this very kit lont ime ago ....

Choppa Nutta
will be going through all the X Planes Hanno ? 🙂

anyhow, a nice wee vid on the X15 😄

Youtube Video

Hanno Kleinecke
Yep, that's the plan Choppa, as far as I can get my hands on the necessary kits. X 1 A & B, as well as the D 558 / 2 Skyrocket are already waiting. There will be a F 104 in NASA markings too.
Let's see how far I can get... 😉
Thanks for the link ! Man I really love these old Technicolor US propaganda films !
This one's worth watching too :Youtube Video

Christian Meyerhoff
Great start Hanno! 👍

Choppa Nutta
great video Hanno ! 🙂
lucky everyone was ok, and a testament to the design team for making that accident survivable !!

Kerry COX
Hanno, What does 'burned black' look like ? 👍
This looks a most interesting project Hanno, Good times. 🙂

Choppa Nutta
the original eggsperimental plane 😄

modelingmadness.com/scott/korean/f85.htm

Hanno Kleinecke
Thanks Kerry, that was in fact the decisive question, when I talked about the project with Bernhard earlier on, who was able to lay his hands on one of the surviving X 15 in an US museum, . The skin of the X 15 was made of a special alloy called Inconel X, which is responsible for the metaly looking colour of the skin. The bird actually was unpainted.
So I´m going to use a dark grey mixed with Metal pigments in different shades and intensities.
The lighter panels will be masked and sprayed with very thin coats of Alclad Pale Burnt Metal mixed with
Stainless Steel.
Choppa : Indeed the mother of all eggs - planes (((( 😄)))). Lots of funnies around in those days.

Christian Bruer
Nice progress Hanno 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Thank you Christian ! 🙂

Colin Grace
Good start Hanno, watching with interest.

Kerry COX
Hanno, Hi buddy. 🙂
I saw the images posted here and I did notice the different colourations of the segments of the skin, and I thought that you will have an amazing model with all that effect, for sure. 🙂 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
X 15 finished. Unfortunately the decals show some silvering, despite the fact that I used Mr. Mark Setter quite meticiously..... Well, anyway, I hope you like it . 🙂

Soeren R.
Nice progress Hanno! 🙂

Jens
Einfach G E N I A L 👍 👍 👍

Choppa Nutta
👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 Nice Hanno! 🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
Thank you Soeren, Jens and Choppa !🙂

John Thomas
Nice work

Christian Meyerhoff
Very nice Blackbird! 👍

Mike Grant
Looks really good Hanno, I like the subtle tonal variations in the finish 👍

Bernhard Pethe
The X - 15 on this scale can not be seen often . I like it very much.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Very good ... Excellet job

Hanno Kleinecke
Thank you all for Our kind words mates, I'm proud that you like it! 🙂

Eric RENOUX
Good

Christian Bruer
Life like painting, well done Hanno👍

Bernhard Schrock
Very realistic paint work in comparison with the 1. Picture! Congrats Hanno!

Lex Jassies
Just beautiful! Also like the paint workshop very much.

Hanno Kleinecke
Thank you Eric, Christian, Bernhard and Lex, much appreciated !

Ekki
Excellent stuff.

Michel Huijghe
Love to see a X-15

Ulf Petersen
Excellent Hanno!👍
The finish of the surface is stunning!

Kerry COX
Hanno, I am sure there would be a lot of senior USAF personnel who would leap at the opportunity to have your work either on their desk or in their display cabinet.
The overall 'effect' is stunning my friend and I am positive there will be some well earned awards yet to come.
Superb result. 🙂 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Thank you Ekki and Michel 🙂 ! @ Ulf :Thank you ! Will you be in Lübeck to take a closer look at it ?
@ Kerry : Thanks for your praise mate, that`s a nice idea ! 🙂

Ulf Petersen
Of course I will be!

Hanno Kleinecke
Great ! 🙂