Bought four of these kits many moons ago (probably back in the '80's), two SR-71's and two YF-12A's; apparently built one of them back in the '90's (probably an SR-71, whereabouts unknown), and have FINALLY gotten around to putting them together properly. I also apparently made an abortive attempt to assemble a second one (a YF-12), because I have some loose parts with old glue still on them.
In any case, I have enough parts in one place to assemble 2-1/2 Blackbirds (missing too many pieces to make a third one), so I'll make one complete SR-71 in late '90's markings (i.e.: almost none), and one complete YF-12A in early '60's markings (the attractive two-tone black & silver scheme with full-color stars & bars). I decided to build both of these at the same time since there are so many parts common between them (pretty much the only difference between the two is the forward fuselage).
I've already partially begun both kits, so I'll try and upload some pictures before I get too much farther along. Unfortuantely, the decals are probably shot (of course, they're 30 years old!), so I'm doing the SR-71 in it's ultimate all-black scheme (no national markings), and I'll have to find out what kind of shape the 30-year old YF-12 decals are in next week.
Here's what the sprues looked like before I cut most of the parts off (shots courtesy of Swanny's Models, http://www.swannysmodels.com/index.html):
Like I said, I'll take some shots of my WIP this weekend, and post them next week.
Thanks for looking!
In any case, I have enough parts in one place to assemble 2-1/2 Blackbirds (missing too many pieces to make a third one), so I'll make one complete SR-71 in late '90's markings (i.e.: almost none), and one complete YF-12A in early '60's markings (the attractive two-tone black & silver scheme with full-color stars & bars). I decided to build both of these at the same time since there are so many parts common between them (pretty much the only difference between the two is the forward fuselage).
I've already partially begun both kits, so I'll try and upload some pictures before I get too much farther along. Unfortuantely, the decals are probably shot (of course, they're 30 years old!), so I'm doing the SR-71 in it's ultimate all-black scheme (no national markings), and I'll have to find out what kind of shape the 30-year old YF-12 decals are in next week.
Here's what the sprues looked like before I cut most of the parts off (shots courtesy of Swanny's Models, http://www.swannysmodels.com/index.html):
Like I said, I'll take some shots of my WIP this weekend, and post them next week.
Thanks for looking!
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