Bell x-1 - come back build

[Mark M]

Hi guys, nice simple OOB build just to get me back in the game, will be starting next week

 

only thing to really think about is which scheme

 

 

the classic 'Glennis' 

 

 

or this

 

[Dave Williams]

Was the original X-1 still painted orange after April 1949 when NATO formed?  It might have been all white by then.

[Mark M]

thts a very good question

 

ok this image is dated Jan 49

 

 

however on diggin in Aug 49 it was still orange and the serial number confirms it, so i think its good to go

 

 

 

[Out2gtcha]

Wow, very cool!

 

Id say go for 6062 as it really looks good with the white and orange. Besides, it seems like most everyone doing an X-1 does GG. 

 

10 hours ago, Mark M said:

 

[Mark M]

so here we go, however i dont think this will take too long, im going OOB for this one

after an hour this morning

 

 

 

however i have hit a stumbling block, i dont have any orange, well thats not true, i have some hataka orange, but im hit and miss with them, this is a new bottle out of a set, ill give it a go

 

 

(it is orange when shaken)

[Mark M]

ok ive just spotted something, is it me or is the left wing white??

 

[Mark M]

 

 

 

can anyone confirm this?

[Alain Gadbois]

Interesting!

Looks white of course, and also the fairing under the fuselage.

I would be looking for more photos to confirm the colors under the wings.

Alain

[Mark M]

The under fuselage but is white but it's the first time I've seen the wing

[Alain Gadbois]

Me too, I never noticed this. I guess it is for the same reason rockets have a unique white/black pattern. We are naturally not used see a non symetrical paint job.

[Landrotten Highlander]

Looks to me based on the B&W picture that the left wing is white, the right wing orange, while the fuselage has a white band at top and bottom and orange sides?

[Alain Gadbois]

Found these two photos, curiously no markings are visible.

 

 

[Mark M]

Cheers mate, I wonder what the bottom is like

[Mark M]

But I he tail planes on that are white

[Alain Gadbois]

The Eduard kit instructions show 6062 with the exact paint scheme as in my above post, but with the added serial number and insignia. No insignia on the left wing top side though. The bottom side of the left wing is orange.

 

Alain