HL-10 1,291 Posted July 31 Special Hobby's 1/32nd scale North American X15 A2 Apart from a few scratch built additions in the cockpit, and a pilot figure from Shapeways (3D printed), it is an out of the box build. Various shades of black, dark greys, and metallic tones from various manufactures. Shapeways X-15 pilot. 3D printed. The version I ordered was the "basic quality" one & higher quality versions are available, for an increased cost. This one was rough, but workable. Head/face replaced with a Hornet Heads resin item. He needed some adjustments to get a better fit in the chair & cockpit. Thanks for looking, Angelo 24 1 Trak-Tor, Fencer-1, Daniel Leduc and 22 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CZPetrP 506 Posted July 31 Wow, good job. Nice "X-15" 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 32,869 Posted July 31 Nice work! Good job on the pilot as well 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 472 Posted August 1 I always liked the X-15. Would watch it taxi out under the wing of the B-52 and takeoff with all the smoke. Would go out to the dry lake and watch it land with my dad when he was stationed at Edwards 1958-1964. Was an awesome time in aviation. Great job! Cheers...Ron 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aircare84 517 Posted August 1 Nice build! The color variation look great. Thanks for posting. 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Owens 231 Posted August 1 That’s a museum piece in search of a museum!! 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeMaben 6,608 Posted August 1 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dany Boy 381 Posted August 1 What an unusual and interesting airplane model build! Really like the pilot 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dodgem37 7,924 Posted August 1 Good show! Sincerely, Mark 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 472 Posted August 1 How did you do the heat burns on the XLR-99 engine? That looks awesome! I have 3 of those X-15 kits! Have 2 of the 48th ones...Want to do a landing scene on the dry lake. X-15 about to touch down with the F-104 chase plane gear down just about to the "go around" with the smoke bomb on the ground giving the wind direction. So cool for a young guy to witness back then! Cheers...Ron 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Heilig 13,582 Posted August 1 Nice!! 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HL-10 1,291 Posted August 1 2 hours ago, aircommando130 said: How did you do the heat burns on the XLR-99 engine? I just studied photos of the real exhaust and brush painted them. I tried to airbrush them but due to the shape of the exhaust I couldn't get it to look right. Thanks guys for all the compliments & comments, greatly appreciated! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 472 Posted August 1 Wow....for brush painting that is awesome! 1 HL-10 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squizzy 508 Posted Thursday at 10:33 PM I’ve found black planes are hard to get a realistic finish on, but you’ve nailed it! Awesome looking plane and it’s something different! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basta 42 Posted yesterday at 12:31 AM Looks fantastic, great finish! Now all you need is a B52 to hang it from Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
