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Originally Posted by peaceglue
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Thanks, Peaceglue. Your thread will be helpful. One of the issues I'm looking at trying to correct is the geometry of the rear chines. Ken's approach leaves them with sharp corners; in reality, they were more rounded.
I also plan on shrinking the model to 1/48th scale and doing an in-flight pose, without the tanks. (The X-15A-2 flew several times without the external tanks. Despite holding the world speed record for a winged vehicle -- until the first landing of the Space Shuttle -- the A-2 was pretty much a dog. Numerous aborted flights and in-flight failures. And it's fastest flight was its last because the heat damaged the vehicle and it was deemed unsafe to fly. Oh, for a good model of 66670 or even the pre-stretch 66671....)
Again, thanks!