Sr 71

[dansls1]

Thanks Ron, guess I'll have to keep my eye on Ebay (once I get a budget again ).

I still put forth that it'd be nice to have a detailed 1/33 version of this big bird available in a digital format

[billy.leliveld]

Originally Posted by Zathros

I always like looking at your models but I can help my eyes from wandering around the photos a bit to see your vast collections. Peek-a-boo!

Hello Zathros, long time no see, have another peek...(i'm just showing off)
Cheers, Billy

[member_3]

Wow!!! That was definitely worth showing off. What a marvelous collection and displayed so beautifully!

[Ashrunner]

Originally Posted by boosed

I definitely defer to Ash when it comes to Air Force slang!

I have to admit that the Air Force guys in Korea and Japan used the nickname "Habu" and not "Snake" for the SR-71. It was we Dogfaces who took the term one step further and, when the sonic boom came, said that the "Snake" had arrived.

I presume that all the others reading this thread have figured out by now that the habu is an Asian poisonous snake and that, due to its hooded cobra appearance, the SR-71 was nicknamed the Habu. There is, by the way, a very interesting website devoted to the SR-71: http://www.habu.org/

Thanks for the website, Billy, and for sharing your splendid model with us.

Don

Thanks for the explanation of Habu, Don. The Habu Org website is a great website for Blackbird lovers. One of my favorite moments in the Air Force was the night I was told to empty my JP-4 fuel truck, flush it, then fill it with JP-7 (I believe that was the fuel back in the early 70s). Then I was told to wait at a certain hardstand. Twenty minutes later, a very strange, black bird taxied up. I was directed into position and soon began passing gas. When I finished, I moved out to do paperwork and let the second truck in. While doing the paperwork, I wrote down the aircraft tail number -- "971" I remembered it, because it was 1971 when this happened.

Several years ago, the Evergreen Aviation Museum acquired an SR-71 for display. Much to my enjoyment, it's tail number is "971." Visiting it was like seeing an old friend. I may have spent less than 20 minutes around that bird in '71, but I never forgot about it. And now she's only a four hour drive from me. 8v)

The six main versions of blackbirds Lockheed designed and produced are still, in my opinion, the greatest aviation achievement ever.

[John Bowden]

The six main versions of blackbirds Lockheed designed and produced are still, in my opinion, the greatest aviation achievement ever.

I agree.............especially since all the titanium used to build then was bought from the USSR!

Fast............ Black...........Twin afterburning engines on any airplane will get my attention!

john

[billy.leliveld]

Here's the link to Mike Bauer's free SR 71...
http://85.150.216.22/hobby/productCa...Cat=Mike+Bauer
It's big!
Cheers, Billy

[frederico]

i know it is sort of a late call but i just want to say, i did the same model and i really didn't like it alot. the way you glue the pieaces, it looks like mountains on the finnished model.i fix it thogh by cutting off the tabs and glue them together.

[billy.leliveld]

That was long ago:roll eyes: The Pmodel has some serious flaws, Luckely Ken L West came along with his masterpiece

[frederico]

a true work of art, thats all i have to say.

[Sakrison]

Billy,
Excellent build, but what scale? The SR-71 is 107 feet long, plus a few inches. If the P-Model SR-71 is "about a foot long," it's 1/100 scale.
--David