XB-70 Design and Build

[dansls1]

Originally Posted by kenlwest

To all,

I have just been banned from Zealot. ...
Ken

Interestingly I'll pretty much never find out if I am or not, because the only reason I was going there was to check progress on this design / build
Good to see it continue here.

[Stev0]

Ken ... I have the whole thread as a PDF if you want it.

Please continue on with building this plane of epic proportions.

[shrike]

Minimum 10 characters

[Retired_for_now]

I'd say we're over the minimum. Way more "characters" than that on the site I'd wager.

Yogi

[cgutzmer]

Thanks for sticking up for me buddy - getting caught up with stuff now!

Copying threads over isnt too hard so long as the pics are in the threads with [img] tags. You can just highlight the contents of a post and paste into the new post here I wonder if my old ones still exist
Chris

[jagolden01]

Ken, the landing trucks look fantastic.
I do tend to build "in-flight" configurations, but this might sway me.

[n810]

Glad to see the build over here ken!

[kenlwest]

To all,

The events of the past couple of days have inspired me to continue this worthy project with even more energy. Also, I want to thank Rick and the rest of Papermodelers for their patience and welcoming atmosphere as we merge into one happy family as they say.

Well, the insanity continues with the build of the main landing gears. As you can see from the pictures below, these are quite detailed, and believe it or not, this is the "simplified" version.

Several people have commented that they will be building the in-flight version for simplicity, and that's quite alright. But, I hope you will at least consider building everything as this particular aircraft deserves a good represenation - long overdue.

Enjoy the pics!

Ken

[rickstef]

Ken,

What is the scale of this graceful bird?

[kenlwest]

Rick,

The model is 1/48 scale and it is over 4 feet long! At Zealot, I started the project with a survey asking for a consensus on scale. Basically, (like most aircraft models) 1/48 scale is about the smallest scale possible in paper and still provide serious detail; particularly in the cockpit.

For those folks who may not be familiar with this project, StevO was kind enough to preserve the design and build thread from Zealot before someone obliterated it today . It is in PDF format. Rick, if you like, we can post it in the download section for reference. This would save disk space.

Let me know your thoughts...

Ken