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Cold War (1950-1974)
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Out of the Black
Jessie_C
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013 - 02:39 PM UTC
An icon of the Cold War graces our feature page this weekend. Lockheed''s famous SR-71 in 1/48 scale.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Keeperofsouls2099
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013 - 03:10 PM UTC
Thanks jessie for your kind words
Keeperofsouls2099
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013 - 03:15 PM UTC
Lets not forget a full rescribe whew that was a lot of scratching.
Merlin
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013 - 07:34 PM UTC
Hi Justin

An inspirational build! I've really enjoyed following your updates on how you totally transformed the old kit.

All the best

Rowan
AussieReg
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013 - 08:19 PM UTC
I still can't see the propellers!

Seriously inspiring build Justin, I really enjoyed following along and you have given me plenty of ideas for my pending Monogram P-61 makeover.

Cheers, D
Keeperofsouls2099
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 02:44 AM UTC
Thanks merlin.

Auss thanks and I have the old monogram boxing of the p-61 that will get the same treatment.who needs the new kits
My next build is a complete rescribe of the monogram century series f-102a.I will be making it into the bmf yf-102a that started it all then maybe back to the prop things
Joel_W
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Posted: Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 02:48 AM UTC
Justin, Just a fantastic build from day one. As you already know, I followed your complete build, and was just blown away by all the details, and corrections you made. Those wheel wells are just outstanding to say the least.

Looking forward to following your YF-102A build. Should be a great ride for all of us.

Joel
Keeperofsouls2099
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Posted: Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 05:30 AM UTC
Thanks joel and appreciate you following thankfully there's notnear as much landscape to cover on the 102
md72
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Posted: Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 03:20 PM UTC
Justin, too late to be any good, I snagged this pic of SR-71 tires at a museum yesterday..

GhostHawk
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Posted: Monday, September 23, 2013 - 03:31 AM UTC
Hello,

Very enjoyable...!!!

All the contructive process was a learning experience...!

Thanks, Congrats, & BTW

Diego
Keeperofsouls2099
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Posted: Monday, September 23, 2013 - 06:46 AM UTC
Thanks guys and mk I would post those in my build thread I'm sure someone will need them
chris1
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 07:00 PM UTC
Justin
What a sweet build..The SR 71 is kinda sexy...ok.....Real sexy but not as SEXY as the X-15 (sex on a stick).

However can I use some of your build blog ideas to do my WON(1)..
Monogram Snaptite SR-71.

I'd like to do a NASA 2 seater.

Cheers

Chris
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Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 12:51 PM UTC
(sex on a stick) thanks use what ever you want sir
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