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World War II
Discuss WWII and the era directly before and after the war from 1935-1949.
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Bell X-1 Eduard 1:48
RYSZARD
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Krakow, Poland
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 05:05 PM UTC
Nie zby widowiskowy ,niepozorny modelik


The Bell X-1, designated originally as XS-1, was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics-U.S. Army Air Forces-U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by the Bell Aircraft Company. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built during 1945, it achieved a speed of nearly 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h; 870 kn) during 1948. A derivative of this same design, the Bell X-1A, having greater fuel capacity and hence longer rocket burning time, exceeded 1,600 miles per hour (2,600 km/h; 1,400 kn) during 1954.[1] The X-1 was the first manned airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the so-called X-planes, a series of American experimental rocket planes designated for testing of new technologies and often kept secret.




Sam model to oczywiście Eduard w tej bogatszej wesrsji profipack skala 1:48

Model w malowaniu 6062 Glamorous Glennis w którym "Chuck " Yeager14 Pazdziernika 1947 przekroczyl barierę dzwieku













stooge
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South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 07:11 AM UTC
Nice work again, very nice.

For some reason I always had this aircraft as orange in my head. It was really yellow?
Joel_W
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New York, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 09:17 PM UTC
Ryszard,

A most impressive build for sure. Built to the same display standards as the one displayed at the National Space and Air Museum.

Carl,
yes, I can recall seeing so many pictures and models of this aircraft as bright Orange, but Ryszard has used the correct color. This is a picture of the X-1 from the museum.



Joel
stooge
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South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 11:22 AM UTC
Thanks Joel re the colour.

I think I have screen colour renditions issues as well.
greif8
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Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Friday, February 26, 2016 - 03:10 PM UTC
Sweet build Ryszard, I think the color looks outstanding and is something different than the normal "bland" colors of most paint jobs on military aircraft, which sets the build apart and adds interest IMHO.
stooge
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South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 05:24 AM UTC
Ryszard, what colour did you use for the interior green?
berndm
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Niedersachsen, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 01:07 PM UTC
Great build and very well presented.
Is this the "guy" from Academys F-4 Phantom kits ?
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