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Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« on: March 08, 2013, 02:40:34 AM »
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2013, 02:42:26 AM »
To start with, what about either fitted with a pair of  Vought ASM-135 ASAT missiles:

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2013, 02:59:22 AM »
Favorite of mine is the push-pull propeller version posted here in some thread.

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2013, 02:25:52 PM »
























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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2013, 02:33:37 PM »






 :icon_punal: Dibs on the Megaforce Stratofortress, I saw it first!  :icon_punal:
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2013, 03:37:36 PM »

 :icon_punal: Dibs on the Megaforce Stratofortress, I saw it first!  :icon_punal:

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2013, 09:30:17 PM »
Bruce Craig of www dot thunderjet dot com fame (website no longer in service) has built 3 SR-71s:   A Fed Ex rapid delivery system with a package bay in it's belly, an Evergreen Aviation transport jet that combines a Hasegawa Falcon fuselage top on an extended SR-71 forward fuse, and his latest an even longer version of the same for Team Ferrari.     The build qualities are first rate and bring a spontaneous smile to the faces of those who see them at the shows.
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2013, 12:55:41 AM »
Bruce Craig of www dot thunderjet dot com fame (website no longer in service) has built 3 SR-71s:   A Fed Ex rapid delivery system with a package bay in it's belly, an Evergreen Aviation transport jet that combines a Hasegawa Falcon fuselage top on an extended SR-71 forward fuse, and his latest an even longer version of the same for Team Ferrari.     The build qualities are first rate and bring a spontaneous smile to the faces of those who see them at the shows.


They sound great!





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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2013, 01:16:14 AM »
Bruce Craig of www dot thunderjet dot com fame (website no longer in service) has built 3 SR-71s:   A Fed Ex rapid delivery system with a package bay in it's belly, an Evergreen Aviation transport jet that combines a Hasegawa Falcon fuselage top on an extended SR-71 forward fuse, and his latest an even longer version of the same for Team Ferrari.     The build qualities are first rate and bring a spontaneous smile to the faces of those who see them at the shows.


There's an in-progress pic of the Falcon one on his website: http://www.craig777.com/777scalemodels.html
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2013, 02:45:32 AM »
In 1997, I was at the Edwards AFB open house.

The highlight was a Mach 3 pass by one the NASA SR-71s.  The condensation trail was sporadic but when the SR-71 did a horizon to horizon pass in about 10 seconds, I'd say he was way over the posted speed limit.
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2013, 03:56:25 AM »
Makes me wonder what kind of payload could be carried in place of that drone......

(A sensor dish or something......?)
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2013, 05:45:33 AM »
That's crazy talk:


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I seem to recall someone modelling one too
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2013, 01:02:21 AM »
I had one of those megaforce toys as a kid ! Actually i had quite a few of those toys "Megaforce vs Triax"  :)

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2013, 01:19:00 AM »
I had one of those megaforce toys as a kid ! Actually i had quite a few of those toys "Megaforce vs Triax"  :)


Me too! They have lasted a long time since they are made of metal as well. I found a boxed stratofort on EvilBay for cheap so I bought it so I could Fly it around the room making woosh noises since I never had it as a kid For first hand research.

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2013, 01:22:05 AM »
I have a load of the lil metal ones still too.. same reason cos they've lasted. Theyre in a tub underneath my model desk as it happens.. lol

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2013, 06:17:48 PM »
I remember reading ages ago that a strike version of the SR-71 was proposed using solid, hypersonic free fall bombs.  The idea was the solid bombs hitting the target at hypersonic speed would do more damage than a conventional frag bomb.

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2013, 07:06:43 PM »
Well there were a number of B-71 proposals.
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2013, 07:11:25 PM »
Something that just screams to be modelled:

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2013, 07:36:45 PM »
Sweet

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #19 on: March 14, 2013, 01:31:25 AM »
RATO units can be sourced from the Lindberg Snark for a 1:48th scale effort.  Not sure if the Revell box-scale Snark RATO units would be suitable for a 1:72nd scale attempt.  Then of course you have the opportunity to create a ZELL version if you wish. :)
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2013, 07:24:00 AM »
I have a load of the lil metal ones still too.. same reason cos they've lasted. Theyre in a tub underneath my model desk as it happens.. lol

I still have a couple of the lil metal V-ROC VTOLs. Don't remember what happened to the rest.  :(

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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2013, 05:18:17 AM »
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2013, 12:24:03 AM »
Oxcart with a drone developed to current day standards.
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Re: Lockheed A-12 & SR-71 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2013, 06:50:07 AM »
Why not one refitted to boost an ASAT/ABM-launcher version of the X-15? Add a little relative flexibility in mopping up  what the Alaska-based and seaborne Tier 3 Aegis installations miss...

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« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2013, 10:42:24 AM »
Why not one refitted to boost an ASAT/ABM-launcher version of the X-15? Add a little relative flexibility in mopping up  what the Alaska-based and seaborne Tier 3 Aegis installations miss...
I think the relative sizes would be a bit problematical there.  How about a direct ASAT/ABM launcher version?