The Convair Shuttle B - 'Aquila' HL -LAUNCHED!

[Steel Penguin]

good looking and good back story 
glad you were able to overcome the problems Kit

[George the Cat]

Crikey Kit! That's fab modelling!

[PR19_Kit]

The battle with the SRBs was absolutely worth it, too!   

They're not perfect, the clamp lines vary in thickness as it's so difficult to maintain a constant pressure on the ink pen, and the orange decals were a REAL pain to apply as well. The two black ones just fell on though, go figure?

I'm pleased it's done, and it looks pretty much as I envisaged it in the first place, always good with a Whiffed model.

Thanks gentlemen, I'm pleased that you like it too.

[PR19_Kit]

Hmm, I've just noticed I've screwed up the Mission Profile graphic, I'll have to move a few of the stage pics around............ 

[frank2056]

Really nice! The pain of dealing with the SRB bands payed off. Everything looks superb. I love the tile effect on the wings!

[kerick]

Great build and great story! Nice job on the stripes. For a pretty small thing they add a lot.

[PR19_Kit]

Everything looks superb. I love the tile effect on the wings!

Thanks, that was remarkably simple to do actually. I painted the whole underside satin black and then lightly scored all over it with a scalpel so that the grey primer underneath showed through. I was originally going to do a really complex pattern aligning the tiles to the edges of the airframe etc. but just holding it in place was difficult so I just did a square pattern in the end.

Great build and great story! Nice job on the stripes. For a pretty small thing they add a lot.

Thanks Kerick, I specially sought your approval as you know what you're talking about with this space stuff, and I'm damned if I do really. 

[PR19_Kit]

I've corrected the glitch on the Mission Profile graphics now too. Hopefully no-one noticed............... 

[Rick Lowe]

Nice result, worth the effort. 

[kerick]

Everything looks superb. I love the tile effect on the wings!

Thanks, that was remarkably simple to do actually. I painted the whole underside satin black and then lightly scored all over it with a scalpel so that the grey primer underneath showed through. I was originally going to do a really complex pattern aligning the tiles to the edges of the airframe etc. but just holding it in place was difficult so I just did a square pattern in the end.

Great build and great story! Nice job on the stripes. For a pretty small thing they add a lot.

Thanks Kerick, I specially sought your approval as you know what you're talking about with this space stuff, and I'm damned if I do really. 

Thanks! Careful, you're inflating my ego!
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=51201.30
Here's a link to my Titan launcher from way back. I'm attempting to do something similar for the spaceplane.

[buzzbomb]

Late to the part on the finished product, but wow.... well done

[Weaver]

Nice one Kit - it looks great. All the struggle with the SRBs paid off.



(Could've sworn I'd commented on this at the time, but now it's nowhere to be seen...   I think sometime I type a reply out then get distracted and never hit POST  )

[Robomog]

Nice build Kit, very nice   


Mog
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[Old Wombat]

Congratulations on the win, Kit! 

[PR19_Kit]

Thanks, I'm almost embarrassed because there were so few entries, but such is modelling life.