1/48th X-1 and X-1B Beauty & the Beast

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Glenn!

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks guys

X-1

I finished up the cockpit and added the seat harness made from wine bottle foil

The fuselage halves glued up

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice looking pit Glenn.

 

[fubar57]

Agreed

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far Glenn!

 

[T Bolt]

X-1B

It ben several weeks since I've had time to do any work at either of these builds which as it turned out was a good thing as the modified areas of the dorsal fin had developed some sink holes that I dealt with in the first 2 pictures

After these areas were again sanded and polished I painted the belly hump white and the anti-glare panel black, then masked them and painted all but the outer wings Old Silver.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Glenn!

 

[fubar57]

Nice

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Glenn.

 

[T Bolt]

X-1

I've been really busy this summer and haven't had much time to work on either of the X-1's, but I've been able to get a bit done over the last few days, finishing off the instrument panel and adding the back of the indicators and some plumbing. It was a real pain installing it like the plan said - after the fuselage was together. If I had to do it again I would do it before. I just dipped the canopy in Future and hope to install it tomorrow.

 

[nsmekanik]

Looks good from this angle

 

[Airframes]

And from here too !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice Glenn.

 

[fubar57]

Good to see you back at it

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Glenn!