| Tango01 | 19 Sep 2015 10:36 p.m. PST |
Great plane!
link Anyone have it in scale? Amicalement
Armand |
| Mako11 | 19 Sep 2015 10:40 p.m. PST |
Yep! Need some of these in 1/600th scale. There is a 1/700th one from Pit-Road/Skywave, but it is very expensive. Probably some in the larger, modeling scales. |
| FoxtrotPapaRomeo | 19 Sep 2015 10:59 p.m. PST |
USAF Museum, Dayton Ohio – 1:1 scale, the surviving jet (two built- other one had an accident with it's chase plane and was destroyed). |
| John Treadaway | 20 Sep 2015 1:50 a.m. PST |
USAF Museum, Dayton Ohio – 1:1 scale, the surviving jet (two built- other one had an accident with it's chase plane and was destroyed I've seen it there and it looks fabulous. I have a 1/72 model that I have yet to assemble and paint. John T |
Random Die Roll  | 20 Sep 2015 2:14 a.m. PST |
Reminds me of the movie "Firefox" |
| jpattern2 | 20 Sep 2015 6:18 a.m. PST |
I've always thought it looks like it's straining at the leash, like a greyhound ready to bolt. Love that design. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 20 Sep 2015 9:55 a.m. PST |
It is an elegant and sleek design ahead of its time. The USAF wanted a Mach 3 bomber that can fly at 70,000 feet. It scared the Soviets so much that they developed the MiG-25 "Foxbat" specifically to counter it. Of course, Viktor Belenko's defection in one proved what a piece of crap it is. |
| 11th ACR | 20 Sep 2015 11:13 a.m. PST |
Saw one of them back in the 60's at an air show at Edwerds AFB. It an an X-15. |
| HardRock | 20 Sep 2015 11:48 a.m. PST |
I had a model in the late 60's, came with TWA markings. |
| jfleisher | 20 Sep 2015 2:31 p.m. PST |
There's a 1/300 scale XB-70 available as a plastic model kit. |
| Tango01 | 20 Sep 2015 3:27 p.m. PST |
Thanks my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
 20thmaine | 20 Sep 2015 4:53 p.m. PST |
There's a 1/300 scale XB-70 available as a plastic model kit. I made a couple – the all white one came out awful, but I quite liked the fantasy RAF one! |
| Mako11 | 20 Sep 2015 5:17 p.m. PST |
Well, the Foxbat is a very fast, long-ranged, heavily armed piece of crap, with a big, advanced radar. Perfect for hunting these down. Granted, not the sleekest jet in the world, with all those rivets, but I'll bet it would have been able to get the job done. It's one of the few Russian jets to down American ones in the Gulf War, and/or turn and run to evade getting shot down. Not sure if everyone is aware, but the wings of the XB-70 could be cranked down at speed to provide directional stability and lift. |
| Lion in the Stars | 21 Sep 2015 9:11 p.m. PST |
Yeah, the XB70 is one of those beautiful birds that never saw service. I should chase down some of those 1/300 scale models. |
| 20thmaine | 25 Sep 2015 4:35 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 25 Sep 2015 7:05 p.m. PST |
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