**Top Secret Eyes Only** - Project Eternity. (Work in progress)

[Underworld Creeper]

Evening all,

This is my first post so I thought I better hit the ground running. Had this kit arrive today.

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Been after one for a while now, but finally managed to snag one on eBay. This is my first kit for a good few years but I'm looking forward to getting stuck back in, even it does take me a while to finish (hence the project name!)

I haven't had chance to closely examine the sprues yet but I will tomorrow and I will update.

Cheers

[NARSES2]

Welcome aboard  Interested to see what you do with this

[PR19_Kit]

A good start for sure, as it's a 'Whiff in a Box' already. 

[seadude]

Interesting to see what you do with it. I've got the Testor 1/72 SR-75 Penetrator kit still sitting on a shelf that hasn't been built yet. Not sure when I'll get around to it. But when I do, I plan to build it into a B-3 hypersonic stealth bomber.    As for the XR-7 Thunder Dart kit, I managed to find that on ebay a year or two ago and used it for this Aurora Hypersonic Spyplanes diorama. The SR-75 in the picture is 1/144 scale, not 1/72.

[Gondor]

I did wonder if the project name reflected the estimated build period 

Gondor

[Weaver]

Welcome aboard! Yes, that's certainly a good starting point since it can't not be a whiff.

[McColm]

Good luck

[TheChronicOne]

Glorious and welcome aboard!

[Underworld Creeper]

Happy Saturday everyone,

It's blowing a gale up North today. So I'm going to spend the day in the hobby room and get around to making a start on these two.

As promised here's a quick look at both the kits.

First up, the SR-75.

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Okay so this model is BIG. The kit is fairly minimal, but pretty well detailed. The 3 seater cockpit has lots of buttons and instruments but the seats are pretty bland so they will be getting replaced.

The fuselage has raised panel lines as expected but im going to be sanding these off and re-scribing them. My only gripe with the fuselage is it's gonna require lots of filling, but it's no big deal.

The undercarriage (not pictured) is pretty feeble for such a large aircraft so I will be borrowing a beefier one from a 1/48 kit.

Overall though it's a decent kit, especially for one of its size!


Next up!

The XR-7

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Much like the SR-75 it's a fairly simplistic kit. However the cockpit for some reason is really basic compared to the Sr-75, so I will be replacing it with a 1/72 Aires F-117 cockpit, if I can get it too fit!

The fuselage is really nice and sleek, and won't require much filling. My only gripe is the surface mounted engines that come with the kit, but I won't be using these and I will be hiding the grooves they sit in with some
plasticard.

The undercarriage is a little better than the SR-75 on this model but it needs to be beefier so will also be getting replaced.

[sandiego89]

Welcome! I always wanted to do one of those kits.  I grew up in Southern California on the flight path from the coast to Edwards AFB/Palmdale and on a few late nights heard some very loud aircraft around the time of the Aurora hype, and it always had me wondering....

Looking forward to your build.

-Dave 

[DogfighterZen]

Cool birds, this is gonna be good!

[Devilfish]

One thing I have noticed with this kit is the outriggers appear to be too far back. Yes, I know it's a made up plane, so I'm not talking from a JMN point of view, but a technical one.  They are mounted behind the main centerline wheel, which mean that on take-off and landing, they will be taking the full weight of the aircraft on their own at some point.
If I ever get one of these, I'll either move the undercarriage around, or replace it with more a conventional set-up.

[KiwiZac]

Excellent. I had one of these and, to my eternal regret, sold it as I thought I'd never get around to it.

Bring it on!

[king of men]

I still have an SR-75 in the stash, but the XR-7 has eluded me. I always fancied putting the SR-75 into FedEx or DHL markings.

[PR19_Kit]

I always fancied putting the SR-75 into FedEx or DHL markings.