Kit:
Tamiya
Size:
6", 1/72 scale
This Bell X-1 is from Tamiya's injection molded kit built with some slight modifications including a re-shaped engine compartment. Other additions include a pilot figure modified from another 1/72 scale aircraft kit and Chuck Yeager's broom handle.
The above photo shows the pilot figure taken from an Airfix Avro Vulcan kit, before and after modification. The arms came from a Revell F-19 Stealth Fighter kit.
This photo shows the painted pilot figure in the X-1 cockpit with a pencil eraser for scale. The orange arrow points to the famous broom handle used by Captain Chuck Yeager to lock down the hatch to the X-1.
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