The NASA decal wouldn't reach all the way across the top of the rudder. All the online pictures show the NASA decal set down from the top edge.
Instead of centering the decal I pushed it towards the leading edge.
There are many small decals to place on the model.Hold onto them with tweezers while soaking, then set on a paper towel until needed. You can soak two decals at the same time.
Even after looking at dozens of online pictures I still couldn't figure out where some of the smallest decals went.
Two of the six "Beware of Blast" decals go at the rear of the tube. Two others go in front of the "X-15" at the nose cone tip.
Two "Beware of Blast" decals were left over.
EDIT: I've seen now where the two remaining "Beware of Blast" decals go on the outside leading edge of the wings. Why a Beware of Blast warning is on the wings or nose cone tip is beyond me. At the rear nozzle end yes. But a blast warning on the nose cone?
Compared to the rest of the model, the nose cone is very busy.
These two views should help with placement.
The #66671 X-15 didn't have the "X-15" on the nose.
I put it on anyway.
Hi dlazarus6660,
ReplyDeleteThanks! What surprised me was how many small decals went on the nose cone and the few decals left for everything behind that.
The X-15 had reaction control jets to control the craft while in the thin upper atmosphere. These jets were placed around the plane to provide yaw, pitch and roll control.
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