Italeri | No. 808 | 1:48 | Lockheed U-2C
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97 30 November 2021, 14:28
Neil 著者Hello Robert 🙂 HNY to you! Thanks very much for the comment, hope to do your interest justice 👍
6 January 2022, 20:25
Neil 著者Hi Augie. Excellent! Glad to have your interest 😊 very kind of you to comment 👍
7 January 2022, 21:09
Neil 著者Cheers James C and David H, hope you're both well 🙂 really appreciate your interest and comments mates 👍 I'm getting distracted by my other builds on the go at the moment. But I will get back to this one again soon. It's another oldie kit but what an iconic aircraft!
13 January 2022, 18:42
Neil 著者Cheers @charlie 😉 kind of you to comment. I've also added some new imagery today 👍
4 February 2022, 12:05
James CLooks to be coming along nicely mate 👍
You going to camouflage it per the box art or paint it black?
21 February 2022, 16:34
Neil 著者Hiya @James C hope you're well 🙂 thanks for commenting mate. Yes. I'm going for the more unusual box-art camouflage scheme. I believe they called it a 'Sabre' scheme that was used when operating out of the UK in the 70s... A bit different to the usual black 👍
22 February 2022, 09:13
Neil 著者Hi mates! 🙂 Thank you very much for stopping by and your kind words 👍 much appreciated.
15 March 2022, 10:38
Patryk S.Following. Interresting method of recreating raised panel lines, great result so far!
16 March 2022, 21:38
Neil 著者Hi Patryk 🙂 thanks for commenting and also for the likes guys. I'll get some new pictures up soon 👍
20 March 2022, 10:52
James CReally nice job on that camo scheme. I've also never seen one in anything but black. Very cool! 👍
8 April 2022, 18:12
GlennWow i built this old dog about 30 years ago and i think it was released about 30 years before that! (around 1962 from Hawk i think?) I did the NASA scheme back then.
8 April 2022, 21:40
Neil 著者Thanks David 👍 Hi Glenn, yeah agreed, it's an old one for sure. I only really build up vintage stuff. I almost went for the NASA variant, but the condition of the kit decals dictated my choice really. 👍🙂
10 April 2022, 12:56
David CulpIt's funny that they camouflaged the top of the airplane. Who's going to be looking down on it? 🙂
18 September 2022, 01:05
Erik LeijdensLooks very good Neil! Love the camouflage scheme! Is it finished already?
18 September 2022, 06:50
Neil 著者Hi mates 🙂 I'm certainly no expert on this sort of stuff, I too wondered why the camouflage was an option on a U2... So did a bit of research before I began... The detail I found I added against this album's description for what was called the 'Sabre' scheme 👍 hope this helps.
Thanks for your interest, your comments and your likes also to all. Means a helluva lot mates 🙂🙂👍
18 September 2022, 13:19
David HErm, has to sorta land and park up somewhere. Wouldn't want to make it too easy when you're on the ground .. 😂
18 September 2022, 14:55
Neil 著者Thanks Cuajete. Very kind of you 👍 🙂
Regarding the kit option and my chosen scheme (Robert & David - 🙂 haha!): apparently "The 2 tone grey colour scheme (Sabre Scheme) was insisted upon by the UK Government, concerned about the implications of "black" ops being carried out by American U-2s operating from a UK base. The TR1 was so designated for similar reasons... to dissociate the aircraft from its predecessors". If I have any of this wrong (which is highly likely!) Please feel free to correct me... 🙂 👍
21 September 2022, 10:39
Remco van HarenWow, what a great result. Nice job!
Btw: I like the way you repair the raised panel lines on the kit. I must try that too.
11 March 2023, 20:10
Neil 著者Thanks mates! You're all really kind to comment 🙂 and also to those who liked too 👍 I will get the final reveal images on here soon.
12 March 2023, 21:52
Neil 著者Here's another venerable oldie (from the '70s!) That I started back in early 2022 and finished in 2024. Unfortunately I'm so slow at booth shots, I've only now got around to final reveal images! It's my usual mix of a semi-realistic paint job, as per kit instructions, but with flourishes of 'what if' too. However, the basis of the scheme is real… Yes, they did paint the U2 in camouflage! Have caught up with a few more reveal images for other albums too. So, more work to be updated very soon - likely the Harrier next 👍.
10 March, 12:44
Patryk S.Outstanding result as always! Congratulations on a great build of an classic kit👍
1 10 March, 17:20
Neil 著者Thanks very much for your encouraging words/liking mates! 😊 And thanks to all who've separately liked my efforts also 👍 I completed this oldie almost three years ago. But it's taken me this long to take a few booth shots. Time flies! Or I'm painfully slow! Hahaha 🤣
1 10 March, 20:20
Robin (WhiteGlint)Beautiful work Neil! Interesting to see a U-2 in camo. Wasn't aware not all were painted black.
1 11 March, 07:39
Neil 著者Hi all, Thanks for your lovely comments. Very much appreciated indeed 🙂 @Robin, yes it totally changes the airframe shape doesn't it - seeing it in camo. I think when I build one again, I'm going to do the white NASA version 👍 thanks to all who've liked 👍
1 11 March, 12:11
CuajeteNeil, I'd like to see that NASA one made. I'm building an R/TR (I haven't decided on the version yet) and I'm having a hard time dealing with that mess of plastic:
Lockheed U-2R/TR-1A Dragon Lady Project | Album by Cuajete (1:72)
Congrats once again for the work done with your U-2 and the beautiful scheme chosen.
1 11 March, 19:43
Neil 著者Thanks very much mates 👍😊 @Cuajete, looks like your kit wrestling is working wonders to me, I recall liking this one of yours too. Will look forward to the end result. Thanks to those for likes too 👍
1 13 March, 00:34
Album info
The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering.
The scheme I've chosen to (loosely) follow will be a U-2C painted in a gray camouflage pattern called the "Sabre" scheme in 1975. The camouflage replaced the usual black finish to ease British concerns about "spy planes" operating from the UK. In Europe, this U-2 tested equipment to locate and suppress enemy surface-to-air missiles.
