SST Shuttle I

[billeblurzz]

Always liked this one!

 

[billeblurzz]

 

[neil_w]

Another beauty.

Cockpit decal placement is odd, I wonder why they chose to put it there instead of on the nose.

 

[billeblurzz]

OMG! I wonder if I did that wrong! Years ago I built this...seems like it was from some old Century plans downloaded!

 

[SecondRow]

Very nice. Is that a glider attached to it?

 

[neil_w]

OMG! I wonder if I did that wrong! Years ago I built this...seems like it was from some old Century plans downloaded!

I actually went and looked up some pics, and so far all the ones I've found that show the cockpit (not many) have it in the same spot as you.

 

[billeblurzz]

Yes its a pop off glider...It may predate the Orbital Transport by Estes!

 

[neil_w]

It may predate the Orbital Transport by Estes!

Well, the Orbital Transport is from 1969, so... I just checked and the instructions for the SST are from 1972.

They are both beautiful designs.

 

[Scott_650]

Well, the Orbital Transport is from 1969, so... I just checked and the instructions for the SST are from 1972.

They are both beautiful designs.

By 1972 Damon had owned both Estes and Centuri for several years - did the design and engineering staffs share information? Now that I have my Squirrel Works Dogfight finished the Semroc SST is next!

 

[billeblurzz]

There you go! The sst maybe could use more decaying? Lotsa white spaces!

 

[billeblurzz]

Decaling!! Darn spellcheck!

 

[mooffle]

There you go! The sst maybe could use more decaying? Lotsa white spaces!

Might be neat for a rat rod sorta look.

 

[burkefj]

That's interesting I was going to say the cockpit decal looks really funny and belongs on the nose cone but the pictures almost never show the top of the booster it always shows the view of the bottom with the glider attached, I always thought this was a sexier model than the orbital transport.

 

[BABAR]

Interesting that the parasite glider canopy is opposite the side of the mutha-ship. Of course, if you launch from space I guess up and down have no meaning, except that the enemy gate is always down.

 

[Kirk Hodson01]

That's interesting I was going to say the cockpit decal looks really funny and belongs on the nose cone but the pictures almost never show the top of the booster it always shows the view of the bottom with the glider attached, I always thought this was a sexier model than the orbital transport.

This was influenced by the promised Boeing SST, clearly. The popular SST designs had a "droop snoot" requiring the cockpit windows to be back a bit. Boeing 2707 and XB70 will give you a feel for the look.

 

[Art Upton]

Another beauty.

Cockpit decal placement is odd, I wonder why they chose to put it there instead of on the nose.

Because in real SSTs the cockpit was way back from the nose as the nose had to drop down to landd so they could see the runway

 

[Rob Campbell]

Classic beauty.

 

[Hobie1dog]

cool looking model.