X-20 Dyna-Soar 1/96 scale

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The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar, a spaceplane developed by the United States Air Force for military missions such as aerial reconnaissance, bombing, space rescue, satellite maintenance, and intercepting enemy satellites in space. The program ran from October 1957 to December 1963, but was canceled just before spacecraft construction began. This Dyna-soar 3D model is based on late 1962 blueprints for the final version, 844-2050-E, and is scaled at 1/96, with the glider alone measuring around 115mm in length when assembled. The model comes in two halves that need to be glued together. The parts are designed to print without support material on FDM 3D printers. Two back ends are included: one for the launch configuration and another for re-entry. The launch configuration includes fairings covering the join to the 'trans' stage on a Titan IIIc rocket, while the re-entry configuration has dropped the 'trans' stage. To assemble the re-entry model, an additional part is needed to cover the opening at its back end, which is provided as X-20_Model_BackPlate_rcs_96.stl. I printed this model at the lowest layer height my printer can manage (0.08mm) and sanded the surface before painting it.