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Northrop M2-F3 Lifting Body

By: Fantastic Plastic

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Model Kits (1/144) (Fantastic Plastic)

31 pcs.

Last Stocked on 11/27/2022

Product Info

Title
Northrop M2-F3 Lifting Body
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2012
Dimensions
12.75x9.75x2.25"
NKG Part #
2147960410
Type
Scale Model

Description

The Northrop M2-F3 was one of five experimental "lifting bodies" developed by NASA during the 1960s and 1970s to determine the characteristics necessary for controlled, unpowered descent from orbit.

First flown at Edwards Air Force Base on June 2, 1970, the M2-F3 replaced the M2-F2, which had crashed in May 1967. (Actual footage of the crash was seen weekly in the prologue to ABC's "The Six Million Dollar Man.") This updated version exhibited far greater lateral stability.

In all, the M2-F3 made 27 test flights before being retired in 1972.


About the Model

  • Scale: 1:48
  • Number of Pieces: 31
  • Pattern: Scott Lowther
  • Casting: Creative Cast Parts
  • Decals Designed by JBOT
  • Decals Printed by Tango Papa

    This is the second of our complete NASA Lifting Body series in 1:48 scale!

    Models & Model Kits are supplied unpainted and unassembled unless otherwise noted.