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Lockheed SR-72 - High Altitude Reconnaissance Aircraft Project

By: Fantastic Plastic

Type: Scale Model

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

11 pcs.

Last Stocked on 7/16/2023

Product Info

Title
Lockheed SR-72 - High Altitude Reconnaissance Aircraft Project
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2022
Dimensions
9.5x7x2"
NKG Part #
2148011997
Type
Scale Model

Description

In late 2013, Lockheed Aircraft announced it was developing the long-awaited successor to its legendary SR-71 "Blackbird" supersonic reconnaissance aircraft. Fittingly dubbed the SR-72, it's being pitched as a Mach 6 hypersonic aircraft capable of both recon and combat missions.

Although approximately the same size as the SR-71, the SR-72 will be unmanned. In other words, it's a drone. The plane reportedly uses a turbine to accelerate to Mach 3, then switches to a dual-mode ramjet to achieve Mach 6 -- more than 4,100 mph!

Lockheed reportedly used its SR-72 as the basis for its fictional "Darkstar" hypersonic fighter featured prominently in the 2022 blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick" starring Tom Cruise.

About the Model

  • Scale: 1:144
  • Number of Pieces: 11
  • Pattern: Scott Lowther
  • Casting: .JPG Productions
  • Length: 8.5 inches
  • Decals Designed by JBOT
  • Decals Printed by CMR Productions
  • Custom Display Stand Included!

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