I found it interesting that the Emterprise was NOT space worthy as had no heat resistance tiles on it. The plan was to modify her to fly into space, but by the time Columbia took the first flight, April 1981, there had been so many modifications to the Orbiter that Enterprise was relegated to a educational and demonstration shuttle. She never saw space.
Some patches and logos for the ALT program
This is a decent Academy kit 1/288 scale with reasonable detail on both subjects though some slight shape inaccuracies in the Shuttle’s schnoz and non accurate markings on box art vs historical photos.
My modifications include: BMF on the 747, mylar 747 and Shuttle windows and all Ultimate paints on the Shuttle
Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=637&t=23423
Photo with the box art:
Photo with the inspiration:
Bunch of angles in Sunday morning light:
So there we go.
I finished it in less than a month as I have another space build planned.
