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SCALE: Unknown |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1988 |
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MEDIUM: POLYSTYRENE |
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RARITY: (3) |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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This is not the actual X-30
National Aerospace Plane (NASP- below) once under development by NASA, but a
purely conjectural design developed by Monogram model |
A generation earlier, the Lindberg Line adapted their XB-70 model to create its civilian Mach 3 Jetliner. Here, Monogram took a similar approach, developing a single airframe concept but releasing both military and civilian versions (In this case, the X-30 Bomber and the Orient Express Hypersonic Airliner). Both kits were produced in a simple "Snap-Tite" format designed to appeal to beginning modelers. This model was built from an original 1980s issue |
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Original Box Art |
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Concept Aircraft |
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Featuring a legitimate "lifting body" shape, the Monogram X-30 was to employ
hydrogen-burning engines to boost itself to the edge of space, then re-enter the
atmosphere at five times the speed of sound to deliver nuclear weapons to enemy
targets