1/72 Muroc Models X-10

by Tony Landis

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The North American X-10 was built as the aerodynamic and systems testbed for the SM-64 Navaho missile. Though thirteen X-10’s were constructed and ten were flown, only a single example exists today in the U.S. Air Force Museum Collection.

  The resin kit by Muroc Models was a wonderfully detailed and relatively easy kit to build as resin kits go.  Like all of the kits from this company it was well engineered with a great fit of all the major components. Instructions were well done and the supplied decals were perfect. I chose to go with the early overall white paint scheme, which makes for a very clean look. It is definitely one of the coolest looking X-plane models in my collection.

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The most delicate part of this model was the rather complex landing gear arrangement. A little extra stiffening was added to help support the weight of the finished kit. The masters for this kit were sent to Sharkit and were later put into production. 

Tony

Photos and text © by Tony Landis