--This is a guide to the completely new mold 1/72 X20 Dinosaur from the AMP brand of Micromill.
――The X20 is a space reconnaissance aircraft envisioned by the US Department of Defense.
--The U.S. Department of Defense, influenced by the Zenger Silbervogel anti-land bomber brought back from Germany, launched vertically with a rocket booster at the end of the 1950s, and after the rise, it struck the upper atmosphere like pebbles bouncing on the surface of the water. I envisioned a manned spacecraft that skips and flies (dynamic soaring), and after reaching the target ground sky, reconnaissance with a high-resolution camera or bombing from space with a nuclear bomb.
――This aircraft was a military spacecraft, but in order to camouflage its purpose, it was given the name of X20 as an experimental / research aircraft X-plane, and in 1959, it was ordered from an aircraft manufacturer for research on a space plane. rice field.
――The nickname of this aircraft, Dyna Soar, is taken from Dyna Soar, which is an abbreviation for Dynamic Soaring, which is the flight method mentioned above.
――In 1961, a full-scale mockup of this machine was completed, and in 1962, six pilots were selected, including Neil Armstrong, who would later become the captain of Apollo 11.
――After that, in 1963, it was mounted on the B52 and a gliding test was conducted, and in 1966, the first launch using Titan IIIC was scheduled, but NASA has a separate Mercury project and its development plan Gemini project. Starting in 1962, the X20 was considered ineffective against the enormous cost of about $ 410 million, so it was decided to cancel the plan in 1963.
――The X20 is a delta wing aircraft with a receding angle of 72 degrees, and the wing tip is equipped with a vertical stabilizing version like a winglet, and the shape of the aircraft is the European Space Agency (Hermes and Japan) planned later. The National Space Development Agency of Japan (HOPEX) is said to be affected.
--This injection plastic kit includes 2 types of decals (NASA, US Air Force x 1 each), painted mask seals, 2 types of canopy parts with transparent windows for landing and ground, and metal heat shields for flight [Inflight]. An exhibition stand is attached.
--The pilot hatch and landing flap are separate parts.
――When completed, the total length will be about 150 mm and the total width will be about 88 mm.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )