posted 01-31-2022 01:07 PM               

Landing speeds of the Convair 990 duplicated those of the space shuttle orbiters so NASA used them as Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) to test space shuttle landing gear and braking systems. These tests were part of NASA's continuing effort to upgrade and improve space shuttle capabilities.

This Convair 990 comes from the Revell tooling. All new box art and NASA decals created by Starfighter Decals and box art by Rusty Cowart. This mold needed some work as all the injector pins were a bit too short and had to be shimmed up.

This kit does not include any clear parts, however we have included the swivel stand. The slot in the fuselage will need to be completely cut out to accept the mounting ball.