Ian,
First of all, nice looking plane, I always liked the SR71.

It is good to see you working on installing the gear to fly her. I agree with EASYTIGER, the builder would want it to fly.

Secondly, I work in a National Museum and know we are only really interested in collecting originals, models and/or reproductions are not desirable as storage space is always limited.

Good luck with the test flight.

Peter