Mental Block

[sideshowbob9]

Hi guys, just wanted to pick your brains. I recently got a job lot of 8 models off of ebay. The singular grainy photo revealed a Lightning, Canberra, Comet & Britannia. Imagine my surprise when it turns out to be 9 items, one of which is a VC-10 (I've been after one for months!). They are all in need of stripping down & TLC but are in relatively good nick.

Anyway, the point of this post is that I have some models I have no clue what to do with so I'm open to suggestions. The models are:

1/72 Sea Harrier FA.2
1/72 Canberra (say B.2 or T.4)
1/72 Dominie T.1
1/72 Hs125-800? (definately not a Dominie)

Thanks.

Oh & I am not a zombie, the brain-picking is figurative..... mostly! 

[Aircav]

Hi Sideshowbob
you could do them all German

SHar, Bundesmarine, 1990's.
Canberra, Luftwaffe bomber, 1970's in grey, green splinter and silver underside.
Dominie, Dayglo Orange as a callibration aircraft with civil reg.
Hs125, VIP Luftwaffe, white with blue stripe

[JoeP]

JMSDF Harrier

Chilean Canberra

[nev]

JMSDF Harrier

That was gunna be my suggestion too

[Hobbes]

You could do the Harrier in RAF markings: what if the RAF decided they needed a decent radar for their Harrier force?

[PR19_Kit]

You could do the Harrier in RAF markings: what if the RAF decided they needed a decent radar for their Harrier force?

The RAF DO need a decent radar for their Harrier force, but no-one in the higher echelons seems to grasp the significance........

[sideshowbob9]

Hi all, thanks for the suggestions.

The Canberra is now spoken for. It's going to be a pointy-nosed Red Top-equipped RAF interceptor.... unless it's a pointy-nosed Falcon-equipped USN missileer...... ah nuts! 

The Dominie & Hs125-600 (Matchbox I believe) are still in need of inspiration.

As for the Harrier, it's actually a FRS.1 with a somewhat hastily attached nose fashioned to resemble a Blue Vixen. So I'm thinking either some kind of RAE Bedford-esque development scheme (not raspberry ripple as I have something else planned for that) or a PLAN reverse-engineered option. I'm a bit loathe to go JMSDF as I have envisioned them going the CTOL route with a JMSDF F-7JKai "Katana" (someone has to give the Cutlass some love).

As for the GR.7/9 radar debate, my 2p is that in their current role in mountainous, sandy places, there is just too much ground clutter for a low-level FJ to make sense of much with a grafted on radar. They're better off being cued onto a target by a high-altitude asset like a Sentinel or Nimrod. The FA.2s however, shouldn't have been cut at least until a couple more Type 45 Destroyers had hit water! 

[Aircav]

Hmm, now theres a thing, a Japanese B-57 in two tone blue camo, one for Nev me thinks 

[sideshowbob9]

^ Noooooooooo!!!!! Now I need another B-57!!!! 

On a completely unrelated note, I just bought an AMT XB-70! 

Any suggestions for that?

[B777LR]

You could do the Harrier in RAF markings: what if the RAF decided they needed a decent radar for their Harrier force?

The RAF DO need a decent radar for their Harrier force, but no-one in the higher echelons seems to grasp the significance........

A decent radar? How about just getting a radar?

[Aircav]

On a completely unrelated note, I just bought an AMT XB-70! 

Any suggestions for that?

British Airways or Air Force One

[nev]

Hmm, now theres a thing, a Japanese B-57 in two tone blue camo, one for Nev me thinks 

I think someone did a profile of a B-57J or two a while back - Mav?  Mossie?  Anyway, there's too many RW Cranberries I want to build before I start whiffing them.

[Howard of Effingham]

Anyway, the point of this post is that I have some models I have no clue what to do with so I'm open to suggestions. The models are:

1/72 Hs125-800? (definately not a Dominie)

how about a US presidential a/c in the same manner as the C-140 jetstars

xtracolor do the presidential shades of blue...... 

[sideshowbob9]

Got the Presidential treatment in mind for a Boeing SST (2707-100?) which will become my VC-170A. Maybe a navigational trainer in the vein of a T-39 Sabreliner though? Hmmmmm.......

I think the XB-70 is going to be a boring old B-52 replacement for the USAF.

While I'm at it I may as well list all my models that I don't have ideas for and see what you guys can come up with.

1/72 Dominie T.1
1/72 Sea Harrier FA.2
1/72 F-16D
1/72 F-104G
1/72 Mig-9 + Mig-9UTI
1/72 TA-7C + A-7E Corsair IIs (TA-7C probably Philipines AF)
1/72 Fw-189 Uhu (Maybe French Indo-China COIN?)
1/72 Do-335A-6

I think that's it 

Any suggestions gratefully received 

[MartG]

On a completely unrelated note, I just bought an AMT XB-70! 

Any suggestions for that?

Buy lots of filler ( I'm currently building one as a spaceplane launcher )