Following on from Bexy's RAF Intruder;
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In 1987 the Canberra PR9 was retired from service after a series of crashes which was put down to airframe fatigue.In order to plug the gap left by the Canbera,the MoD decided to modify six ex-Royal Navy/RAF FGR6E Intruders to fill the role.Naming the aircraft the PR6.Overwing sidewinders were added for self defense,
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Well here is the airframe given it's first coat of Hemp.I cut out the plastic behind the crew & was able to fit the Italeria cockpit.Sadly the canopy is too small for the Hasagawa kit crying.gif as I dont like the way they split the canopy.Today I have added the flare cans from the Italeria Jag & some aerils from the Nimrod R1.
I'm replacing the FLIR turret with the one from the Nimrod as it's much better.
Stores are;
Phimat pod,droptank,recon pod (from Jag kit)modified pod from A6 Prowler,ECM pod & 2 overwing sidewinders.
Merv
Mmmmmm overwing Sidewinders :wub: :thumbsup:
Ya, that's what I was thinking ! Love the look of this one. Great stuff !
:cheers:
Certainly a different looking breed of Tadpole Spike. Looks very nice indeed.
Regards,
Mav
Mmmmm....British Intruders....and in Hemp too! :wub:
Underwing stores fitted & primed.Cant do much else until I get some more filler as the stuff I was using has gone off! :huh:
As for the 2 piece Hasegawa POS canopy,one side is larger than the other so It's gonna take a bleedin mirical to fit the barsteward! :banghead:
I have added the wing pod from the Airfix Nimrod under the WSO (or RSO in this case) under the Stbd intake,A ECM pod from a German Tornado & the pod from a A6 Prowler which I have modified by sticking a half of a droptank to each side.
I had a wild idea last night & that was to fit the rotodome from a 1/144 scale E3 to the kit as well,sort of an Recon/AWAC's A6 intruder...... :wacko:
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More :wacko:
Oh yeah, that hits the spot. Love the "dramatic" photographs, too. Whether you were going for that shadowy look or it just happened, it sure looks interesting.
Im enjoying this one alot, I wish now Id done over wing winders instead of the Overburger Tanks, still, always time another RAF GRS6E in the future ;) This is looking very good :bow: Hey Merv, how do you fancy meeting up one day and getting photos of our two RAF Intruders together?
Bex
OK,Here's the PR6 AWACS;
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And an old cheap chinese/korean whatever knock-off Prowler kit I'm going to re-doo as the AWACs...
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Bexy,Love to but for the location.
Merv
Merv,
Stick with the rotordome on the Prowler, your PR6 Intruder has enough to deal with :thumbsup: We'll aim for the Cosford show next year, our own table and all 3 RAF Intruder / Prowler together :drink:
Bex