Me:
Aircrafts:
AS-35 (Draken with J79)
A4D-4 (Skyhawk with swept wings)
Supersonic Hawk 200
Hunter delta
Hunter T-tail
J-35 with nose intake
Lockheed Lancer
MiG Izdeliye 33
MiG LFI
Mirage 3000
Panavia 100
Panavia 300
Sukhoi Su-55
TurboDora
AFVs/Tanks:
Black Eagle
MBT-70 (Aurora 1/48)
A what if in service TSR2 (1/48 Airfix)
A mig29 A (1/48 Academy, was thinkin Aggressor Squadron)
And a V-22 osprey (1/72 Italeri, had a in-service thinkin but keep changing my mind) :)
:lol:
F-22J Aggressor (arctic aggressor if Comrade Anatoly puts down the vodka long enough to put a GB poll up and Let It Snow gets chosen) using Academy 1/48 uber-kit with Wolfpack resin cockpit and exhausts.....
My current projects are,
SHADO Patrol craft, non atmospheric.
SHADO Submarine or hydrofoil, with interceptor drones/aircraft fitted.
Turbo prop Flitzer COIN bird
Turbo prop COIN P-47N
Nord Griffon ZELL interceptor, possibly fitted to the submarine/hydrofoil.
Converted ww2 Higgins boat, made into Cartel riverine armed assault patrol craft.
Turboprop Grumman Widgeon.
Israeli upgrade F-4X Phantoms for the Honduras Airforce
"" "" Canberra's also for Honduras
F-5e Tiger II US Upgrade for Honduras.
Plus countless other stuff that is mashing my head at the moment. :banghead: :blink:
Chris
My main one is enlargement and expansion on my rewrite of WWII using the "Bucharest Alliance" concept I created for my Bubble top Hurricane build. It will be more story than actual model building.
As for models. I'm working on a variation on the Messerschmitt P.1101.
I'm adjusting a 1/72 Huma kit of it. I'm addinga bit of bulk to the fuselage to represent higher fuel carrying capacity. I'll also be adding a bigger canopy. It will be captured by the British or French rather than the Americans.
I have a huge list of ideas, but here are my current "must-dos" that I have not yet started:
HMS Leopard - RN battlecruiser based on IJN Kongo
SEPECAT Panther GR.1 - striker based on FBC-1 Flying Leopard (see Spinners' profiles thread)
Hawker Vindicator - what if Hawker built a V-bomber?
More for the empires Twighlight,
Brazilian aircraft supporting Portugal's war in Africa
Israeli sea harrier
Royal navy commando rotodyne
Iranian tornado
RAF F14
RAAF corsair II
Spitfire xix not sure yet
spiteful not sure yet
defender, falklands defence force
plus lots more
I have not built a model kit from 25 years but I started two projects :
1) 1/72 Griffon III (Mirage 2000/Rafale) in Don Quixote 400th anniversary spanish Mirage F1 colours.
2) 1/144 Chengdu J-47 (Su-47 with delta wings) a chinese variant of the Su-47 Berkut.
Way too many ideas and models with too little time for all of them.
In work, I have
FW-190 Zwilling, Luftwaffe '46
B-49B USAAC Operational Bomber in ETO in 1947
P-51 Twin Jet
He-68
Planned
XF2R-1 Dark Shark as operational USMC Korean War fighter
Ka-50 as tiltrotor instead of coaxials
P-80 as USAAC '46 in ETO.
YF-23 for the Movies/Comics GB if it comes along
F4U Corsair for the next Profiles GB
Me-410 for the Navalize GB if it happens
Piper Enforcer
Mig 1.44 in Finnish camo and markings
I also have a number of WHIFF's that I need to decide on colors and markings.
SR.53
CF-105
Su-47 Berkut
F-8 Two seat conversion
Flitzer
X-29
F-20
A-10 NAWS
F-107
Revell ATB (their What IF B-2)
I also have a bunch of kits that I may make into WHIFF's or real world depending on my mood when I start them. All are 1/72.
Ed, what are you using for the two-seater Crusader? I have plans for something similar, but I'm undecided on how to add the second seat.
The F-8 is the Hasegawa kit and I picked up one of the resin two seat conversion kits from a friend. I forget who made the resin kit.
Ed
On the bench at the moment: 1/24 scale Harrier GR5K
Supermarine Spartan - Nuclear armed Mach 2 gyrodyne
J35J Draken in Ace Combat Zero markings
Quote from: Ed S on September 09, 2009, 01:32:04 PM
The F-8 is the Hasegawa kit and I picked up one of the resin two seat conversion kits from a friend. I forget who made the resin kit.
Ed
Possibly Maintrack, I think they were the only ones to do a TF8 conversion. A two seat F8 was offered to the Royal Navy as a Phantom alternative. They would have been supplied as airframes to be fitted with British engines and avionics with the work contracted to Shorts at Belfast.
On the go: various Spitfires.
My house is small, so I'll do it in 3D Studio Max instead of doing in plastic......
Current:
Sun Yat-Sen Heavy/Medium/Main-Battle Tank in ROCA colours
Future (the list is long...... hey, one at a time):
"The Good Guys"
(Items starting from the forth will be in no particular chronological order.)
- S-67 Blackhawk in USMC colours (incomplete, to be resumed later)
- CM21 IFV (incomplete, to be resumed later; new one-man turret)
- T-10M Heavy Tank (incomplete, to be resumed later)
- Modern incarnation of Steam Tank (tentatively set to be a heavily-redesigned M48, like what Brazilian Tamoyo tank is to M41)
- Ideas inspired by Logan Hartke's geriatric military thread, some of which being Leopard 1 tank hull with T-72M1 Moderna turret and M3 Halftrack with Avenger SAM station
- AIDC Design 406A/B (tailless delta-winged design studied as part of the Indigenous Defense Fighter project)
- Eternal Blue Sky Co. "Feather Clipper" Light Tactical Fighter (aircraft from Henry Yeh's ROC on Mainland China post-1950; to be based on the rough drawing here (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,17240.msg335260.html#msg335260) except with only one engine, TF41 instead of F125)
- Long Whale Group "Spiritual Eagle" Air Superiority Fighter (aircraft from Henry Yeh's ROC on Mainland China post-1950; model to be based on MiG-31 but with tailless delta wings and powered by TF41 or F100 turbofans)
- What-if AIDC Advanced Defense Fighter (model to be based on X-31 but with two F125 turbofans)
- AIDC Low Cost International Fighter Configuration A (F-5E development powered by two F125 turbofans and with BVR capability)
- What-if ROCAF Indigenous Production F-104 (F-104G with new radar as well as TC-1 and TC-2 AAMs)
- Chengdu Super J-7 (model to be a hybrid of FC-1 prototype forward fuselage and J-7 aft fuselage and control surfaces)
- Chengdu J-7MF
- Chengdu J-9
- Shengyang J-11 (old)
- Shengyang J-13 (with lateral intakes)
- Xian JH-7 with side-by-side seating
- Nanchang Q-5 based on MiG I-370 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,15168.msg335134.html#msg335134)
- N-156NN
- MAKO LCA
- MiG-21 Zwilling (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,19139.msg359621.html#msg359621)
- MiG-21-93 with I-144 wings
- CF-105 Arrow Mk.4
- Vintage jet bombers (B-45C, Ar-234C, ysi_maniac's Casa/Arado 3234 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,17580.msg247742.html#msg247742)) in close-air-support configurations with gunpods and rockets
- JP Vieira's Phantom-Flogger (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21287.msg380819.html#msg380819)
- Various interceptor projects from BSP, ASP, and SSP books (including but not limited to AVRO 729 based on RP1's drawing, Fairey Delta III, Republic AP-75, MiG Project 701......) dressed in some (maybe) improbable but (definitely) kick-butt camouflage schemes
- Ace Combat 2 Scarface Squadron: navalized F-4E, F-15N, LTV Model 1601, navalized YF-22
- 120S MBT
- CM25 AFV (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,18699.msg376828.html#msg376828) with M24 turret (http://taiwanbbs.org/cgi/index.pl?b=mil,s=1,m=1222615641#r62) and 76mm gun M1 barrel
- Americanized T-34 with M10 Wolverine turret and turret roof
- MBT combining Chi-Ri medium tank hull and Type 61 tank turret
- Henry Yeh's CM14 MBT
- Tophe's P-39MJ (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20326.msg426964.html#msg426964)
- Seydlitz Aviation Cruiser conversion
- Comet/Avenger-based Olifant wannabe
- Churchill/Black-Prince-based heavy tank, turret to be inspired by Patton or Centurion, armament to early Cold War standard
- Boeing Microfighter and 747-based Fighter Carrier
"The Bad Guys"
(For some of these I'm looking for a camouflage scheme that looks like blood stains...... thinking that it might exude an air of brutality? ;D)
- Shengyang J-8E further upgraded with R-77 missiles
- Chengdu J-7FS
- Nanchang J-12
- Shengyang J-13 (with under-fuselage intake)
- Su-27 with F/A-18E/F control surfaces (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,9972.msg376137.html#msg376137)
- Type 59 tank with flamethrower replacing the co-axial machine gun
- Maverick-inspired tank destroyer combing hull of Chi-Ha medium tank with FL-12 turret (from AMX-13/105 light tank)
- T-62-based counterpart to the real-life ZTZ-96; cast turret with squared-off, flatter front faces (feature taken from T-72), 125mm gun (ditto), and maybe rear slat armours that double as storage racks (feature taken from Type 69)
Current/planned projects, all 1/72:
- Navy F-100F, gull grey/white
- Several more F-104s with F-16 wings and tail; various schemes
- F-107, probably ADC grey with colorful squadron markings, maybe an F-16 grey scheme instead
- F-14 in ADC Grey with Happy Hooligan markings, an ANG bird
- F-86D in some bizarre 3rd world country markings
- Mirage F1 in USAF markings; F-16 type scheme
Wes W.
My projects are mainly Sci-Fi but I do have some whiffs in there.
My current project is a Jedi Cruiser from the days of the sith wars 5000 years before the republic. The Dark Horse comics Tales of the Jedi serve as inspiration.
As it is Sci-Fi I havn't posted any pics in the current builds.
Waiting completion.
My 4 engined Heinkel which has been in progress for 4 years
Dynavector Sky Shark which has been in progress for 5 years
Pimped out Bird of Prey
F-16 in 1/48th which isn't finished from the first profiles build
As for planning any new builds. I want to build the new GW Shadowsword but until In finish my Jedi Cruiser that is a no go.
This could get long. All are 1/72 unless stated otherwise. A lot of these projects are directly influenced by the art or ideas shared by the members here on whatifmodelers and the appropriate parties may be able to identify what they influenced.
Current builds:
BTR-80 with T-72 turret - needs paint
Me 109 with Me 262 canopy and contra-prop - feasibility study successful
F-86 doubledecker - needs some major assembly
Focke Wulf Flitzer in Italian WWII colours (onion rings) - assembly started
Focke Wulf Flitzer in early Bundesluftwaffe colours, armed with AIM-9Bs - assembly started
1/144 Rafale in USN colours (VFA-31 CAG) - major assembly complete
1/144 Rafale double seater conversion in JASDF colours - assembly started
Now, the planned projects. This is where it gets really long.
Planned projects (short term): I'll include just the projects that may see the light of day fairly (used very loosely) soon.
Australian Army Bradley
Various F-15s, Mitsubishi F-2s (both with quite some surgery involved), a J-10 or two and a Su-39 for a yet to be written Japanese storyline
JASDF EA-6B Prowler
1/700 modernized Yamato
1/53-ish Revell Snowspeeder in Russian winter camo
Italian Starfighter in 1990s East Africa in WWII Italian camo
Planned projects that I've got the kits for:
1/144 RAF 111Sqn F-104
1/144 Omani/Saudi/Qatari Starfighter
1/144 Rafale in JASDF F-2 camo
1/144 AV-8B+ in JASDF colours (unsure about scheme)
Shorts Sherpa gunship
Heinkel He 177 Zwilling
Spanish Harrier Gr.3
Vampire/Meteor Mistel
Eurocopter Tiger cockpit/NH 90 fuselage kit-bash --> EuroHind
AH-64 cockpit/V-22 fuselage kitbash
Various Luftwaffe F-15s (1970s/80s colours)
Egyptian J-10
Zimbabwean J-10
Bahraini Eurofighter Typhoon
Eyewitness News RQ-1 Predator
Kenya Wildlife Service RQ-1 Predator
Do 228 anti-piracy/MPA
La-5 engine/P-40 fuselage kitbash
Australian Hawk 128
Bahamas MiG-29A
Barbados F-16A
Swifts/Strizhi MiG-1.44
Russian Knights Su-47 Berkut
(Far away) planned projects that I need to get the kits for:
JASDF RF-101C
A couple RAF/RN Skyrays
A couple of Lightnings, Fishbeds,... for Gekko's Burkina Faso story
F-8 Crusaders and Fishbeds/Frogfoots for a French/West African story I've got a rough outline for
Russian J-10
Canada Post RQ-1 Predator
RAF SEAC F-104 Starfighter (Malayan Insurgency)
Various TSR.2s
F/A-18XLs - both Legacy and Super Hornets with F-16XL-style wings
....and many, many more. My whif folder is getting bigger and bigger.
Aircraft, all 1/72nd:
F-84G - Duchy of Grand Fenwick
USCG Lifeguard (Predator) for UAV GB
Swiss He-100 (need to mask the stripes)
RN F8F Bearcat (Korean War)
Tuskegee Airman P-80 1946-7
Omani Gunvan (from Skyvan)
Israeli Nord Atlas gunship
B-26 Maruader (ala Nimrod version in Vietnam)
Artic Aggressor F-22 (still need Revell kit)
RN Hawker Henneway (kitbash with Hunter and Skyray)
Armor, probably 1/35th
Jagdsherman - Normandy, 1944
Israeli Panther - possibly uparmored, either '67 or '73
Hmm! lets see, I've got to finish these 1/72 scale projects I have started:
EH-101 AEW/AWAC (Cormorant derivative)
BAC Eagle GR.7/7a (last TSR-2 version)
STOVL Canberra
Shorts Choco (upgraded Tucano)
Pilatus Winjeel II (upgraded PC-9)
Avro Arrow Mk.VI
BAC Concorde B.1
Vickers Wellington Mk.V AWAC
Bede BD-5/5J Snowbirds
Some projects which are close to being started which could stall some of the projects I should be finishing, again in 1/72:
Avro Chadderton (twin Lancaster/Lincoln with three engines [all parts have been collected])
Avro Jet Lancaster High Altitude Bomber (not as the test beds)
Boeing XC-X ( Lockheed Galaxy competitor)
Boeing C-141 (C-135 derivitive)
Current:
Porco Rosso's first Savioa based on the Fine Molds S.21 converted to a different engine, straight cloth wings
Airfix Canberra with a few tricks.
Lindberg OA-9
Tamiya Meteor PR-HF
Lindberg Tiger (extended).
Hobbycraft SPAD XIII with excentrichronic additions. (See, when you whiff, you can even invent words) :party: :party: :party:
Daryl J.
Ooof... This is a painful list, since I can't remember what all my non-finished builds are...
In Progress:
Stuff I needed those TOWs and Hellfires for (about four Anigrand kits collected over the years)
XP-81 in some color scheme (started building, had no plans for)
XP-75 in some color scheme (see above)
XC-142 in USN colors
YF-17 in some nation's colors
Tons o' ships (waaay too many to count... ok, so it's about 26 in various stages of building)
AH-56 modernized to the 80's (cannibalizing a lot of attack helos for bits)
Bunch o' space shuttles/fighters/stations (started a lot of shuttles and space fighters already)
A-9B (naval variant, almost done, needs armaments and decals)
2 x ANG F-14's (built up, need painting)
F-4S (needs those inlets I put a plea out for; will be USNR VF-209)
Shinmeiwa PS-1 Flying boat (was going to be USCG)
Seamaster (USCG)
Whispercraft from the 6th Day (USCG variant; was USN, but was in a USCG kinda mood one day and repainted it white overall)
F-4E (171st FS)
A butt-load of airliners done up in military roles (tankers, AWACS, transports)
B-52G (US Navy, refit of an ancient model of mine)
A few odd Amodel kits (Global Express, Christen Eagle, etc, in military roles)
The odd RPV (not calling them UAV's)
PZL 230 Skorpian that arrived yesterday from evil-Bay
Some other kits I know I'm forgetting, yet am too lazy to walk to the bench and stare at it
Planned:
Whatever strikes my fancy as I look at the stash. Have vague general ideas, but nothing concrete (save some YF-23's in 171st and 87th FS markings, and two YF-12's in markings for Kincheloe AFB... OH, and about half a dozen XR-7's and two SR-75's in companion Recce markings to the FS from Kincheloe)
F-108 in either the Kincheloe FS markings, 87th FS markings, or 171st FS markings
Mig-31K Swing Wing (been planning this one since I first joined Whif)
Another swingwing F-15N (this time an F/A-15N+ variant)
More ships (have more in the stash than I really should; have some Ruskies and other Sprucan/Tico mods I need to do)
Space Station Freedom (kitbashed Revell ISS and Revell SpOC's (Space Operations Center) with other bits for the dual keel design)
Excelsior class Heavy Space Shuttle (based on a drawing I did a long time ago for a larger shuttle, based on the 1/100 Tamiya shuttle scale-o-ramaed into a 1/144 design; name is an homage to the old FASA trek names for the Movie Enterprise (Enterprise class Heavy Cruiser) and the subsequent replacement for her, the Excelsior class Battleship, seeing as how the Space Shuttles could technically be called Enterprise Class Space Shuttles)
More FRoCA, Conch Republic, Quebec, Louisiana, Henristan, NATO, Ceylon, ASSR, Durka-Durka-stan, and Cuban Republic models
Models for the Concordant Island of Kokomo (Invented another nation, nowhere near as inviting as the Beach Boys would lead you to believe)
I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of them, but that's what my sleep deprived brain can come up with right now.
Current ideas:
-Republique du Quebec Air Force Mig-21(F,MF & LanceR C)*
-Republique du Quebec Air Force Su-17M4(Maritime patrol)*
-Unmanned Su-17
-Design of a F.A.C. similar to the Saar series
*I made a good timeline/alternate history involving Quebec's independence(coming to a thread soon!)
Ideas come ideas go but themes remain.
Currently working on -
Writing my Alt WWII scenario timeline and saving it securely this time. Lost it once already :banghead:
Various builds that fit my scenario.
Plan 1919 armour
Various real world Spitfires
I generally concentrate on only one project at a time, and take a month off in between projects to refresh. So currently, after finishing my Globrey Blordiator, I am "refreshing".
I have an extensive "pipeline" of 1/72 projects, a 1/144 project, some HO, and a couple of ships waiting. Most have sketches and short write-ups of possible parts sources, etc. on a 3X5 card in a file. Some of these are in my Gallery here with an illustration. These include:
Douglas "Decimator"--"Early Skyraider" 3-place Midway commemorative torpedo bomber done up in "Midway" livery but at Marianas, as flown by Bert Earnest, a Midway survivor. Most likely my next build because it will be very simple, in marked contrast to my beloved, but very complicated Globrey Blordiator.
Kyushu "Nibai" (Twin)-- Shinden Zwilling melded to an N9M flying wing.
Curtiss "Navahawk"--"Navajo" air contingent flying twin-engined P-40 (tweaked real aircraft).
Heinkel He-211---4-engined He-111--a "Phoenix" re-build to enlarge (replace, actually) the present fuselage using the old Lindberg 1/64th-scale He-111 and other components.
D4Y8 Suisei-Kai---an enlarged "Judy" using Ryusei, Nanzan, and Suisei parts (as well as an old Northrop N3M).
Caproni "Bandini"--Italian triple-row reciprocating engine torpedo plane made from Caproni Campini jet (someone else here beat me to it, but kept the jet part--mine will have rear turret instead).
1/700 angled-deck "Yorktown"-type carrier for WW II ("USS Bon Homme Richard" from "Furashita's Fleet")
1/144 Boeing 314 flying-boat made into a luxury executive transport for my brother in Montana--the "Kalispell Klipper"
"He-113D"---a He-100 derivative using the Nanzan and He-280 wings, desert camo.
"Hawker Henley"--extrapolated British carrier dive-bomber adding on Tempest/Sea Fury components and a rear-defense turret.
"Doshaburi" (Coudburst)--1/72 Japanese heavy manned kamikaze rocket craft make from 1/48 V-1 and Okha.
"Highball" DeHavilland Mosquito--Carrier-borne, Spiteful 5-bladed props and cowlings, bulged bottom and "Highball" ordnance for "Oxtail" missions against heavy Japanese warships.
Tank Ta-152T--long-wingspan carrier torpedo bomber, using enlarged 1/65 Nichimo Fw-190 as base, adding on uber-FW/Tank components and two-place cockpit.
Me-209T--Carrier fighter--Bf-109H long-wingspan, Me-209 tall tail, possibly Japanese Ki-100 radial nose.
C6Y1 "Yamagumo"-- single-place "Judy" recon--first to fly over Pearl Harbor.
Brewster "Bison"--if MPM comes out with their Brewster Buccaneer as promised, I will "Phoenix-build" my present Bison to be more proportional.
1/1200 "Yokozuna"--stretched "Yamato" from "Furashita's Fleet".
HO (1/87) Jaguar 3.4 sedan (RW)--one in a long series of models for my brother of cars that he has owned.
There are more, including some "Real World" aircraft---a "Fritz-X" Dornier Do-217K/M, an F4F from the USS Enterprise, and a Douglas Dauntless, and a Kawasaki Ki-100 using my master molds from a long-defunct "cottage" kit company (Model-Aire International).
Whew! I rest.
Ed S: Thanks. I'll have a look and see what I can find.
Quote from: Sisko on September 09, 2009, 03:46:15 PM
As it is Sci-Fi I havn't posted any pics in the current builds.
Why not!?
these are some of the projects that are currently stocked into the "Think Tank"
-1/72 Blackburn Buccaner (Royal Australian Navy, as an A4 replacement)
-1/72 FW190T-1 (Carrier based version of the FW190)
-1/72 21st century Focke Wulf Flitzer (currently in design stage, perhaps even a zwilling)
-1/72 Argentine Navy SU-22M3 (been on the planning for 2 years, but the build kinda stalled)
-1/72 Belgian Tiger F-4E
-1/144 scale STOBAR carrier (currently under study, styrene plates already in stock)
-1/72 GNAT (from the movie "Hot Shots")
and then there are the Real World projects (all in Belgian markings)
-1/72 T-6G Harvard
-1/72 Fouga Magister
-1/72 F-16BM "10 years OCU"
-1/72 MS230
-1/72 Seaking Mk.48
-1/72 Fokker DVII
-1/72 CR42 Fiat
-1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.1
-1/144 F-104G and TF-104G Starfighters
-1/144 Alpha jet E
-1/72 Mirage 5BR
Right now in some form of construction I've got:
1/100 F-15 intended for the 318th AGS in "Smurf" camo (ghost gray/air superiority blue)
1/72 Revell MiG-31 "Strikehound"
1/72 S-30 Soviet test bird (no, y'all will just have to wait to find out what it is, unless you can actually find it in the "search" function)
Revell Sea Master intended for USCG service
1/48 J-14
couple of 1/48 V-22s in Israeli specops use
I wont list my ideas as there wouldn't be enough space here to itemize & list them out, but something I've wanted to do for a year now is a couple of models for a buddy of mine, an A-10 (thats his baby) & an A-4 ('cuz they're both Scooters lol).
Quote from: pyro-manic on September 10, 2009, 09:55:35 AM
Ed S: Thanks. I'll have a look and see what I can find.
Quote from: Sisko on September 09, 2009, 03:46:15 PM
As it is Sci-Fi I havn't posted any pics in the current builds.
Why not!?
Cause I don't know I guess that I didn't want to clutter up a Whif board with Sc-Fi models. Unfortunately it is all I am building at the moment.
But I supose it wouldn't hurt.
I'll post some pics this weekend.
Please do, I love a good sci fi whiff.
Must admit it's a genre I admire and I really do like the retro "Dan Dare" type stuff.
I was looking at the ad for the Pegasus models Alien Flying Saucer complete with Alpha Centurai pilot the other day. I think there's 2 in the box so one landed and one flying - might give it a go ;D
Indeed, what is Sci-Fi, if not What If?
Do we or do we not have a Whiffie category for Sci-Fi? Of course it's "in".
This is just what's actually in-build or stalled at the moment. I did have an "ideas" thread of my own, but it was getting so long it was scaring me.....
1/72nd Marder fire-support vehicle (120mm mortar + 27mm cannon) in British service - underway
1/72nd Avro Atom light fighter (Gnat w/MiG-21 wings) for Patchwork World - underway
1/72nd Westland Pteradon tandem-wing fighter (two F-5Es siamesed together) for PW - stalled (fell out of love with the wing choice: looking at alternatives)
1/72nd Yak-140 Frogspawn (Sovietized Mystere IV) - stalled (started for Sovietize It GB, but made a mess of the paint)
1/144th BAC Narwhal (flying boat Concorde with Bloodhound-based recce drone) - stalled (started for Flying Boat GB but ran out of time and had a crisis of concept)
? scale Steampunk Land Speed Record car (modified Testors Salt Flats Racer) - stalled (started for LSR GB but ran out of time)
Quote from: anthonyp on September 09, 2009, 08:38:25 PM
Ooof... This is a painful list, since I can't remember what all my non-finished builds are...
In Progress:
Stuff I needed those TOWs and Hellfires for (about four Anigrand kits collected over the years)
XP-81 in some color scheme (started building, had no plans for)
XP-75 in some color scheme (see above)
XC-142 in USN colors
YF-17 in some nation's colors
Tons o' ships (waaay too many to count... ok, so it's about 26 in various stages of building)
AH-56 modernized to the 80's (cannibalizing a lot of attack helos for bits)
Bunch o' space shuttles/fighters/stations (started a lot of shuttles and space fighters already)
A-9B (naval variant, almost done, needs armaments and decals)
2 x ANG F-14's (built up, need painting)
F-4S (needs those inlets I put a plea out for; will be USNR VF-209)
Shinmeiwa PS-1 Flying boat (was going to be USCG)
Seamaster (USCG)
Whispercraft from the 6th Day (USCG variant; was USN, but was in a USCG kinda mood one day and repainted it white overall)
F-4E (171st FS)
A butt-load of airliners done up in military roles (tankers, AWACS, transports)
B-52G (US Navy, refit of an ancient model of mine)
A few odd Amodel kits (Global Express, Christen Eagle, etc, in military roles)
The odd RPV (not calling them UAV's)
PZL 230 Skorpian that arrived yesterday from evil-Bay
Some other kits I know I'm forgetting, yet am too lazy to walk to the bench and stare at it
Planned:
Whatever strikes my fancy as I look at the stash. Have vague general ideas, but nothing concrete (save some YF-23's in 171st and 87th FS markings, and two YF-12's in markings for Kincheloe AFB... OH, and about half a dozen XR-7's and two SR-75's in companion Recce markings to the FS from Kincheloe)
F-108 in either the Kincheloe FS markings, 87th FS markings, or 171st FS markings
Mig-31K Swing Wing (been planning this one since I first joined Whif)
Another swingwing F-15N (this time an F/A-15N+ variant)
More ships (have more in the stash than I really should; have some Ruskies and other Sprucan/Tico mods I need to do)
Space Station Freedom (kitbashed Revell ISS and Revell SpOC's (Space Operations Center) with other bits for the dual keel design)
Excelsior class Heavy Space Shuttle (based on a drawing I did a long time ago for a larger shuttle, based on the 1/100 Tamiya shuttle scale-o-ramaed into a 1/144 design; name is an homage to the old FASA trek names for the Movie Enterprise (Enterprise class Heavy Cruiser) and the subsequent replacement for her, the Excelsior class Battleship, seeing as how the Space Shuttles could technically be called Enterprise Class Space Shuttles)
More FRoCA, Conch Republic, Quebec, Louisiana, Henristan, NATO, Ceylon, ASSR, Durka-Durka-stan, and Cuban Republic models
Models for the Concordant Island of Kokomo (Invented another nation, nowhere near as inviting as the Beach Boys would lead you to believe)
I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of them, but that's what my sleep deprived brain can come up with right now.
Really looking forward to the F-12s and F-108s - you must have a fondness for the old ADC!!
Wes W.
More than I'll ever build & I've forgotten more than that.
Sukhoi T-4MS late design (hopefully the next project) using the Anigrand 1/144 kit
English Electric P.12 (Canberra interceptor variant)
Avro 721
BAe P.1216
Boeing SST Air Force One
USAF Tornado, ADV with IDS radome. Probably build this for the Let it Snow GB that nev mentioned, if it gets the go-ahead.
Hawker Siddley P.1141
Hawker P.1093
Solid nose VG Lightning
Real World Gloster Meteor T.71/2, Martin Baker test bed
Hunter P.1083/P.1109 combo, probably in an RAE (not Rasberry Ripple) scheme
Saro SR.177, probably in air defence greys
Conversion of Elefant Faun into a wheeled SPG or SPAAG, using the Czech Dana as inspiration
A-7 Corsair, probably RAF Desert Pink
HS Dominie AEW variant
Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep SAS Pink Panther
Westland Chinook with twin Gnome powerplant
Fairey Rotodyne Water Bomber
Quote from: Sisko on September 11, 2009, 03:37:05 PM
Quote from: pyro-manic on September 10, 2009, 09:55:35 AM
Ed S: Thanks. I'll have a look and see what I can find.
Quote from: Sisko on September 09, 2009, 03:46:15 PM
As it is Sci-Fi I havn't posted any pics in the current builds.
Why not!?
Cause I don't know I guess that I didn't want to clutter up a Whif board with Sc-Fi models. Unfortunately it is all I am building at the moment.
But I supose it wouldn't hurt.
I'll post some pics this weekend.
Sci-fi rawks!!!! Which reminds me...
I've got an old Polar Lights 1/350 Star Trek Enterprise-class Heavy Cruiser ongoing (had some custom decals for her on order, but the order got cancelled... gotta follow up on that), as well as an Alliance 1/1000 Star Trek Enterprise class Heavy Cruiser (also had decals on order from same place... now that I'm vacation, I'll follow this up...)
And as for my F-12's and my F-108, I love ANG units in the cold war, but not ADC grey (too shiny). The F-108 will be in low-vis colors similar to my Glamorous Glennis III I did a few years ago. Thinking of doing similar colors on the F-12's. Thanks for reminding me about the F-12's. I've got one in progress, and one in the stash.
Where's the ship guys? :unsure:
Just the whiffs, I've real world that need doing, too.
On the desk to finish:
Patchwork world TAV-8B
That flying wing
The airgroup for my Rodina carrier
The airgroup for my Polish/RN Kiev
Next up:
SV-22
SBC-4 Helldiver in mid-war colours
Patchwork world coastal Dutch ship
Then:
Euronavy Varyag
Something with an Su-34
USS Hudson City, AOEN-5
Someday:
Patchwork world Dutch World Cruiser
USN YB-35
Assault ship conversion of USS NJ
Carrier conversion of HMS Hood, or one of her sisters
Tillman battleship
so far
1/35 Revell offshore powerboat Military version S.L.I.C.e SEAL Littoral Interdiction Craft ;D AKA "Pirate Slayer"
1/35 Dragon Tiger 1 Prototype IJA Heavy tank "Tora Ichi"
Pegasus hobby's Apollo 27 as a Orbital station defense Fighter/Interceptor
1/48 Tamiya Beuufighter TF as USMC replacement for B-25 PBJ WWII
"Panzer"
Quote from: JoeP on September 14, 2009, 07:23:11 PM
Where's the ship guys? :unsure:
Ahem....
Tons o' ships (waaay too many to count... ok, so it's about 26 in various stages of building)
Quote from: Nils on September 10, 2009, 12:28:44 PM
these are some of the projects that are currently stocked into the "Think Tank"
-1/72 Blackburn Buccaner (Royal Australian Navy, as an A4 replacement)
-1/72 FW190T-1 (Carrier based version of the FW190)
-1/72 21st century Focke Wulf Flitzer (currently in design stage, perhaps even a zwilling)
-1/72 Argentine Navy SU-22M3 (been on the planning for 2 years, but the build kinda stalled)
-1/72 Belgian Tiger F-4E
-1/144 scale STOBAR carrier (currently under study, styrene plates already in stock)
and i just wanted to ad some additional projects:
-1/144 J-7MG Fishbed (nationality unknown)
-1/144 Morrocan Jaguar-A
-1/72 AR.196 (F.E.R.S, from the TinTin Comics)
-1/72 SABENA C/AD-5 Skyraider
-1/72 Supermarine Walrus Mk.1 (Belgian Air-Sea Rescue)
-1/72 Tiger Moth (from the TinTin comics, still have the decals provided by martinH)
-1/72 P-51A Mustang Mk.1 (Post-War SAAF)
-1/72 various Luft46 projects
-1/72 Mitsubishi T-2 (nationality unknown, thinking either RAAF or Danish)
-1/72 Starfighter T.Mk-2 (Royal Air Force)
Currently stocked up and slowly being developed more fully:
1/72 multiple F-15Ms, both protoype and production
1/72 & 1/48 P-51B two-seat nightfighters
Assorted 1/72 whiffed Harriers, most prominently Finnish and Argentinian
Got a idea of converting a Mig-29A into a Mig-29ADF(similar to the F-16ADF).
Currently the TSR.2 into the Tupolev Tu-21...the early version, a later version will appear too at some time.
The F-8E(NZ) in 1/48th, with additions for the FGR role, Gulf War from New Zealand.
Lots of Biggles stuff including a Beaufighter TF.X
Been thinking as you do.....
Imperial Roman Air Force TSR.2 version
Chinese Tornado (apparantly the Commies were interested?)
A-20 (1/48th) REAL WORLD, and probably RAAF...possibly A28-28....an A-20C delivered as an attrition replacement, and I'll "tweak it" to get some nose-art on it....for the Quarter Scale Group display of WW2 Bombers.
I'll start this after the Nationals.
:party:
Quote from: Radish on September 17, 2009, 01:34:35 AM
Been thinking as you do.....
New experience for you then ? Sorry still knackered after Prague ;D
Now a Chinese Tornado sounds really good, especially if you can find any evidence that they were interested.
I thought Taiwan wanted the B-45 Tornado in the 50s?
We know China wanted the Harrier in the 80s.
My wishlist is to clear the bench of everything in time for Telford. Must go now, got lots to do!
1) Get married (Sometimes it feels like a what if based on the amount of conjectural planning!!)
More seriously (All 1/700 unless noted):
US Battleship Modernization program (Iowa - Hybrid BB/CV, South Dakota - Assault Ship, and North Carolina classes - Unsure; one of each)
UK Battleship Modernization program (KG5 - Assault Ship, Hood - BB/CV, Rodney - All firepower, all the time)
US Modern FRAM (OHP Update with VLS, Flight Deck Spruance, Big Hanger Spruance, Big Gun Spruance; Last one may be VGAS instead)
Life and Times of HMS Tiger (Three versions, all in various fits from the last 60's, through 2000.)
Japan re-arms (Modernized Shinano - Flight deck, Hyuga - Assaault Ship, Mogami - ASW Helo Carrier, and I-400 - Skyhawk launching sneaky mother)
Three little PiGGs (My three little Hovercraft, I want to finally finish them but 1/700 scale Hellfires are SMALL!) ;)
Los Tres Muertes (Refit of three older US battleships into South American Assault Ships)
USFS Curtis LeMay the first Airborne Aircraft Carrier (Made from the Old Revell Advanced Tech Bomber and scaled to 1/700)
in 1/144:
Lots. Seriously, like 20 or so little planes that I can't even remember properly. I know there were some fun kitbashes inspired by Eddie.
And in 1/72...
AH-56H Cheyenne (Updated with a lot of Apache bits and weaponry)
That's all I can remember off the top of my head.
Have to claan my work area first.
Then already stared modding a 1/72 B36
going to try and make some molds as well for a first.
B 36 highly modded to look like from luftwaffe :)
Current project on the slab, is a lightweight, Turbo prop multi role aircraft for the U.S Marines. The aircraft will be of composite construction thus making it lightweight and strong. Able to carry a varied array of current U.S ordnance, and have a gun fitted capable of knocking out armoured vehicles and armoured helicopters and also have an interchangeable pack to fit into either wing root, so as to carry different mission specific guns, cameras or targeting sensors. The aircraft will be a single seater and very compact in size.
The aircraft will be used for close air support, Counter Insurgency and Helicopter escort.
This aircraft will be offered to the newly reformed Iraqi air force, Columbia, Honduras, South Africa and the U.K.
The U.S airforce has ordered seven of these aircraft to evaluate its capability in conflicts in Afghanistan, and on the strength of this evaluation the British Army and Air force will order 15 of the aircraft.
When it is finished, all will be revealed ;D
Chris
Sounds awesome.
At 4am and cant sleep. But i been doing lots of cutting and sculpting and ideas. All I have done so far is one Engine lol.
I think this is gonna be one crazy build for me.
Still working on the RAF Vixen, to be followed by a tandem 'Supervixen'.
Planning on:
Anglicised Su-9 (leftovers from the Sovietise It! GB)
Something for the Handley Page GB if it gets going
Something for the Pistonator GB if it gets going
A Ford Trimotor whif
A British turboprop COIN idea
360 Sqn's more warlike Canberra T17 replacement
Something Soviet for the SMW2009 display
Probably an RAF Wyvern
An alternative Tornado
What if Gloster had built the Hawker Fury
A Hawker P1027
and finally.......
Something for SMW2010
;D ;D
Attempting, and have been for the last 3-6 years, to complete the following:
Hasegawa 1/72 F-18A as a RCAF CF-18A (dropping the CF-188 designation), squadron TBD;
Hasegawa 1/72 F-18B as a RCAF CF-18B, squadron TBD;
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A as a RCN CF-14A, VF-870 Sqn;
Hasegawa 1/72 F-16A as a British Columbia ANG CF-16A, 111 Sqn (based on the 111 Sqn of WWII, if I can get the IPMS Canada P-40 decal sheet for the nose totem pole marking); and
Hasegawa 1/72 A-37B as a Yukon Territory ANG CA-37B, squadron TBD.
All this to go with a what if North Korea, China (PRC) and rogue USSR forces attacking Alaska, with operations entering Canadian soil (Yukon).
What year will they be completed? Who knows. Been well over 23+ years since I did any serious modelling. Life, marriage, work, kids, cut into pleasure. Now that I'm no longer married, and have one kid left at home, maybe there is more time.
We are having our local show soon.
Real world:
1/72 P-40E Brazilinan Air Force
1/35 LAV-150 EJV
Whiff:
1/72 Saab J40 Kraken
1/700 Space Cruiser Wisconsin
Sci-Fi:
1/24 Jedi Starfighter
Current projects
Mirage IV 1/48 with TSR-2 reconnaissance pod, solid nose and exhaust pipes from a old F-4N. Retractable in-flight refueling probe from a Tornado ECR, along with jamming pod and decoy with RAFG decals.
Tornado ECR 1/48 in US Navy paint scheme and decals.
Still in the box
Two old Airfix 1/72 Vigilantes spare parts to build one twin fin.
Old Frog Shackleton 1/72
Su-34 1/72 with resin cockpit
Su-47 x2 1/72
poor quality F-111A 1/48
1 x XJS-V12 1/24, concept to model "The Saint".
1 untouched Millennium Falcon still in original wrapper.
Spare parts
1/72 EH-101 ex-presidental helicopter
1/72 MH-53
1/72 Chinook
On order
1/72 Br1150 Atlantic MK1 with metal etch parts. Concept to add two podded Viking engines or five bladed prop blades
1/72 P-3 Orion Concept to use RAF decals and paint scheme, may consider gun turret in the weapons bay and in-flight refueling probe from a Lightning.
Current project on the bench:
AT-28 Enforcer, Heller 1/72nd scale T-28 Trojan, turbo prop conversion, 10 or 12 under wing pylons, ejector seats, FLIR pod, bigger 3 blade prop.
Chris.
Found some more kits under the bed.
1/72 E-2 Hawkeye- could use the radome on the P-3
1/72 Novo Canberra PR7
1/72 Airfix Canberra RB-57
1/72 SR-71 Blackbird
Concept is to create a scenic model railway layout that passes through an airbase, so I can display my 1/72 models off on the flight line/hardstand or hanger area. As the single room I rent out in the Greenford area, isn't big enough. So if anyone has a double room or studio flat for rent at a reasonable price in the London area of the UK, please let me know by sending an email to 63curzonsteet.mjmapp.com
Getting back to the subject matter, my wish list is to have a scaled model of all the current aircraft flown by the UK armed forces from 1986.
>Concept is to create a scenic model railway layout that passes through an airbase, so I can display my 1/72 models off on the flight line/hardstand or hanger area.<
At least in America, the only railroad scale that comes close is "S" gauge (1/64th) from "American Flyer", a now very rare type. "O" gauge railroads and 1/48 are perfectly compatible with each other. "HO" scale, at least in America, is 1/87 scale, and in a pinch some 1/96 or 1/100 aircraft can do.
I have noticed that Airfix makes military buildings and figures for an "HO/OO" scale listed it at 1/76. I am unfamiliar with train scales in the UK (or anywhere outside of the USA, for that matter). Is "OO" scale a viable train scale in your neck of the woods?---is that what you are proposing? If so---- :cheers: :drink: :cheers: :party:
P.S. I suppose you'll have a RR crossing going across the runway where planes will have to wait to take off, yes? :wacko:
OO Gauge is the most popular in the UK for model railways, it emerged when they were marketed to the masses with limited space. It managed to gain a foothold over HO here, although that scale is most popular in most other countries. Airfix & several other companies in the UK produced models in this scale to take advantage of the scenery & such available & a few garage manufacturers carry it on. They're close enough to 1/72 for a diorama, although you sometimes here the JMN's moan about it.
So :cheers: :drink: :cheers: :party:!!!
UK OO gauge uses the 4mm to one foot or 1:76.2. The Europeans prefer the 1:87 HO. Although the purists use something known as EM gauge based on the 4mm scale but I don't know what the ratio is.
If anyone has any info a railway track passing through an airbase or has built a layout on this theme, I'd like to see some photos.
:banghead:
I know of two locally that have train lines that pass very nearby. RAF Finningley was in use until 1996, RAF Leconfield passed over to the Army in 1976, although 202 Sqn 'E' Flight has a pair of Sea Kings there. The train lines don't actually pass through the stations.
Thanks Mossie,
:thumbsup:
Doesn't a train run right past Leuchars airfield, near St. Andrews, Scotland?
Yeah, it's pretty similar to Finningley (now Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, talk about a mouthfull!) & Leconfield, the railway runs right on the perimiter, several hundred yards from the end of the runway.
Quote from: sequoiaranger on September 30, 2009, 12:38:06 AM
Doesn't a train run right past Leuchars airfield, near St. Andrews, Scotland?
indeed so.
also i don't know if it is still there but in the 1980's i recall the base had a siding from the mainline
to recieve tanks of aviation fuel (amongst other things).
further, the GWML runs past the back of RAF west drayton (as was) and the railway from wolverhampton
to shrewsbury passes RAF cosford.
>>Doesn't a train run right past Leuchars airfield, near St. Andrews, Scotland?<<
> Indeed so<
Now how does a Yank from the California desert (me) know about THAT??? :wacko:
Maybe the towel from Tom Morris' shoppe hanging on my golf bag would give it away! :lol:
Vultee P-66 Valiant in Swedish markings
XP-69 :wub: :wub:
SAAB L-24 :wub:
All In 1/72nd scale
F-84/F-86/F-100 - Build these as early aggressors for the Navy's Top Gun Program. Would be easy for the Navy to get the F-86's and maybe the F-100's but maybe not so much the F-84's. Besides if they can use them as bad guys on the TV show Airwolf then it only makes sense to give it a try.
F-16A/B/C/D - Build these in squadron markings that don't exsist. F-16s for the 55th FIS based at Ouffitt Air Force base in Bellevue Nebraska. Green/Yellow checkered tail band and an OF tail code. Got to keep SAC safe you know. The 155th FIS based in Lincoln Nebraska Red/white checkered tail band Tail Code LN and Nebraska painted at the base of the Tail Fin.
F-4U/F-8F/F-6F/F-7F/A-1 Skyraider for the RCN during the 1950's I know others have done most of these already
Same as above but for South Vietnam with out the A-1 Skyraider.
F-82 in SEA markings and larger load out.
F-2H2/3 Banshees in SEA camo for Vietnam
1/72:
RN Double Mamba Tarpon (Avenger)
Indian Navy Twin-Asatzou Gannet
RAF Sabre-powered Maritime Patrol Stirling
DB-605-powered He-100
BV-155C-ised He-219 (single engine with big chin intake for superchargers)
Magnetic Degaussing Ring-equipped A-1 Skyraider (with R-2800)
R-7755-engined B-26/TB2D Hybrid (scale-o-rama with the ^ Skyraider's R-3350)
USN R4Q-2D (C-119) with BQM-34 Firebees
Post-war AMI SM.82 variant (glazed nose + 2 licensed-built late model Hercules)
Jumo 222 engined Ta-152H
Sabre VII engined RN Sea Fury
1/144:
Twin Turboprop Il-26 variant (Soviet B-29 look-alike)
RN E-6B TACAMO
Current project, SHADO V/TOL Rapid response rescue air vehicle. In 1/72nd scale. :wacko:
Chris.
Quote from: proditor on September 24, 2009, 12:06:52 PM
AH-56H Cheyenne (Updated with a lot of Apache bits and weaponry)
You too, eh! I was doing mine up as an AH-56E Basilisk USMC gunship, with a new rotor, new tail rotors based on the Apache's (cut down Apache rotor as the pusher), additional Apache engines (to make it a three engined beast), three pylons per wing, nose sensors, new canopy (hate that greenhouse), and new belly gun.
I also began work on my SH-61B, taking parts from an Italeri SH-60B that was missing some parts. Will get new rotor, new tail rotor, the MAD, torp pylons, nose sensors, new engine inlets, belly radar, and the sonobouy dispenser.
On my ever growing wishlist would include the Airfix Nimrod as I already have a P-3 and the Atlantic Br1150.
I saw a picture of a Ford Capri MKIII hearse once. Now I'm looking for a suitable donar in 1/24 scale.
1/72 scale castle kit.
Academy will likely never release the RB-29H in 1/72. That's the B-29 that was converted to extra long wings with twin Allison HaT-65K* Turboprops and used for high altitude research and surveillance. At least in my mind it was. :blink: :blink:
:cheers:,
Daryl J.
* = High Altitude T-65,000 , the cruising altitude of the Reccofortress.
Quote from: Daryl J. on October 15, 2009, 09:32:38 AM
Academy will likely never release the RB-29H in 1/72. That's the B-29 that was converted to extra long wings with twin Allison HaT-65K* Turboprops and used for high altitude research and surveillance. At least in my mind it was. :blink: :blink:
* = High Altitude T-65,000 , the cruising altitude of the Reccofortress.
Great! Now I've got an image stuck in my head of a B-29 with two monsterous "humpbacked" turboprops and a RB-47H nose! You'll be hearing from my psychiatrist and bank manager! ;D
Seriously though, great idea! Please build it!
Beyond what I mentioned earlier, I've got Finnish and Argentinian Harriers in the works and plans for alternate upgrades for various 1st generation Harriers that incorporate much of what was done on the AV-8C as well as a few other upgrades. I figure at least some will be in RAuxAF markings while others will belong to new users of refurbished (much as AV-8As were refurbished into AV-8Cs) units (RAAF, RAN, et al.).
Quote from: Daryl J. on October 15, 2009, 09:32:38 AM
Academy will likely never release the RB-29H in 1/72. That's the B-29 that was converted to extra long wings with twin Allison HaT-65K* Turboprops and used for high altitude research and surveillance. At least in my mind it was. :blink: :blink:
:cheers:,
Daryl J.
* = High Altitude T-65,000 , the cruising altitude of the Reccofortress.
Ah yes, the 'Big Brother' of the USN's P3B-1. ;)
Jon
Northrop N-156 can be done from a F-5
Northrop Fang is under viability study
Nose intake Draken is even easier
When and if, I have some more "free" time there are few projects I'd like to do...
To Finish
1/48 RCN A-4F Skyhawk (w/ all the modernization goodies)
1/48 Irish Air Corps Mirage IIIE (pre-modernization)
1/48 Irish Air Corps Mirage IIIE (post-modernization)
In my imagination
1/48 Texas Navy A-4M (modernized)
1/48 Texas Navy F-14D (modernized)
1/48 Texas Navy A-7F (modernized)
1/48 Texas Air Corps OV-10D+ (modernized)
1/48 USAF AF-61K Black Widow (heavily modified Vietnam-era COIN/gunship)
1/350 Alaska-class CB (post-modernization hybrid CB/CSGN)
1/350 Montana-class BB (post-modernization hybrid BBG/CVN)
:cheers: Bryan
Quote from: ysi_maniac on November 05, 2009, 10:37:37 AM
Northrop N-156 can be done from a F-5
Northrop Fang is under viability study
Nose intake Draken is even easier
Actually, the proposed naval N-156T variant was rejected for too high a landing speed. Northrop's final proposed derivative was the N-285B with larger, and slightly more swept wings with leading edge slats and full-span flaps as well as a raised second seat for better instructor visibility on carrier approach. As to the Draken, I still want to do one with Fieri inlets, an engine upgrade, and various other improvements.
I know it's an old one, and been done before, but I fancy a twin Starfighter, done with the second fuselage as a recon pod with a load of camera gear in place of the second cockpit...don't know about the colours yet though...maybe Vietnam era?...any suggestions...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv634%2Fsae05%2Fn76mff104gcopycutpr.jpg&hash=27b4dc07fd3ce5601a227cce71314a36fbb8fdd4)
How about German Marine colors, dark grey uppers and light grey lowers?
Quote from: philp on November 06, 2009, 07:39:00 AM
How about German Marine colors, dark grey uppers and light grey lowers?
And a thumping great anti-ship missile under the centre-section? :wub: :wacko:
Quote from: Weaver on November 06, 2009, 08:17:53 AM
Quote from: philp on November 06, 2009, 07:39:00 AM
How about German Marine colors, dark grey uppers and light grey lowers?
And a thumping great anti-ship missile under the centre-section? :wub: :wacko:
Hmmm...
Might have to get a 104 kit and make it an anti ship missile.
Quote from: philp on November 06, 2009, 08:27:33 AM
Quote from: Weaver on November 06, 2009, 08:17:53 AM
Quote from: philp on November 06, 2009, 07:39:00 AM
How about German Marine colors, dark grey uppers and light grey lowers?
And a thumping great anti-ship missile under the centre-section? :wub: :wacko:
Hmmm...
Might have to get a 104 kit and make it an anti ship missile.
Think I suggested elsewhere making the 1/144th Starfighter into a missile to hang under a 1/72nd or 1/48th carrier.
Check here (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,24598.30.html).
regards,
Greg
Nice Greg, see my comments there.
I think just converting the 72nd scale version would work, much like the Russian missiles look like full size Migs.
Now, what markings would look good on this and which delivery vehicle? Probably a Buff could carry 1 or 2 but what else in the US inventory?
For an air-dropped one, you'd probably want to modify the tail arrangement. A vertical fin can be folded or even accomodated in a modified bomb bay, but a T-tail makes it much trickier. I fancied an X-tail with two cut-down F-104 dorsal fins at 45 deg. and two of the ventral strakes mirroring them below.
I had no idea that a zwillinged F-104 can be asthetically acceptable...... excellent imaginations! :thumbsup:
That second fuselage can accommdate a LOROP camera probably without resorting to the over-elongated nose as on ROCAF RF-104Gs ;D......