1/72 Hawker P.1103 to F.155T - continued from original thread

[scautomoton]

Now, obviously, anything I say regarding my modelling intentions can be quite rightly taken with a shovel-ful of salt..... But I am actually building the Sea Vixen as I said I would, I just got distracted......

Anyway, I started a thread here regarding the Hawker family of supersonic fighters that stretched from the P.1103 to the P.1121 and beyond. Recently, whilst waiting for glue to dry on said Sea Vixen, I stupidly had a look at where I'd gotten to with this... Oops..

What I've gone and done is basically draw the entire P.1103 (bar some of the missile proposals which will come in due course). As I type this I've got the first trial print to check shape and fitment of everything. Now, this is probably the most difficult one I've done thus far. The shapes around the inlet were very hard, and took a few days and multiple scrapped and restarted efforts. The undercarriage also needed some artistic license. But we're somewhere close. Certainly close enough that a blind man would be happy to see it. As I proof read this I've noticed I still have the air brakes to do. All in good time I guess....

[Gondor]

Yes, the intake is a bit of a b1tch.

[chrisonord]

I would be interested in a pair of the wings in 72 scale if possible.

[PR19_Kit]

Ooooh yes, I DO like that! 

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Great work - well done!

[Captain Canada]

What a wicked looking piece of machinery ! Love everything about it.

[Rheged]

That looks extremely interesting!  I'm probably not the person to build it (My builds are usually overtaken by continental drift) but I'm definitely the person to applaud the individual who does!  There's almost certainly a decent backstory or two there, just waiting to be uncovered.

[Accidental Loggie]

I really like this aircraft, and I can sense another addition to my stash from the Machina Models stable in due course    .  I have done one of these from another 3D printing source, but it's primitive to say the least 

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Making the extremely fair assumption that any variant of this that Stuart produces will be superb, I'm looking forward to it already.

[NARSES2]

Ooooh yes, I DO like that! 

As do I, but with that nose and those missiles shouldn't it be adorned with Red Stars ?    There's certainly a resemblance to some Yak ? designs, apart from the intake of course.

[Gondor]

As do I, but with that nose and those missiles shouldn't it be adorned with Red Stars ?    There's certainly a resemblance to some Yak ? designs, apart from the intake of course.

The Russians had a trials aircraft that used a MiG-21 with an under fuselage intake that looked like a small version of the Hawker intake.

[Charlie_c67]

As do I, but with that nose and those missiles shouldn't it be adorned with Red Stars ?    There's certainly a resemblance to some Yak ? designs, apart from the intake of course.

The Russians had a trials aircraft that used a MiG-21 with an under fuselage intake that looked like a small version of the Hawker intake.

The aviation equivalent of who wore it best then?

[Gondor]

As do I, but with that nose and those missiles shouldn't it be adorned with Red Stars ?    There's certainly a resemblance to some Yak ? designs, apart from the intake of course.

The Russians had a trials aircraft that used a MiG-21 with an under fuselage intake that looked like a small version of the Hawker intake.

The aviation equivalent of who wore it best then?

Oh, the Hawker aircraft, of course! The MiG front end didn't look too bad, but the back end just didn't really go with the new front end.