Bristol type 179 rocket powered interceptor prototype, and follow on to their type 178 rocket interceptor proposal. The type 179 made it off the drawing board and impressed the powers that be by its sleek and deadly looks. In the air it was a lot more potent than envisioned, and would touch mach 3 in a shallow dive. Said shallow dive had to be a very short lived affair and at very high altitude as the aircraft wasn't keen on manoeuvring at anything over mach 2.4.
The build is made from spare parts from a Douglas skyrocket and a 1/100th scale lightning. I stripped and repainted it 3 times as it kept rippling, yet again vallejo paint being the culprit, which I am quite surprised about as it is usually really good to brush paint with. It all went together nicely considering the wings and fuselage are from different kits, scales and manufacturers. Also the tail fin is from the 1/100 th lightning.
Chris
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Oooooh, very nice Chris. :thumbsup:
I figured out the Lightning wings and fin but couldn't make any sense of the fuselage. Was it the 'Revell fit the box' Skyrocket perhaps?
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 17, 2020, 03:10:52 PM
Oooooh, very nice Chris. :thumbsup:
I figured out the Lightning wings and fin but couldn't make any sense of the fuselage. Was it the 'Revell fit the box' Skyrocket perhaps?
Cheers Kit,
Its the special hobby 1/72nd scale one. Your get 2 fuselages in the kit, one is rocket and jet powered, the other just rocket powered. I ordered another canopy for it, and stuck it all together. Like you do. I just wish the paint had behaved itself.
Chris.
Whiffery at its best! :thumbsup:
Nice , great concept and execution .especially like the asymmetric canopy , very much of the times.
Good! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Like an EE Lightning that went to aesthetic surgery to get a sharp elegant nose ;D
Cool!
Nice! :thumbsup:
Quote from: chrisonord on November 17, 2020, 03:24:37 PM
I just wish the paint had behaved itself.
Chris.
Adjust the backstory. " An unfortunate side effect of shallow dives above Mach 2.6", or perhaps " tight turns at speeds above Mach 1.9, especially at altitude, caused minor ripples in the structure"
(See Kit's second law of whiffery)
I like this, it's an example of what whiffery is all about.
Quote from: Rheged on November 18, 2020, 03:39:29 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on November 17, 2020, 03:24:37 PM
I just wish the paint had behaved itself.
Chris.
Adjust the backstory. " An unfortunate side effect of shallow dives above Mach 2.6", or perhaps " tight turns at speeds above Mach 1.9, especially at altitude, caused minor ripples in the structure"
(See Kit's second law of whiffery)
I like this, it's an example of what whiffery is all about.
Haha, cheers . Or perhaps they employed one of my ancestors in the paint shop, and because of his shoddy workmanship, caused the aircraft to be 276.5 miles per hour slower than calculated. ;D
Chris
That works really well Chris :thumbsup: :thumbsup: