Maybe someone like to see how i use different parts to build the jet version of the Warhawk .
I use a Tank or a bomb of a cheap Mig 31 kit and a very fine Special Hobby P40 .
Both kits are in 1:72 measure ! 

Cutting the tank in pieces, nice they make VERY DEEP lines for the cut in it and glueing together, make some light sanding for the exhaust ready before !
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Check out the fit into the fuselage and cut them out carefully .   The picture shows the position of the jet engine output in the downside , nearly realistic .
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Looks very promising 

With that big chin radiator the P-40 has the nose for a jet

Quote from: mexchiwa on January 14, 2023, 01:08:09 AMWith that big chin radiator the P-40 has the nose for a jet

That is what I think , yes . Converting props into jets is my thing at the moment . I like the old style 30's  Warhawk design converted into jet power .

SkyCaptain would have loved it I think ...

Very interesting! Any thoughts on making it with a nose wheel? The radiator (intake) looks wide enough for a bifurbcated duct.

This is the very first come together of the three main parts after cutting the bottom out. Looks very well for me . 

The radius of the front and the tank are nearly identic !    I have searched in 10+ kits for the right combination


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Quote from: SPINNERS on January 14, 2023, 02:08:15 AMVery interesting! Any thoughts on making it with a nose wheel? The radiator (intake) looks wide enough for a bifurbcated duct.

Very difficult considering where the main undercarriage is located at the front of the wing. A lot of the first jets were tail draggers anyway.

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on January 14, 2023, 02:45:41 AM

Quote from: SPINNERS on January 14, 2023, 02:08:15 AMVery interesting! Any thoughts on making it with a nose wheel? The radiator (intake) looks wide enough for a bifurbcated duct.

Very difficult considering where the main undercarriage is located at the front of the wing. A lot of the first jets were tail draggers anyway.

Gondor

Yes, I know. It's got me wondering if they used 'normal' tyres on the tailwheel or solid tyres of some sort.

I know some used steel wheels, & some had the exhaust vent above & behind the tail wheel but there are probably other options, like splitting the exhaust or going twin-engined.

The Yak-15 wiki states this...

The conventional landing gear was also unmodified other than the tailwheel which now used several steel leaf springs as shock absorbers. The Yak-Jumo carried a total of 590 kilograms (1,300 lb) of fuel. Taxi tests began in October 1945, but the heatshield proved to be too short and the heat from the engine exhaust melted the duralumin skin of the rear fuselage as well as the rubber tire of the tailwheel. Modifications to rectify the problems took until late December. By this time a second prototype had been completed with a solid steel tailwheel and an enlarged tailplane.

So, a solid rubber tailwheel at first (hence the leaf springs) and then a predictable switch to a steel tailwheel.

Good project, go on!

Haha , at this project I do not care about the landing gear ...  but planing one of the next coming fighters with extended wheels for a diorama and modern front wheel , right ! 

From the last made 190 twin jet I will do some more variants , with different arrangements for the engines and planes . 

Thank you very much for support 

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That fits VERY nicely, oh yes! 

Fascinating project and a very neat build 

Are you going to change the armament arrangement at all?  All that new space in the nose (though problems with gun gas ingestion)