P1101 or................

[Glenn]

I'm a great one for buying old kits, and when Revell reisued all their 'old' models in the '90's, my key card ran hot! One of the 'wonders' was the Bell X-5, now I had one already, bought in the '70's. With the first one, I finished off as a P1101 night fighter, so what to do with this one.
Now, before joining you guys, I would have had to paint it gloss white, (and hating it) and finish it clean, but not any more!
So, what to do with it?

Model: Revell
Scale: 1/40

Trivia: Back in the early days of modelling, companies like Revell, Monogram, ITC etc, built kits TFB (TO FIT BOX) and the only other 1/40 sc model I can think of the Revell Skyrader.

[Captain Canada]

Looking good, Lyn !

How about an in service example ? Maybe done up for the Korean War ?

 

[retro_seventies]

vietnam fast fac with smoke markers!    

[Glenn]

What if........................the US Army didn't get to the Messerschmitt research area first? What if the Russians did?
Now the question is, what bureau would be responsible for them for the Russian Airforce/Navy?
Lavochkin were chosen, and the fighter was developed into the La-157.

Modifications: Spliting the intake and adding a nose bullet, and adding cannons between the nose wheel. (staggered, like a MiG-15)

Final finish: ?

[Glenn]

The La-157 in service 1948~1953 and first seen by the west during the Berlin Airlift
buzzing C-47's and C-54's.

[nev]

Well, I was thinking it looked a little like an A-6, so how about the A-6S, the Super Intruder?  Supersonic, carrying a ton of ordnance and in those sweet 60s/70s USN markings    

[overscan]

I'd use a new bureau like Alekseyev, who made some interesting prototypes like I-211 and I-215 in the 1944-48 period, or B I Cheranovski who designed futuristic tailless deltas like the BICh-26.

[JC Carbonel]

More 1/40 aircraft : Heller  (Tsukuda) Coléoptère , Heller (Smer) SPAD , Aliplast (Smer) Fokker trainer, Kogure : various japanese carrier-based aircraft (the one that comes to mind is Judy)...a lot of AFVs too from Revell  and ADAMS (UPC)

Have fun ...


JCC

[Captain Canada]

That side profile shot sure is sweet.............that aeroplane just looks right to me !



And if you're gonna be buzzing Transports during the Berlin airlft, you might as well show your colours, and do her up nice !

[TsrJoe]

somat from the archives of possible interest ... Model Aircraft magazine, August 1961

[noxioux]

If it's going to be a Soviet bird, she'd look good in natural metal.  I've been thinking of a 2-tone upper/lower fuselage NMF finish for some Cold War projects, but haven't tried it out yet.