Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft

[rickshaw]

What do you get when you combine these two kits?



You get this, the Grumman Model 134 which was a competitor (unbuilt) to the North American OV-10 Bronco in the early 1960s:













Apologies for the poor quality of some of the images.  Damn camera. 

[philp]

Nice.

You wouldn't happen to have any in progress pics would you?  Would love to see how you did the nose conversion.

[rickshaw]

No, sorry, I was being a bit of a lazy blighter.  Couldn't be bothered stopping to take photos.  I was having too much fun doing the modelling.  Basically I cut the nose off the TA-4J, cut the extreme nose off that and cut the cockpit area off the OV-1A and mated the two and then loads of PSR!!   

[Stargazer]

Fantastic conversion of a great pic, a great aircraft, and a great unbuilt variant!

On the JMN side of things, ALL Mohawks were designated Model G-134... but the COIN/LARA proposal that you've modeled here was designated Design 134R, also known as Model G-340! Or did you start from a different proposal? The nose you've done is square off a bit, while the G-340 was streamlined and much shorter...

[rickshaw]

What can I say?  In my What-If world, this is what the Grumman Model 134 looks like. 

[Stargazer]

What can I say?  In my What-If world, this is what the Grumman Model 134 looks like. 

Fair enough!!! 

[NARSES2]

Fantastic 

[chrisonord]

This is right up my street, very nice
Chris.

[James]

NICE! 

[John Howling Mouse]

Yeah, that is cool.  You make it seem so easy.   

[Pablo1965]

Really is nicer than the real one. 

[MiB]

GULP!!
Good idea!