Convair/Avro F-109/CF-109 Archer

[Dork the kit slayer]

Most impressed. Well done. Good concept and well executed.

[Litvyak]

Brilliant!

Gotta love a Canadian whiffy, especially if it's as good as this!

One little thing, though, that's interesting, since Avro had the big brains who did the Arrow work... but Convair owned Canadair... not sure what exactly that'd translate to, but it's interesting to ponder...

[James]

Outstanding!

What he said. 

[chrisonord]

Iam really liking that  and it works brilliantly, I must find one of those kits, and do one of these for SHADO, as a long range interceptor.
Very cool indeed that there plane is sir 
Chris.

[CammNut]

Thanks, folks

And, Sandiego89, re. your query:

Out of curiosity did you consider a pod like the B-58 to store the missiles? -not there is anything wrong with the Phoenix fit.  Just wondering. 

When I was putting together a B-58, clipping on the wings and "flying" it around my den going "whoooooosh!", I realised how sleek and cool it looked without the pod. Then, when I was building the CF-109, I decided it looked a bit too lskinny, so I added the missile adaptors. Shows, I suppose, that whifs can have lives of their own.

[deathjester]

Superb Job Looks Awesome! looks almost like something you'd see in 'Thunderbirds',Stingray,or Captain Scarlet Episodes! i could just picture in my head, a Scramble Klaxon going off @ a CAF Base and crews running for their Aircraft! Keep up the Great Work Dan

I knew it!  I knew you'd say that!  The second I saw that model, I thought of you!! 

Beautiful models, BTW -I really like that modern camo Arrow, soo mean looking!

[CammNut]

Good hypothetical-historical point, Litvyak:

One little thing, though, that's interesting, since Avro had the big brains who did the Arrow work... but Convair owned Canadair... not sure what exactly that'd translate to, but it's interesting to ponder...

In response, I would re-speculate that Canada would form a "national" team for so important a project, giving Avro a consolation prize by bringing it together with Canadair under, say, the Canadian Fighter Corp. (CFC).

But would they also toss a bone to Avro Canada's Gas Turbine Division, developer of the Arrow's Orenda egine, I wonder?

And where else could a Convair-Canadair-Avro tie-up have lead...?

[sideshowbob9]

Superb! 

[apophenia]

... but Convair owned Canadair... 

Actually, both Canadair and Convair were subsidiaries of General Dynamics (originally Electric Boat). So, howsabout Hawker Siddeley sells A.V. Roe Canada Ltd. to GD in 1959 as its second Canadian subsidiary?

[RussC]

Good hypothetical-historical point, Litvyak:

One little thing, though, that's interesting, since Avro had the big brains who did the Arrow work... but Convair owned Canadair... not sure what exactly that'd translate to, but it's interesting to ponder...

In response, I would re-speculate that Canada would form a "national" team for so important a project, giving Avro a consolation prize by bringing it together with Canadair under, say, the Canadian Fighter Corp. (CFC).

But would they also toss a bone to Avro Canada's Gas Turbine Division, developer of the Arrow's Orenda egine, I wonder?

And where else could a Convair-Canadair-Avro tie-up have lead...?

   Supersonic airliners and biz-jets, competition with Concorde and Tupolev 144.
 
   Then COIN types, since it was the mid-60's coming up.
 
   Maybe also, since Arrow was advanced metals work, maybe a Canadian part to the Apollo program, as they later did with Shuttle. (I'm trying to chase images of a robot arm wielding big hockey sticks out of my head - be gone!).

[NARSES2]

Teriffic stuff 

[Mossie]

Beautiful!  It's something I've wondered about before, but scaling a 1/72 Hustler to 1/48.  Your's is the much better option!