Hustling the Hustler

kerick · April 05, 2015, 07:26:15 AM

Looks sharp! And a totally natural fit.
Looks like Mach 2 just sitting there.

tc2324 · April 06, 2015, 12:08:52 AM

Thank you guys and thank you for the nomination.

Captain Canada · April 08, 2015, 07:48:27 PM

Perfect. Has to be the sexiest Hustler out there ! If I ever get around to building one, I know what it will look like !

PR19_Kit · April 08, 2015, 09:06:34 PM

Brilliant that!

Does the camo wrap right underneath, or if not what did you use for the underside colour please?

And may I steal the scheme for my 1/72 scale Hustler please, it's been waiting to be built for EVER?

Dizzyfugu · April 09, 2015, 03:44:30 AM

That's pretty!

And certainly huge.

tc2324 · April 10, 2015, 02:16:28 PM

Thanks guys.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 08, 2015, 09:06:34 PM
Brilliant that!

Does the camo wrap right underneath, or if not what did you use for the underside colour please?

And may I steal the scheme for my 1/72 scale Hustler please, it's been waiting to be built for EVER?

Kit, it`s a full wrap around scheme just like the Tonka`s back in the 80`s.

I would hope that when you do yours, the wings will be extended..

markmarples · April 10, 2015, 03:00:23 PM

That's fab tc, it looks just right in camo

Glenn Gilbertson · April 10, 2015, 03:40:38 PM

That looks really sinister- well done!

PR19_Kit · April 11, 2015, 12:00:41 AM

Quote from: tc2324 on April 10, 2015, 02:16:28 PM
Kit, it`s a full wrap around scheme just like the Tonka`s back in the 80`s.

I would hope that when you do yours, the wings will be extended..

Magic, thanks.

As for extending the wings, I've yet to find a way of doing that to a delta and still have it look good. Maybe add some foreplanes to give it a tad more area?

Dizzyfugu · April 11, 2015, 01:31:53 AM

Only sensible way is either to extend/widen/sinsert at plug at the roots, but that's IMHO messy and major surgery, or you can do something with the wing tips, less sweep = bigger span, just what the Chinese did with the J-7M? Finding suitable donation parts might be tricky, though.

PR19_Kit · April 11, 2015, 06:02:51 AM

Doing root work on the Italeri Hustler is darn nearly impossible as the wing slots into a recess in the fuselage. You can't extend it rearwards as it's already as long as it can go and extending forwards would shorten the 'Long Nose' look that the Hustler has. That would mean extending the nose to keep the proportions right.

Doing that or changing the sweep angle outboard would spoil the whole look of it I think, so I'll go against the habit of a lifetime and leave the span the same.

Having written all that I expect you'll do an extended span B-58 in around 5 days and amaze us all Dizzy.