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My First "What-If"

Started by FAR148, May 26, 2016, 09:29:11 PM

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May 26, 2016, 09:29:11 PM Last Edit: May 26, 2016, 09:32:31 PM by FAR148
I was looking through my photo archive and came across pics I took of my first "What-If" project,  "My Baby" :wub: She's over 20 years ago!(Where does the time go!) She started life as monogram 48 scale F/A-18. I cut her wings off and move them rearward. The inner section of the wing is from an F-4 and outer from the hornet. I reduced the fuselage hump and reshaped it with vinyl spackling of all things! I shorten the rear end and added F-4 nozzles. Her tails are from a F-15 with resin tips. The canards are tail planes from an F-5. I scratch built the intake from sheet styrene. The IRST on the nose is sculpey.  Her wingtip ECM pods are styrene rod with putty tips. I remember the paint job with a nightmare. My first and only splinter camouflage. I've always wanted to build another.











Steven L  :cheers:

Tophe

#1
May 26, 2016, 11:04:16 PM
Good! :thumbsup:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Devilfish

#2
May 26, 2016, 11:17:14 PM
Ooo.....very "mini-Firefox"  :thumbsup:  Love it!

PR19_Kit

#3
May 27, 2016, 01:33:27 AM
Quote from: Devilfish on May 26, 2016, 11:17:14 PM
Ooo.....very "mini-Firefox"  :thumbsup:  Love it!

EXACTLY what I was thinking too! It's those tall fins and the wing waaaaay to the back of the airframe that does it I think.

A super job there Steven, it really looks very Soviet.  :thumbsup: :bow:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

zenrat

#4
May 27, 2016, 01:48:11 AM
Very good.
It's putting me in mind of something other than Firefox but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Thorvic

#5
May 27, 2016, 02:23:31 AM
Wow, very nice  :thumbsup:
Project Cancelled SIG Secretary, specialising in post war British RN warships, RN and RAF aircraft projects. Also USN and Russian warships

NARSES2

#7
May 27, 2016, 06:28:45 AM
That's marvelous  :bow:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

DogfighterZen

#8
May 27, 2016, 04:18:15 PM
Very good indeed! :thumbsup:
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

kerick

#9
May 27, 2016, 08:05:54 PM
You fore told the new intakes for the F-18 E.
Very nice work and very Soviet!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

FAR148

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June 03, 2016, 12:08:52 PM
Thanks everybody for stopping by and checking her out. I'm surprise I still have her. She weight a ton, very heavy due to the amount of putty is on her.




Thanks again,
Steven   :thumbsup:
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