Jet Craft Ltd. 'Mystery Jet 160 Landaulet'; G-AZRE, based at Manston (Kent, UK)

[Hotte]

Super cool 

Hotte

[TallEng]

Looks good Dizzy
Taking the idea a little further... One could imagine De Haviland doing the development,
Instead of ATL, and flogging the result to the RAF as a Comms/V-bomber crew transport?
Regards
Keith

[sandiego89]

Great work! 

I had the please to see the real Mystery Jet wasting away on the ramp in Nevada.  Quite an ugly aircraft, and I imagine center of gravity and trim must have been a bear.  I think the had to put lead in the tail booms to help.     

[DogfighterZen]

Great work as always!

[martinbayer]

Absolutely beautiful job, as usual!

The only minor quibble would be putting the passenger door on the right (starboard) instead of the left (port) side. Classical convention is that aircraft are entered from the left, with explanations differing between Viking ship steering habits (that's where the "port" denomination allegedly stems from), Cavalry horse mounting habits, or any other techniques stemming from the predominantly right handedness of the general population. but considering that even Kubrick's staff got this aspect wrong in the design of the Orion III Shuttle, that detail is certainly negligible!

Martin

[Dizzyfugu]

Again, thanks a lot for the interest and feedback. 

[chrisonord]

That is brilliant, I really do like this 
Chris.

[TheChronicOne]

Oh man, here we go!! I almost let this one slip on by.  This is GLORIOUS!!    I bet this and the Ah My Goddess Shinden would look great together...



Fan flippin tastic.... More like this, more like this!!

[Tophe]

Wonderful model/transformation! Thanks!
(And thanks to TheChronicOne who told me: don't miss this one)

I could give you bibliographic data/versions list about these Vampire little liners, if you are interested, just tell me.

[Cobra]

This is a Grade AAA  Superb Build has a Bit of Gerry Anderson Flavor to it! Keep up the Superb Work Dan

[Weaver]

That's a lovely project, well done!

I've looked at the Mystery Jet a few times and wondered how to do something like it. One thought I had was to use a helicopter cabin: one of the 'pointy-nosed' ones like a Dauphin or A-109.

One minor heads up: I think the editing got a bit mixed up in this paragraph:

The original Goblin engine was retained, CG was retained due to the fact that the new cabin was, despite being considerably longer than the Vampire's nose, the biggest version being more than 8 feet longer. The new front section was much lighter, though, e. g. through the loss of the heavy cannons and their armament, as well as some more military avionics. The loss of fuel capacity through the enlarged cabin was compensated through fixed wing tip tanks, so that range was on par with the former military jet, just top speed and ceiling were slightly inferior.

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, finding a suitable cabin donor was really tricky. I also had an eye on potential helicopter donors (checked a Dauphin 2, but it was too wide and high!), but did not find a suitable options. The Fw 189 B was a lucky (and exotic) find, but it works almost perfectly in height and width, the different diameter shape was only a minor issue then. Alternatively I'd have used the 1:100 An-24 nose, even though its round shape and small windows would have resulted in a much less "luxurious" aircraft - and it would also have been a bit too wide an high.

With the Fw 189 parts it was still an adventurous build, I am not certain if I'd want to build another one... 

I'll check the backgorund paragraph - I think it's rather a wording issue than mixing confusion. Sentence structure could be simpler... Writing and thinking sometimes end up in esoteric results.

Glad you like it - and totally agree concerning the Gerry Anderson-esque look. This thing could well be a prop from an animated doll TV series like the Thunderbirds. Unintended, but it's IMHO a good sign when a model arouses such associations.