Dakotov DP-3Z jet fighter

PR19_Kit · February 03, 2018, 04:13:02 AM

That's looking VERY promising Tophe.

Tophe · February 03, 2018, 07:04:23 AM

Thanks!
And my 8 y.o. son Jacky painted the underside:

Tophe · February 04, 2018, 01:05:42 AM

The main side is now painted, and is drying:

Vorcha · February 04, 2018, 03:15:04 AM

Inspiring and intriguing. Do you have a story for it? My first thought was of a anti-ship missile carrier or missile testbed. And I wish my father had let me take part in his model building like that. If I have kids one day, I will copy you!

Dizzyfugu · February 04, 2018, 03:54:59 AM

I still wonder in which direction this is supposed to fly...

Tophe · February 04, 2018, 06:53:48 AM

Sorry, I have no story for it. I said in the title it was a fighter, I mean: a little airplane, but I am pacifist and I won't invent a military backstory... $:-\$
The direction is: fins at the rear, rockets pushing at last (even if my first project was jet air intakes in front). I know the leading edge should not be thin and the trailing edger should not be big, but this is a fantasy of mine: this is a desk model, not a prototype to fly actually...

Captain Canada · February 04, 2018, 03:39:17 PM

Now that is neat, Tophe ! Great to see you get the kids involved.

Tophe · February 06, 2018, 09:02:42 AM

The Dakotov DP-3Z prototype is completed. According to some historians, this Soviet rocket 2-seat twin-fuselage fighter is a derivative of the Dakota cargo (!?)

$:-\$

Tophe · February 06, 2018, 09:04:56 AM

from different angles:

AXU · February 06, 2018, 03:56:27 PM

TheChronicOne · February 06, 2018, 04:26:50 PM

Ebat!!!! That turned out great, dude!!

Looks like a SPACE FIGTHER or something to me... could take off and go all the way out to a stable orbit.

Excellent usage of Sharpie, too.

zenrat · February 07, 2018, 01:44:56 AM

Fab. It's good to see your ideas in 3D.