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A F-111 as Very Light Fighter ?!?!: YF-115

Started by ysi_maniac, July 04, 2010, 06:21:17 PM

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Slerski

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ElectrikBlue

Pretty good job Carlos, and lovely aircraft!  :wub:  :thumbsup:  :bow:

Tophe

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Pablo1965

WOW! The scheme remind me the agressor camo of the F-5 and A-4 Of "Top gun" school.
superb! :thumbsup: :bow:

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Mossie

Quote from: McColm on October 08, 2010, 03:08:43 AM
Looks great, but would you want a fighter that big? (Mig-25/33 size)

Well, there was a naval interceptor version that made it to prototype, the F-111B.  Carlos has scalorama'd a 1/144 to 1/72 though, making it about 11m, a similiar size to early jets.

Quote from: ysi_maniac on October 08, 2010, 06:27:28 AM
The scheme was taken from 2nd YF-16 prototype :smiley:

Nice choice, something a bit different than a stanard USAF scheme. :thumbsup:
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ysi_maniac

Quote from: Mossie on October 10, 2010, 10:50:05 AM
... making it about 11m, a similiar size to early jets.
Not exactly, there is a plug-in in cockpit area (3 cm long approx) that makes this YF-115 closer to F-5, which means almost 14 m (F-5 length is 14.45).

Speaking about scheme: I DO love that air superiority blue. :wub:

BTW: Thanks, to all of you, for your kind words. :thumbsup:
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chrisonord

Very cool build YSI, I wouldn't mind a couple of these for my US Marines builds.
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Green Dragon

Great model Carlos, you've got my vote mate! Looks really good in that YF-16 scheme. Wanted to to do my prototype YF-16 kit in that scheme when I was little but getting a good White base coat terrified me back then!

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ysi_maniac

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Stargazer

Hadn't seen that one before... Shucks! Great looking aircraft!!!  :thumbsup: