Wild Fighter Idea

[Cobra]

Hey Guys,just had a Wild Idea! What If the Skyray was used as the Basis for a Star Fighter in a Sci-Fi Series? seeing the Design & Shape of the Fighter always had me Wondering about that. think it would work? the idea just came to me. Thanks for Looking. Dan

[Weaver]

Well since almost anything could make a starfighter, I don't see why not. The Skyray's big but heavily-framed canopy has always reminded me of Star Wars X-wings. I'd say replace the fin with big twin tip fins that extent as far below the wing as above it, fill the intakes with an extravagant array of gun barrels and you're good to go! 

[Green Dragon]

Did one back when the Airfix kit first came out with the intakes filled with Vulcan cannon barrels from the Airfix Phantom and two fins from a Matchbox F-16 set about mid-wing replacing the kit fin. Got a base coat of Dark Grey on it but it got squished before I could finish it!
Love the Skyray's canopy design.

Paul Harrison

[Weaver]

A further idea. The wing/fuselage join on a Skyray kit (well at least on the Airfix kit) is outboard of the intakes. This presents an opportunity: insert tubular bodies between the wings and fuselage, cap them with drop tank ends and put twin or quad fins on the back. As a "very Gerry" refinement, you could get some over-size Matra pod noses (1/48th or 1/32nd) and put them on the front instead.


Quick'n'dirty:

[Zombolt]

That looks really cool.

[philp]

Neat idea.  I have the Tamiya kit and, unfortunately, the wings and fuselage are split upper and lower.  It is adding work to my planned Henneway.  But, if I pick up an Airfix kit...

[Gondor]

How about adding rockets on the forward ends of the fuel tank booms of a Sea Vixen ?

Gondor

[Weaver]

How about adding rockets on the forward ends of the fuel tank booms of a Sea Vixen ?

Gondor

Could be done, since the forward boom extensions were add-on fuel tanks, not structural. They were oval section though, so you couldn't just stick a rocket pod nose on the front.

[Archangel]

You could build a nice Romulan ship by turning it around. Cut the nose off and block off the center and use the intakes for the engines. Cap the exhaust off with a round end from a drop tank or something else and you have the bridge. Clip the wings tips off and build your main engines with plastic tubes or something from the spares box.

[Weaver]

Or how about this chronosynclastic infundibulum powered version?