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RA1 Watchkeeper Royal Air Force

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vee1-rotate

#30
February 26, 2014, 12:32:40 PM
Haha Sandiego - my wife said she won't fall for that trick!   Fortunately the stash is on the top floor of our house - and she never goes up there....

kitbasher

#31
February 26, 2014, 12:39:35 PM
Quote from: vee1-rotate on February 26, 2014, 12:32:40 PM
Haha Sandiego - my wife said she won't fall for that trick!   Fortunately the stash is on the top floor of our house - and she never goes up there....

Yep, my stash is in the loft. Wimmin have an innate fear of lofts and loft ladders it seems!
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ericr

#32
February 26, 2014, 01:50:30 PM
incredible !

hence true, in whifland

Steel Penguin

#33
February 27, 2014, 02:48:47 AM
wonderful looking and it does look very plausible as well,  looking forward to your follow on as well.
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wow, its like freefalling into the Geofront
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Dizzyfugu

#34
February 27, 2014, 02:57:05 AM
Nice one!

Only slightly anachronistic thing about it (just personal taste) is the pointed nose? Does not match well with the rest of the aircraft?

vee1-rotate

#35
February 27, 2014, 04:30:32 AM Last Edit: February 27, 2014, 04:35:47 AM by vee1-rotate
Hi,
that did occur to me - I was originally going to use a different nose, but had a bit of a disaster!   I justified the pointy nose by saying that it could carry more equipment/electronics.  I also scribed a door into the cockpit to make it less "jet like" and more suited to long duration/range flights.  The nose came from my very first kit - scrapped many years ago, so it feels good that its "flying" again!
p.s.  note the white patches on either side of the nose - more sneaky sensors - couldn't fit those onto a short nose.   I'm just making excuses! !!!

Tophe

#36
February 27, 2014, 08:55:35 AM
Belated congratulations! :wub:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Sauragnmon

#37
March 09, 2014, 03:28:39 PM
A very greatly executed design... I didn't notice the A-10 until I saw the top of the wings and the engines connected together and then I saw the tail.

Very nice work, welcome to the madhouse.
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Dizzyfugu

#38
March 10, 2014, 01:00:54 AM
Quote from: vee1-rotate on February 27, 2014, 04:30:32 AM
Hi,
that did occur to me - I was originally going to use a different nose, but had a bit of a disaster!   I justified the pointy nose by saying that it could carry more equipment/electronics.  I also scribed a door into the cockpit to make it less "jet like" and more suited to long duration/range flights.  The nose came from my very first kit - scrapped many years ago, so it feels good that its "flying" again!
p.s.  note the white patches on either side of the nose - more sneaky sensors - couldn't fit those onto a short nose.   I'm just making excuses! !!!

Nah, that's just pragmatism! The Su-24 recce versions also keep the original long nose shape, but there are just SLAR panels on both sides and ECM equipment. Even funnier ist that the aircraft are painted to mock a typical fighter bomber's large radome!

Nice one, nevertheless!  :thumbsup:
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