Indiana Jones Flying Wing

[tigercat]

I am planning to build something as similar as possible to the famous Indiana jones flying wing .


Current thoughts are on obtaining a Revell Sea Vixen for the starting point.

[Hobbes]

Isn't there a kit of the actual aircraft available? IIRC it was an existing Luft 46 design with a few modifications.

[Maverick]

Don't know if it was an existing design. A Horten make would be an obvious choice, although I'm unaware of any their designs that were similar beyond the fact they were flying wings.

That being said, I think it was a 'Black Sun' 72nd scale kit in resin of the type.

Regards,

Mav

[PR19_Kit]

There were some postings about exactly this, but part of another thread, just a week or so ago. There was, or even is, a kit of it available, but it's an 'arm and a leg' job.  

[Taiidantomcat]

http://forbiddenplastic.com/blacksun/bv38/blacksun_bv38.html



Expensive, but of high quality i hear. Someone on here built it and put it in Spanish civil war markings.

Sea Vixen Idea is an interesting one 

[jcf]

Isn't there a kit of the actual aircraft available? IIRC it was an existing Luft 46 design with a few modifications.

It was an art department creation that drew heavily on the Northrop N-1M combined with concept drawings by Ron Cobb.

[rallymodeller]

Probably been posted before, but bears repeating: the original Ron Cobb concept sketch.




and as a bonus, a jet fighter he designed to be at the airfield as well:

[Spey_Phantom]

there is a 1/48ish kit available, althought its more of a toy  

and as a bonus, a jet fighter he designed to be at the airfield as well:

i think i can make a 1/72 version out of a revell FW Flitzer, with some leftover Me262 engine cowlings

[tigercat]

[Taiidantomcat]

That could work!!

[albeback]

Actually, I thought it looked a bit like a piston engined version of the Arado AR -E555. Be a great model subject though.

[philp]

Nice, are you going to mod the cockpit and turret to a more British design?