Hawker Hunter

[NARSES2]

It's as good a place as anywhere to pose your musings 

[ysi_maniac]

Hawker Havoc: straight wings version of Hunter

[NARSES2]

Very nice 

[kerick]

Hawker Havoc: straight wings version of Hunter

I'm imagining this covered in wing pylons like a Skyraider with taller landing gear for clearance.

[AeroplaneDriver]

I'm imagining this covered in wing pylons like a Skyraider with taller landing gear for clearance.

Imagining the same.  Taller landing gear could also accommodate a cannon pack on the belly similar to the one on the Canberra.  Quite the CAS machine with 6-8 ADENs and a big wing bristling with bombs and rocket pods. 

[kerick]

I'm imagining this covered in wing pylons like a Skyraider with taller landing gear for clearance.

Imagining the same.  Taller landing gear could also accommodate a cannon pack on the belly similar to the one on the Canberra.  Quite the CAS machine with 6-8 ADENs and a big wing bristling with bombs and rocket pods.

I'm trying to think of what straight wing to steal to make this with. Maybe a Mustang.

[zenrat]

I'm imagining this covered in wing pylons like a Skyraider with taller landing gear for clearance.

Imagining the same.  Taller landing gear could also accommodate a cannon pack on the belly similar to the one on the Canberra.  Quite the CAS machine with 6-8 ADENs and a big wing bristling with bombs and rocket pods.

I'm trying to think of what straight wing to steal to make this with. Maybe a Mustang.

A37 has the intakes and the pylons but you'd have to close up the exhausts.

[kitnut617]

I'm imagining this covered in wing pylons like a Skyraider with taller landing gear for clearance.

Imagining the same.  Taller landing gear could also accommodate a cannon pack on the belly similar to the one on the Canberra.  Quite the CAS machine with 6-8 ADENs and a big wing bristling with bombs and rocket pods.

I'm trying to think of what straight wing to steal to make this with. Maybe a Mustang.

I would suggest 1/48 Hawker Seahawk wings  And maybe the fin/rudder and tailplanes too.

[kerick]

I'm imagining this covered in wing pylons like a Skyraider with taller landing gear for clearance.

Imagining the same.  Taller landing gear could also accommodate a cannon pack on the belly similar to the one on the Canberra.  Quite the CAS machine with 6-8 ADENs and a big wing bristling with bombs and rocket pods.

I'm trying to think of what straight wing to steal to make this with. Maybe a Mustang.

I would suggest 1/48 Hawker Seahawk wings  And maybe the fin/rudder and tailplanes too.

I have some F-86 wings that might work. It's the thickness that's a problem. I have to be careful it doesn't start to look like a Seahawk. I was just looking at the Boeing Skyfox conversion of the T-33. They changed the whole rear of the aircraft and blended in the intakes  to make room for more fuel. I really need some 80s or 90sbiz jet engines to put on the sides A-10 style.

[ysi_maniac]

Did you know that Hunter began as a T tail project?

[kerick]

I'm imagining this covered in wing pylons like a Skyraider with taller landing gear for clearance.

Imagining the same.  Taller landing gear could also accommodate a cannon pack on the belly similar to the one on the Canberra.  Quite the CAS machine with 6-8 ADENs and a big wing bristling with bombs and rocket pods.

I'm trying to think of what straight wing to steal to make this with. Maybe a Mustang.

I would suggest 1/48 Hawker Seahawk wings  And maybe the fin/rudder and tailplanes too.

I have some F-86 wings that might work. It's the thickness that's a problem. I have to be careful it doesn't start to look like a Seahawk. I was just looking at the Boeing Skyfox conversion of the T-33. They changed the whole rear of the aircraft and blended in the intakes  to make room for more fuel. I really need some 80s or 90sbiz jet engines to put on the sides A-10 style.

Well, I couldn't resist and I've started a rebuild of a Matchbox Hunter with a Harrier laser nose and a new back end with a Jaguar tail and the F-86 wings unswept. It's what I had in the junk box. I'm working on fabricating the engines.
See what you guys make me do?

[kitnut617]

I'm imagining this covered in wing pylons like a Skyraider with taller landing gear for clearance.

Imagining the same.  Taller landing gear could also accommodate a cannon pack on the belly similar to the one on the Canberra.  Quite the CAS machine with 6-8 ADENs and a big wing bristling with bombs and rocket pods.

I'm trying to think of what straight wing to steal to make this with. Maybe a Mustang.

I would suggest 1/48 Hawker Seahawk wings  And maybe the fin/rudder and tailplanes too.

I have some F-86 wings that might work. It's the thickness that's a problem. I have to be careful it doesn't start to look like a Seahawk. I was just looking at the Boeing Skyfox conversion of the T-33. They changed the whole rear of the aircraft and blended in the intakes  to make room for more fuel. I really need some 80s or 90sbiz jet engines to put on the sides A-10 style.

Well, I couldn't resist and I've started a rebuild of a Matchbox Hunter with a Harrier laser nose and a new back end with a Jaguar tail and the F-86 wings unswept. It's what I had in the junk box. I'm working on fabricating the engines.
See what you guys make me do?

When I built my XP-86 straight wing, I did a number of comparisons. First I checked the difference between a P-51H and an FJ-1, apart from the wing root leading edge extension, they were the same size and shape. I then checked the P-51H wing to a F-86A wing, low and behold, they had the same size and shape too, the difference was the wing root end of the F-86 wing had the wing leading edge point extended to form the swept wing angle of sweep, and wing tip end of the F-86 trailing edge point was extended to match the same angle. But it has to be the P-51H wing to use, not a P-51D wing.

[kerick]

I have a P-82 kit I might check that.

[Dizzyfugu]

The wings from a Matchbox T-2C Buckeye or its Revell re-incarnations might also be serious straight wing donors, because the Buckeye used the FJ-1's straight wings. OOB landing gear might be a bit long, but that's nothing that could not be easily mended. 

[kitnut617]

The wings from a Matchbox T-2C Buckeye or its Revell re-incarnations might also be serious straight wing donors, because the Buckeye used the FJ-1's straight wings. OOB landing gear might be a bit long, but that's nothing that could not be easily mended. 

Dizzy is right, the T-2 wing is a FJ-1 wing ----