What do you plan to build in near future?

[B777LR]

Danish gripen for me

Noticed on Defence-Aerospace,com that Eurofight er were also couting the the Danes over their F-16 replacement.

So was Dassaut and Lockheed, but the rafale went out of the competition  

[elmayerle]

F-104, eh?
I'd thought of a clipped wing version

Clipped-wing F-104 = land speed record attempt

[Archibald]

F-104, eh?
I'd thought of a clipped wing version

Clipped-wing F-104 = land speed record attempt

    Good one, elmayerle! That's sure, if you clip the wings of F-104, what stay ?    

[B777LR]

Hooray! Gripen arrived this mornin!

[PolluxDeltaSeven]

Danish gripen for me

Noticed on Defence-Aerospace,com that Eurofight er were also couting the the Danes over their F-16 replacement.

So was Dassaut and Lockheed, but the rafale went out of the competition

Yep... Sadly for us, cause a Rafale with other roundel than the French one could have been very cool!

But it appears quite a logical choice: the Rafale is very good in air defense role, but its above all a long range striker, so a Gripen or Typhoon could be a more usefull solution...
And for the F-35, it is a striker too, but the industrial and politic features are more interesting than the Rafale ones...    

[B777LR]

Danish gripen for me

Noticed on Defence-Aerospace,com that Eurofight er were also couting the the Danes over their F-16 replacement.

So was Dassaut and Lockheed, but the rafale went out of the competition

Yep... Sadly for us, cause a Rafale with other roundel than the French one could have been very cool!

But it appears quite a logical choice: the Rafale is very good in air defense role, but its above all a long range striker, so a Gripen or Typhoon could be a more usefull solution...
And for the F-35, it is a striker too, but the industrial and politic features are more interesting than the Rafale ones...  

You dont get it, the requirements of the competition said that it had to use US built systems. Of course, the reason theses requirements are here, is because Lockheed Martin as allways is attempting to win in an unfair way...

[GTX]

Clipped-wing F-104 = land speed record attempt

Like this?  The North American Eagle Jet Car:





Regards,

Greg

[Archibald]

I remember having red that one of the 3 NF-104A (you know, those modified F-104 with rocket boosts) ended like this (another was crashed at the end of The Right Stuff ) and the third is exposed at Edwards AFB.

On my workbench (pending the arrival of the digital camera):
- Vickers 559 in Raspberry ripple
- HOTOL spaceplane
- F-117C
- B-40 Mixfotress (I've to find another name for this one)
and.. a surprise...  

[Radish]

Wow....great '104 racer!
Think Lightning too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On the bench is an Academy 1/48th F4U-4B...Neopolitan colour scheme (think "ice cream"). Got the cocpit detailed and painted, the engine "in" and thefuselage together. The wings are "prepped" ready for assembly and although we're away again this weekend (Rocky Horror beckons again!) I hope to prime it on Monday.
Back story mostly sorted too.
I'll send pictures to Baz when it's done babies.  

[FAR148]

On my workbench now....
CAF F-4 Phantom FGR.4 Inspired by one of Richard Chafer AKA Gekko_1 beautiful profile



RAAF RF-104A based on Greg AKA GTX line art and paint scheme based on again one of Richard Chafer AKA Gekko_1 beautiful profile





In my head....
Let's start with the twin builds
Got to finish the Rafales
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30730.0.html

F-8's
One will be a Wild weasal and the other will be argentinian



TA-4J's
one will RN based on one of J.R. Heilig wonderful profiles and the other will be Greek and the paint scheme will again be based on one of Richard Chafer AKA Gekko_1 beautiful profile

Two more Mudhens
one will be Venezuelan and the other will be taiwanese based on Iranian F-14A cool profile





And the single projects
EF-TSR. based on one of my profile



USAF Su-24 based at RAF Lakenheath (48th Fighter wing ) which took part in Operation El Dorado Canyon. As of now this one is just an idea due to 48th scale kit price  

Oh Yeah my USN Su-27 for VF-103 Jolly Rogers based at NAS Oceana



Another A-10 project
Growing up I loved G.I Joe and always wanted the Cobra Rattler. Will be a big conversion.

scratchbuild project
I want to make a 48th scale model of Aleksander Dultsev's Sukhoi PAK FA. Super big and long term build.

http://duler.ru/CONTENT/pic/industrial/SU_PAKFA_pic_5.jpg
http://duler.ru/CONTENT/pic/industrial/SU_PAKFA_pic_6.jpg


Until later,
Steven L

[Daryl J.]

Holy thread revival Batman!        ^^^^^nice!^^^^^


The 1/72 Sea Hawks just showed up today, one to make into a spurious preproduction prototype, the other into a PR variant.   The other kit, a F9F-3, is going to get a little trip to the plastic surgeon to time warp it forward a bit.   

[Gondor]

I intend to finish my Avro Lancaster Mk XL in time for Cosford then finish several other builds I have cluttering up my modeling bench.

Gondor

[Weaver]

The first thing I need to build is a hidden, shielded modelling bunker where I can hide from all the people and things that want a piece of me....

Other than that:

Finish my Vebian Corsair-Hunter sci-fi model
Start my Vebian Buccaneer sci-fi model
Finish my Shorts Helivan (close)
Finish the Me P.1111 I just started instead of finishing the other three......

More than that I dare not speak of or "they" will hear me......

[scooter]

Yeah...I need to find time to start, let alone finish, my Mauser C96 conversion.

[Radish]

WOW!!!!

WOW!!!!

I have a 1/48th MiG-21 TEZ (Tererogavich Evulnakov Zerupativ) on the go to be done probably Russian. It's based on the AA kit of the Shenyang F-8IIM