BAC GR-10ECR Eagle (Talon)

[lenny100]

In July 1987 the US Airforce announced a competition to replace its F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft.
BAC submitted its tsr2-90 aircraft. With its updated airframe, engines which were upgrades for the concorde engines giving supercruse performance and longer range than the gr 4 eagles and a advanced electronics systems developed for the failed MRCA replacement for the gr4 eagles.
Although this aircraft lost out to the F 16 the RAF found the aircraft to good to let go.
42 older gr3 aircraft were taken from storage and sent to BAC factory at Woodford for the upgrade. Although the budget for each aircraft nearly doubled during the following two years, when the first aircraft was received by 74 squadron in 1991 replacing its f4 phantoms the RAF had the worlds finest SEAD aircraft, with the USAF placing a order for twenty six new build aircraft after the first gulf war when it found its own aircraft were found lacking. This also led to sales from Canada, Australia, and Saudi Arabia.
The EW suite is based on the US system fitted in the prowler aircraft, but when the ALARM system is married to this then radar systems says goodnight until the "Talon as the pilots know it" goes home...

Armament

1 X fully automatic, Mauser 27mm cannon
1 X AIM-9 Sidewinder or ASRAAM
4 X Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile (ALARM)
1 X Storm Shadow
2 X Paveway II LGB

The aircraft is shown in tiger meet markings


Uses airfix tsr2 and tornado parts  for the fuselage  and several parts from amt d7 class battle cruiser  and a old set of engines and large drop tanks from my parts box cant remember which kit their from,

Details are from the airfix red arrows hawk and the original tsr2 sheet

[lenny100]

nose detail

[lenny100]

weapons shot

[lenny100]

rear shot

[nev]

now thats eye-catching!  B)  

[GTX]

Nice!!!

Regards,

Greg

[Archibald]

That's gorgeous! I like the bubble canopy (the TSR-2 look better like this). I think you needed a heavy butchering to change the back of the standard TSR-2 this way...  

[CanisD]

Very cool, and if the AAA and SAM's become too thick, it can always go to warp to escape.

[nev]

That's gorgeous! I like the bubble canopy (the TSR-2 look better like this).

IIRC the trainer version was meant to have this canopy.  I believe the F-15 canopy is a good fit.  If you look at the photos from Telford (and search the forum) you'll see a few models built like that.

[Josh1971]

I'm not a huge fan of the TSRs, but I like this one!  Gotta love anything that can carry that much firepower to the party.  

JB

[Archibald]

That's gorgeous! I like the bubble canopy (the TSR-2 look better like this).

IIRC the trainer version was meant to have this canopy.  I believe the F-15 canopy is a good fit.  If you look at the photos from Telford (and search the forum) you'll see a few models built like that.

Wow! I stand corrected (even a month after   ) As I always say, you earn something everyday here...

[Archibald]

You also LEARN...