the last fixed wing westland

[lenny100]

inspired by the westland m148 the company replacment for the wyvern, here is the pirate.

but i dont know what markings i should paint it in

[John Howling Mouse]

Very intriguing!  Keep us posted on progress, please.

[Rafael]

Lenny, That thing is Frighteningly Cool!!!!      

Perhaps RN Blue ala Sea Vixen?

That gun is a deathly nice touch!!


Rafa

[Brian da Basher]

Wow Lenny that's wicked!

Our Canadian friends would reccomend maple leaf roundels.  

This one may require some custom truly "what-if" fictional markings.

I think it's gonna look cool no matter what markings you decide on!

Brian da Basher

[AeroplaneDriver]

Not 100% sure about the horizontal tail....Part of me thinks it would look even better as a tailless design with the wing that far back.  Or perhaps a canard?

But as for the rest...well thats just cool beyond words!!!!      

[Svaz]

Excellent! More! More!

[Tophe]

I love the very weird tail... That does not exist among commercially available kits: thanks for your imagination and scratch ability...

[B777LR]

   

Tanzanian markings! Baremetal!

[Archibald]

Royal Navy.... that's just brilliant!  
The tail is so weird...    

[lenny100]

Not 100% sure about the horizontal tail....Part of me thinks it would look even better as a tailless design with the wing that far back.  Or perhaps a canard?

But as for the rest...well thats just cool beyond words!!!!    

canard and tailless did not look right for what is a late  1950s aircraft.

anybody have any profiles of the canadain or nz navy in the early 1960

 

[lenny100]

to allow the aircraft to fly from HMCS Bonaventure, a small Majestic Class carrier which the newer jets such as the royal navys Buccaneer or the united states A-4 Skyhawks found to small a deck to carry any usfull load, Westland fitted  fixed deflection jet pipes to the first stage compresors of the twin engines, and a moveable end to the main pipes  which was later used with moveable pipes in the kestral, allowing a 75% reduction in landing and take off speed.

[Rafael]

C O O O O L ! ! ![/size]

[ysi_maniac]

I like it BTTB