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Hornet 2000 Configuration-V !!

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Deino

September 29, 2003, 07:29:04 AM
Some time ago I found in an older FLIGHT International issue (20-26. Jan. 1999 – supplement) this picture of a F/A-18 –development called Hornet 2000 Configuration IV !

This was a study on the long way which led to the now final F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and was also a suggestion to Germany, Italy, Great Britain and Spain as a “cheaper” solution for their Eurofighter project !

I was so fascinated of this drawing   :wub:    :blink:    that I decided to make a1/72 model of this project ..... as a basis I used the Italeri F/A-18E kit because I felt that this “what-if” version would surely have the more stealthy air-intakes like the Super Hornet.

... that was tree years ago !!!!


Deino   :)  
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

Ollie

#1
September 29, 2003, 07:36:53 AM
Cool Deino!

Where's that model!?!?!?  We want pictures!!!!

:D  :P  

Deino

#2
September 29, 2003, 07:49:00 AM
During the years that followed I married   :rolleyes:  and my two daughters were born   :wub:    :wub:    ... yep !! ... not much time for modelling !!! .... and the final design of the F/A-18E/F included some stealthy features esp. the intakes. So it was a logical step to proceed with an even more stealthy design which I called now Hornet 2000 – Config. V.

Until now I managed to cut the original wing with it’s big LERX ... therefore I used the original Super-bug’s wing and some spare wings of a F-16 and made this more cranked double-delta wing with very big LERXes.
Then I placed them even further back than in their original plan .... made  a lot of filling and sanding ....  and that’s finally the result after one layer of “white” .... just to look where I need to re-work !!!

... will be continued !!    


Any comments ???    :huh:  
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

Deino

#3
September 29, 2003, 07:50:32 AM
Juppss .... You are faster than I can write !!!   :rolleyes:

from below !
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

Deino

#4
September 29, 2003, 07:53:27 AM
.... and the side !
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

Ollie

#5
September 29, 2003, 07:56:04 AM
Amazing!

I love it!

Will you put canards on that thing?

What markings?

:wub:  :wub:  

Tophe

#6
September 29, 2003, 08:10:40 AM
Dear Deino,
Thanks for those nice pictures :wub: . And congratulations for your work :) .
I am not used to see your name, are you a new-comer ?  :mellow:  If so : wellcome... :)  Do you know that Alvis, one of us here, has made already a canard F-18 :



This comes from the nice ARC site http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal-...y_Models%20.htm with plenty of nice What-if models. If you don't know yet, enjoy...
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Deino

#7
September 29, 2003, 09:37:58 AM
QuoteAmazing!

I love it!

Will you put canards on that thing?

What markings?

:wub:  :wub:
Thanks for Your reply !!! ....   :)

Regarding the markings I'm not sure ... but see:

Currently the project is “sleeping” again   :wacko:   ... something I wish for my youngest daughter because she’s just getting her fifth teeth !!!    -_-  .... and I make some plans for it’s further developments and construction !

1. as a basis for the tail I will use a spare FY-22 tail
2. I’m still not sure if I will delete the canard .... for my opinion it looks better with this wing alone !!     :P
3. What colour-scheme will it wear ????  I think about three or four very different schemes:

- Should I make it in a typical US Navy F/A-18E/F-style ??? ...
- or as a “what-if” Japanese aircraft – I know that a further F-18-development was one contender for the Japanese F-X-programme which was won by a much improved F-16 (now F-2A/B) !
- or ... that was my latest idea ! ... as an Israeli “Arye” or Iranian “????”!  
At the ACIC forum (but You have to sign in !) I started a tread some time ago (http://www.acig.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=977&sid=6385e8452c31ab3d62f0a11a1a9ece03) regarding this Super-Super-Hornet and was told that it looks very close like a IAI project called Arye ! The Arye itself was a forerunner of the later Lavi and was partly financed and co-developed with IRAN !!!!!! ... later after the fell of the Sha (?) it was cancelled and “reborn” as the Lavi with a change in configuration (see below)  !!
Any comments and suggestions ???

Deino   :rolleyes:
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

Deino

#8
September 30, 2003, 01:51:48 AM
QuoteDear Deino,
Thanks for those nice pictures :wub: . And congratulations for your work :) .
I am not used to see your name, are you a new-comer ?  :mellow:  If so : wellcome... :)  Do you know that Alvis, one of us here, has made already a canard F-18 :

This comes from the nice ARC site http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal-...y_Models%20.htm with plenty of nice What-if models. If you don't know yet, enjoy...
Thanks a lot for Your comments !!   :)  :)   ... I will try to keep up modelling that way ! and YES  I'm new here in this forum ... I just found it a few weeks ago !!!

JUST FINE !!!!!!!!!!

I already knew the many F-18-projects from Alvis ... realy great  :unsure:  :o  I've found them at the Aircraftresourcecenter's homepage ! Hope to see much more of his projects here !

Best regards, Deino   :rolleyes:  
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

John Howling Mouse

#9
October 04, 2003, 03:03:22 PM
Sorry, just saw this.  Looks fantastic----very forward-thinking yet completely believable.  I like it just as is (no canards needed, IMHO).

Here's a potential finish for you to consider Deino (regardless of final nationality)...
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

nev

#10
October 05, 2003, 12:48:00 AM
As well as being an awesome tiger scheme, its probly not too shabby as a genuine camo scheme!  :P  
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Nigel Bunker

#11
October 05, 2003, 01:58:08 AM
Deino

Magnificent model - I feel an urge to graft kits together coming on. Where's the milliput.............
Life's too short to apply all the stencils

Deino

#12
October 05, 2003, 04:25:16 AM
QuoteDeino

Magnificent model - I feel an urge to graft kits together coming on. Where's the milliput.............
Thanks and I often have the same feeling  :wub:  ... but since my little daughter was born I have no time left for modelling !!   :huh:

Regarding the milliput !!!  There was a lot esp. on the wings and on the fuselage-wing-joints .... and I still need to refill the wings on the underside !

By the way, THANKS for YOUR pictures ...

Deino  :D
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

Deino

#13
January 22, 2004, 12:02:46 PM
Hey take alook what I've found just a few minutes ago !!

At the key-forum there is a new tread regarding the original Japanese FS-X project right before the F-16 was choosen to be the basis of the new F-2 !!!

... this is a drawing posted by "Erez" and seems to show one of the original Japanese designs !!

Looks much like the BAe P.110    :wub:

Deino  
...
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
-
W.H.Auden (1945

Captain Canada

#14
January 22, 2004, 12:09:00 PM
Woah......is that ever cool looking !

Really too bad, eh ? That all these beauty a/c weren't produced, and here us poor enthusiasts are stuck with all these boring F-16s !
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?
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