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Gaf Rafale

Started by Scooterman, February 23, 2007, 11:43:42 AM

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Mossie

#15
February 23, 2007, 05:34:41 PM
Makes the bird appear so different, gives it a completley new look, good stuff Scooter!
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Brian da Basher

#16
February 23, 2007, 06:33:52 PM
Excellent Scooterman! She looks stunning in that Luft camo and markings!

Brian da Basher

NARSES2

#17
February 24, 2007, 12:55:37 AM
Nice build Scooterman, although I still think the Rafale looks a bit "Tubby"

Chris
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Eddie M.

#18
February 24, 2007, 03:03:56 AM
I like the lines of this jet. I also enjoy your use of the colors in the paint scheme. Good looking aircraft! B)
   Eddie  
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Archibald

#19
February 24, 2007, 07:13:46 AM
A-WE-SOME !!![/size]  :o  

Didn't you changed the nosecone to a more pointed, sleeker one ?  :unsure:  It looks like a Mirage 2000's one... I'm curious !  ;)  

I like this model very much. Congrats !  :cheers:

King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

BlackOps

#20
February 24, 2007, 08:40:20 AM
Very nice, you've taken a very sexy aircraft and dressed her up in just the right outfit! :)
Jeff G.
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Ian the Kiwi Herder

#21
February 24, 2007, 11:30:30 PM
QuoteUm well, I do have the single seater almost done, but you have to wait a few more days.  Promise, it'll be worth the wait.
Bl**dy tease ! ;)

Ian
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....it's time to tidy the workbench"

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devil505

#22
February 25, 2007, 06:47:48 AM
Sweet! :party: . I did 2 of these in IJN WWII colors (green and white) and had another one the bench to do like yours but you beat me to it.

Now I have to come up w/ something different.
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anthonyp

#23
February 25, 2007, 07:08:55 AM
Very nice!  Seeing those weapons on the Rafale, I can't wait for their 1/72 counterparts to come out (come on Revell, release the new tool single seat Typhoon in 1/72 already!).  Ah needs me some IRIS-T's!

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Scooterman

#24
February 25, 2007, 08:12:03 AM
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Didn't you changed the nosecone to a more pointed, sleeker one ?  :unsure:  It looks like a Mirage 2000's one... I'm curious !  ;)  

Nothing done to the radome.  Real Rafales seem to have the area behind the radome painted in the same color as the 'dome so I think by painting it black it makes it look different.

And thanks for all the comments fellas.  Other than the intake that fit like poo-poo (with an english accent), this is a dream kit.

John Howling Mouse

#25
February 25, 2007, 11:10:32 AM
The only way I could display something this confidently sleek and flawless would be to spend as many hours as building it, afterwards, using Photoshop, etc. to clean it up.  I'm impressed.

Great job.  Looking forward to the single-seater now, too, ya big tease!   :)  
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gunfighter

#26
February 28, 2007, 03:37:08 AM
Today the news are that Morocco has ordered 18 Rafales. It´s quite insignificant while we have 87 Typhoons, 60 legacy Hornets (MLU), and 20 or so Harrier +, but some of our politicians (a bunch of assholes), have said that they are "bad planes", because french aircraft are in general bad aircraft. They sustain this claim in the fact that Breguet XIXs didn´t perform well in our civil war (back in 1937). Well, it´s time to request a MOU for Raptors, maybe 150 or so are enough  :rolleyes: .
OK, we are LUCKY that president Zapatero didn´t scrap the combat capability of the EdA, and just leave the transport aircraft for humanitarian aid deliveries.
You can whiff, this could be the only time you can see a real Rafale vs Typhoon engagement.
Hope they are downgraded...

Archibald

#27
February 28, 2007, 03:53:02 AM
QuoteThey sustain this claim in the fact that Breguet XIXs didn´t perform well in our civil war (back in 1937).

:blink:

What does spanish politicians smoked this morning ?

Raptor is crap, because we all know that the Seversky P-35 (first modern US fighter) was crap, too...  :dum:

Never heard of Maroccan Rafales...
if the info come from La Tribune newspaper, be sure it's false  :angry:  According to this paper, France already sold Rafales to Lybia, Saudi Arabia and... Marocco in the past  :wacko:  :wacko:  :wacko:



King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Archibald

#28
February 28, 2007, 03:58:36 AM
Quote
Quote

Didn't you changed the nosecone to a more pointed, sleeker one ?  :unsure:  It looks like a Mirage 2000's one... I'm curious !  ;) 

Nothing done to the radome.  Real Rafales seem to have the area behind the radome painted in the same color as the 'dome so I think by painting it black it makes it look different.

And thanks for all the comments fellas.  Other than the intake that fit like poo-poo (with an english accent), this is a dream kit.
Thanks for this brilliant explanation  ;)  I understand better now

Concerning Rafale VS Typhoon, the Typhoon is a better A2A platform (more power, less compromises) , but lack A2G weapons.

So it would be 50-50...I said it before and I say it again, these two are not competitors, they complement each other.
Rafale is more versatile, Typhoon is better in the A2A role.  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

gunfighter

#29
February 28, 2007, 06:35:45 AM
The moroccan deal comes in this month´s issue of AVION REVUE international, spenish edition. The complete article is about Morocco and Algerie buying this jet.
And YES, I´m still gessing what our politicians smoke, or drink, or just if they got hit in the head when they were kids...
This fellas say their main concern is 50 surplus T72 MBTs sold by bielorrusia some years ago, these are real threat because a tank can invade physical territory, while a fighter jet cannot do so. Then, we reinforce our cavalry regiments in ceuta and Melilla, and we are saved.
Well, let´s pay attention to what´s attached to that Rafales: Scalp, micas, etc. Perhaps a point to think about.
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