"garpun" Russian Stealth Fighter

[Mossie]

I just picked up a copy of this years Pocketbond catalogue & I noticed that Alanger had a 1/72 "Garpun" Russian Stealth Fighter kit due out this year.  WTF???  A quick net search only brought up a Russian naval missile guidance radar & a high energy laser research institute.

Never heard of it myself, not sure if it's a real aircraft/project, a projected design of the MiG 1.44 or something else, or just a whiff on Alangers part.  It looks a bit like the MiG 1.44 with delta canard configuration, a rounder nose with chines & intakes are MiG-29 a-like but fuselage mounted.

Scanned the image from the catalogue, apologies for the poor quality but it's a tiny pic:


Wether real or not it'll probably be good fodder for us guys.  Anyone got the foggiest???

Simon.

[GTX]

Never heard of it - I'd go with the MiG 1.44 theory or simply imaginative.

Regards,

Greg

[Gervasius]

I looks like MiG 701, projected MiG-31 replacement. There were several concepts, and one of them looks like that thing.

Marko

[overscan]

Degree project. Details here:

http://www.sdbp-harpoon.narod.ru/Indexen.html

[Mossie]

Thanks Overscan, thought if it was a real project, you might know!  Worth browsing that link, there's some nice pics there, cheers!

Better pic from the link Overscan provided:


Kind of looks like the offspring of a 1.44 & a Fullback.  Now if Alanger are making any more kits along these lines I'll have a bucket load!  I know they do a few Frog-spawn along with some of their own, anyone know what their kits are like?

[Supertom]

I foolishly volunteer to buy the first copy!

[jcf]

Does it use 'plasma stealth'?

I know, lets ask Venik!  :dum:  :dum:

Cheers, Jon

[anthonyp]

Wait, is this the Russian super fighter that does everything but enter Earth orbit?

Da, I think it is, COMRADES!!!!

(Get him!!!  *sounds of scuffle*)

Ahem...  how'd he get out?

[Jschmus]

I want one!  I'm with Mossie, in that it looks like the offspring of a MiG 1.44 and an Su-34, with a little SR-71 thrown in for looks.

[ysi_maniac]

Looks really cool    

[Spey_Phantom]

looks more like russia's awnser to the F/A-37 Talon    

[B777LR]

[soviet national anthem]

Comrades!

Today is a GLORIOUS day for the motherland!

Courageous Sergent Mossieski of the KGB has revealed the next generation of strike planes of the GLORIOUS soviet air force! The filthy western capitalist dogs will pee in their pants from just hearing "garpun"  

A tanker full of vodka for Mossieski!

[/soviet national anthem]

PS: i thought anthonyP was the glorious leader of the KGB on this forum? :ar:

[anthonyp]

Da, tovarish, when it comes to almost real or believable whif models, I am da Man.  But Overscan be da Man when it comes to real Russian/Soviet projects and what not.

I saw this CGI sometime last year, and how it was supposed to do everything and cook you dinner, I didn't even bother mentioning it (I think I first saw it on Sinodefense or some other silly website).  It's about the same type of fiction as Macross and Super Sylph Yukikaze (or however you spell it).

Now, as a model in 1/72, I am definitely more interested it in now than I was a year ago.  Anyone got a price on this thing yet?

[Mossie]

No idea how much the kit'll be yet, & hard to tell from their other 1/72 releases as they've not done anything so big.  Going that'd it be roughly the size of their 1/100 Russian airliners, around £10-12 or US$15-20 (since models tend to be on the cheaper side in the US).  That'd put it at a touch dearer than Italeri's Fullback, seems about right.

[anthonyp]

So.... uhhh....  anyone ever heard anything about this model ever coming out?