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Jschmus

#75
April 14, 2010, 01:47:02 PM
You know, it took me looking at my kit of the J21 to see all that.  My bad.
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#76
April 14, 2010, 08:57:27 PM Last Edit: April 24, 2010, 01:27:15 PM by GTX
Quote from: ChernayaAkula on April 14, 2010, 09:43:05 AM
Hmmm, "somewhat" found at ARC. Wasn't actually posted at ARC, but linked to. Seen at the IPMS Open 2010, somewhere in Sweden (I guess).

Saab J 21B.





Damn nice model.  I have read of the proposed SAAB J-21B. This was a to be a post-war upgraded variant, with a Rolls-Royce Griffon or Packard Merlin inline engine, a pressurised cockpit, heavier armament and a bubble canopy,  It was however overtaken by the jet J-21R development.  

Is that the only picture available?  I ask since I'd be curious to see what engine is in it: one of my sources (Air Enthusiast No. 23 Article by Peter Billing) reports that initially SAAB wanted a DB 605E engine for the J-21B but with the collapse of the 3rd Reich this was not an option.  Alternatively, they redesigned to accept the Packard Merlin.  This however had a lower speed of rotation of the propeller and thus needed a larger diameter prop with the resulting tailboom interference problems.  Preliminary contact was made with Rolls-Royce to investigate changing either the gearing of the Merlin or to fit a 5 bladed prop of smaller diameter.  Eventually however, it was decided that the Merlin installation was too costly and complicated for marginal increase in performance.  This led to the project proceeding along two lines:

1.  The existing DB605B engine but with 100 Octane fuel and some minor modifications (?) was able to get almost the same power as the Merlin; and
2.  The J-21R jet version, initially with home-grown STAL turbojet and eventually with the de Havilland Goblin turbojet.

I have also read that the original DB 605 run on 100 octane fuel was just as good (if not better) than the other engines.  For one, the prop/boom interference wasn't a problem as the other engines might have been.  To date, the best images I have found of this proposed design are these:




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Greg
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Cliffy B

#77
April 16, 2010, 10:59:35 PM
Don't know if this is old or not but I thought it was rather neat.  Definitely haven't seen one before.

http://www.arcair.com/Gal2/1001-1100/Gal1027_F-18_Roberts/00.shtm

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ChernayaAkula

#78
April 23, 2010, 02:44:43 PM
An outstanding1/48 J-35 Draken from the anime "Area 88", built by "Oishi":





More of that >>HERE<<.
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#79
April 23, 2010, 02:48:58 PM
Interesting - at first glance I thought it was a French Draken.

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Greg
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Jschmus

#80
April 23, 2010, 05:00:47 PM
That's doubly whiffy, because in the anime, Shin Kazama starts the campaign flying an F-8 Crusader, then "upgrades" to an F-20 Tigershark.
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pyro-manic

#81
April 23, 2010, 05:15:00 PM
F-8 to an F-5E, then an F-20 IIRC. ;) It's a stunning model. :thumbsup: I've wanted to do some Area 88 builds for a while - the commander's Kfir was pretty cool, and there was a trio of "bad guy" Lightnings that looked fantastic.
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Taiidantomcat

#82
April 23, 2010, 06:21:08 PM
That is a superb looking model  :wub:
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ChernayaAkula

#83
April 24, 2010, 03:20:19 AM
Quote from: GTX on April 23, 2010, 02:48:58 PM
Interesting - at first glance I thought it was a French Draken. <...>

:lol: My thoughts exactly!

French Draken, huh? Hmmmmmm...... :wacko:
Cheers,
Moritz

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ChernayaAkula

#84
April 27, 2010, 06:47:43 AM
More "Area 88" goodness by Oishi:


F-20 Tigershark  :wub: More pics >>HERE<<.





Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

Taiidantomcat

#85
April 27, 2010, 01:07:15 PM
Thats hot!  :o
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GTX

#86
April 28, 2010, 01:36:30 AM
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

ChernayaAkula

#87
May 01, 2010, 01:45:01 PM
Found via ARC:

Navalized Su-47 Berkut:














Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

GTX

#88
May 01, 2010, 02:02:10 PM
Wow!  Has an invite been sent?

Regards,

Greg
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Taiidantomcat

#89
May 01, 2010, 03:10:57 PM
That is just brilliant!  :wub:
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

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