NAA F-15C Eagle - "A Different Kind of Jaws"

[Orne M]

This was started a few years ago using a photo of the NAA F-15 mockup from Lloyd Jones' "US Fighters" book and some guesswork about the dimensions and lower areas beneath the blended body/wing shape.  Some things I've read pointed out the NAA design might've been the starting point for the Flanker.   It wasn't until later that I found more info on the design that was closer to the overall concept of the McD Eagle, but by that point most of the customizing work was finished, so I went ahead and completed the model.    The kitbash donors were a Monogram F-15 and F-16, with additional scratchbuilding (center upper-wingbox, stabs, and tailfin).  The F-15 intakes were cut down and merged beneath the F-16 forward chine section.  The radome was rebuilt from one of my B-58C engine pod intake-cones.  Forward windscreen was vacformed PETG plastic over a plaster plug shaped to match the upper nose section.  The camo paintscheme was patterned on the current Raptor 'stealth' look, with Duplicolor dark metallic grey sprayed over a silver-misted grey primer basecoat.  All the panel-lines were added with mechanical pencils shaded with black and white charcoal pencils; the lower engine area was a mix of metallic acyrilics.   The sharkmouth was handpainted.   Finish coats were Krylon Satin and Matte over decals from the spares box.

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[gooberliberation]

Killer. I like the look of the intake box!

[Orne M]

Duncan, thanx.  "F-8G" is a slight misnomer, it was just a filename (A thru G), the bird is a J-58 engined USAF F-8 Crusader V (just a simple Lindberg kit when I started, with a Voodoo cockpit, F-14 canopy/underbelly, and scratchbuilt aft-section).

[ysi_maniac]

Yeah, I love FX contenders 
real or fictional 

[kitnut617]

I really like that design, very sleek, definitely whiffer material.

Robert

[GTX]

Very nice!

Regards,

Greg

[Orne M]

Picked up another Eagle kit to bang out the 'stock' NAA version; kitbashing with some of my F-107 wing/tailfeather parts since there's more than a faint resemblance.  The odd thing about the Jupiter II you mention is that it was a heavily modified version from a Nineties comix-adaptation, not the TV version; the publisher saw it at a convention and immediately asked for pictures of it, and their artists used the model as reference for the comix art for the rest of the series-run.

[Hatchet]

Interesting. Veeery interesting!!! And it looks good too

I wonder how it would look with some Shields of David on it

[BlackOps]

Very nice! 

[noxioux]

Love the NAA eagle.  And I have to say, I really love the finished look of this one and the F-107 you posted a short time ago.  Excellent work!

[Sisko]

Damn that is nice!!!!

Love the job you've done.

[Orne M]

That ATF design looks a lot like the later YF-23.

Hatchet - I.A.F markings almost went on the model, but only set I had broke apart when I tried to use them.