Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

[kerick]

That would make a nice build! Looks great to me.

[chrisonord]

Very nice as per.
I have one in the stash, ans have pondered putting delta wings on it, and calling it the Fairey Delta IV. Just because it would boil some styrene stasi's saw dust. 

[SPINNERS]

I much prefer the 'pure' shape of the original F-107A...

North American F-107A Ultra Sabre - 101st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, 1964






My new F-107C skin can be tweaked to sort of fit the earlier F-107A but the rear end needs more work. The underside of the F-107A has a 'hollow' for either a semi-recessed drop tank or a tactical nuke but I've placed a Genie in there just for shits and giggles really because it would be a very draggy installation but potentially ideal for a snug-fitting larger missile. I've also used the contemporary AIM-4C Falcon missile to mop up any Soviet bombers that survived the blast of the Genie.

[PR19_Kit]

Oh yes, SUPERB job there.   

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North American F-107C Ultra Sabre - 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, California Air National Guard, 1974






Final F-107 for now and I've switched back to the 'C' version and I've had a go at making the tail marking for the 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (in port and starboard versions) after seeing it on so many photo's of their F-102A's. It's not too bad and I know how to make it better for the next time on a Lightning or Mirage or something equally inappropriate!

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Lockheed F-104H Starfighter - 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, California Air National Guard, 1974







Just a quick re-visit to my recent 'ADC' Starfighter to add a new squadron with my revised tail marking which I'm much happier with. Just a reminder that I'm using the designation of F-104H as it's the only contemporary 'spare' designation open to me as I've already used the 'E'.

[Archibald]

Glad to see this thread is still there, after all those years. As good as ever. Cheers !

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Gloster Meteor NF.2 - 1st Prototype, 1943



There's no input from me here apart from taking the screenshots of another cracking 'what if' Meteor by yakarov79 who has called this the Meteor FB.5 but I've chosen to call it the NF.2 (that's NF.II in Mosquito speak) which allows it to predate the post-war Meteor F.4 and we can all agree to airbrush out of history the real Meteor F.2 (which was literally a one-off) although the bigger nacelles of the Derwent 5's are harder to explain! His Meteor FB.5 has the classic Mosquito FB Mk. VI nose armament of four 20 mm Hispano cannon and four .303 Browning machine guns mounted in the nose but it also has amazing weapon options with a Molins 57mm gun, a shallow internal bomb-bay and wing pylons for rockets and/or bombs.

BTW has any aircraft in history been powered by so many different engines?

[SPINNERS]

Glad to see this thread is still there, after all those years. As good as ever. Cheers !

 

[Vulcan7]

That's a very cool looking Meteor           

[Rick Lowe]

I like the r/c rear barbette. 

[NARSES2]

That's a very cool looking Meteor           

It is indeed 

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(Alternative) Gloster Meteor NF.2 - 1st Prototype, 1943





This alternative Meteor NF.2 marries the 'wartime prototype' camo scheme with the Meteor NF.11 (the first of the Meteor night-fighters) and this just needed a lick of paint in a couple of areas although the F.8 tail looks a bit out of place in 1943! Obviously, the radar wasn't ready for the first prototype so Gloster's stuck a lump of concrete in the nose - a crazy story that could never have happened, right?  Note the serial number DG207 - the real Meteor F.2 

[SPINNERS]

I like the r/c rear barbette. 

Here's a gratuitous rocket shot;

[Rick Lowe]

Nothing wrong with a Rocket Shot!