Something new from something old

[Hawkeye]

A project from my building archives is my creation of the YF-75 Merlin based on the Testors kit of the SR-75 Penetrator. By chopping the fuselage and adding a 1:48 cockpit tub and canopy I created a whole new conceptional fighter. Like the real Merlin, a small raptor that dives down upon it prey, this aircraft would strike in a similar manner. It would patrol high looking down for its intended targets.



Note the subtle application of feathers to the paint scheme.




The underside was rescribed to show new wheel bays and weapons bays as well as decals to facilitate sensors and recon camera windows. Can you picture this patrol along a county's borders carrying a suite of weapons to counter air and surface threats?

[cthulhu77]

Neat!  Gotta love that delta shape...

[The Rat]

 

There are few words for that, but one of them is 'STUNNING'!

[lenny100]

what a paint job
simply stunning

[Hawkeye]

Here are a couple more shots.







An airplane awaiting a movie contract like the one Clint Eastwood flew in the movie "Firefox".

[B777LR]

An airplane awaiting a movie contract like the one Clint Eastwood flew in the movie "Firefox".

Perhaps a Russian movie called FireEagle, in which the Soviet KGB agent has to steal an F-15E FireEagle from the decadent west!

[K5054NZ]

  Oh my GOD! That things is swweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!! 

How did you paint the "feathers"?

Oh my goodness, that, wow, I mean, woo!


SUPERB! I disappear from the forum for a few weeks, and return to be bombarded with tons of amazingly executed concepts!


Hehehe...and I have one of these kits! Me likey!

[Sisko]

Very nice stuff!!!

I love the feathered paint effect. Think I might give it a crack on one of my future Sci-Fi projects.

[Shasper]

Dude thats freakin awsome! Do the engines have thrust vectoring to help with maneuvering or is there some other method of control manipulation for getting in close?

Shas

[Hawkeye]

I saw the technique of painting the feathers by watching an episode of "Trick My Truck" on CMT when the body guy was painting clouds on a rig. He used the same process to do flames. The process is a simple matter of cutting out a template, which I did using a piece of thin aluminum sheet. This provides the ability to clean off the paint when done or if it starts to build up and potentially drip off. A paper template could be used too and tossed away when loaded with paint. Lay the "feather" on the model, lightly mist a contrasting color. Move the feather to the side of the first one, repeat. Then move forward, repeat again and again until you have the area covered like you see on my model. I practiced on the fuel tank first, since if I screwed it up I could easily erase by overspraying the whole tank. It was real fun and turned out to be fairly easy. Just remember to use as little paint as you can...all you need is to create the perception of the feathers being there.

[John Howling Mouse]

That's gold, Jerry----GOLD!

Banya

[BlackOps]

A real knockout!  This is one heck of a good looking model!

[AeroplaneDriver]

Yeah, I think stunning pretty much covers it.

Beautiful work.   

[MarkH262]

I love it. Create creativity! 

Mark

[Radish]

MAGNIFICENT.I just absolutely LOVE IT