Bell /Rolls Royce CobraJet

[sotoolslinger]

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http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20495.0.html
It's all about technology.... no really

[Captain Canada]

Woah......now that is something special ! Love the idea, and your execution is going swimingly !

And if you were to ask me, you can never go wrong with tip tanks !

[retro_seventies]

Oh Lordy.....




This is going to be great, i can just feel it.  Any idea for painting ideas yet?  Would it be too left field to suggest Indian?  Maybe Indian Navy?  Looks like something Kurt Tank might have have done (before the Marut).  Could be flying from the Vikrant instead of Seahawks...

Seahawks were dressed like this:

[sotoolslinger]

Actually I was thinking that this would be a private venture between Bell and RR built in Canada so I was thinking Canadian markings but I like the blue over white color scheme.

[cthulhu77]

Sweet mother of pearl !  Go out of town for a few weeks, and look what you get into!!!! Awesome !

[Captain Canada]

but I like the blue over white color scheme.

No no no....don't start listening to other people's voices....follow your heart !

[Brian da Basher]

Holy fudge, Toolslinger! I'm just flabbergasted by your imagination! A jet powered Airacobra!!! Whoda thunk it??!!!

Mind blowing!

Brian da Basher

[sotoolslinger]

Well thanks ya'll. I really have not thought about colors yet. That's not really how my process works. I know it will have Canadian markings as that is what the backstory says but I haven't given any thought whatsoever to paint scheme. that usually comes later.
I usually steal ideas so any suggestions will be considered

[Eddie M.]

Well thanks ya'll. I really have not thought about colors yet. That's not really how my process works. I know it will have Canadian markings as that is what the backstory says but I haven't given any thought whatsoever to paint scheme. that usually comes later.
I usually steal ideas so any suggestions will be considered

This is looking super sh*t hot! It is very eerie to how you approach a build. I say eerie because everything you've said about how it works out in your head is how it happens with me. For me, it's the idea, build it and then the look comes last. As much as I try, I can not see my initial idea in color. Your work is very refreshing to me. By the way, the Snail is on it's way to your place with a box.
    Eddie

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks Eddie, and THANKS Eddie, I'm really looking forward to her

[sotoolslinger]

Mo PSR





Now as a jet newbie I need some feedback,the crappy kit I scavenged to get the F-86 butt has no detail.It is just empty up the exhaust tube
I couldn't put up with that so I made a cool looking cone exhaust. Now I know that afterburners didn't come into use until later but someone give me a plausible explanation for having the cool tube


I've heard of water injection but I don't know what that does? Add oxygen therefore increasing thrust? little help here

[Weaver]

The only water injection I've heard of on jets is on the Harrier, where it's injected into the front of the engine to keep it cool during hovering, which is why the Harrier can only hover for 90 seconds: that's how long the water lasts.

Why not say it's an over-elaborate air-cooled jetpipe? you've got four fairly large NACA intakes on the fuselage: maybe they feed into a double-walled jetpipe that has petals at the end to vary the flow rate. It's a dumb feature, but dumb features make an early jet credible: just look at the intake on an He-162.....

Speaking of which, your wing-root guns almost certainly WILL cause problems with gun gas injestion, but that again is a perfectly credible period faux pas. You've seen a MiG-9 now: any other dubious gun installation pales into insignificance compared to that, doesn't it?   

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks for the ideas Weaver The NACA ducts automatically shift the air intake to the upper duct when the side intakes injest gunsmoke

[retro_seventies]

No no no....don't start listening to other people's voices....follow your heart !

Our resident amphibian is quite right - i totally forgot the backstory, and then here i come steamrollering in with all kinds of " yay! Indian Navy" bullhonky.  I'm sorry 

...of course he could just be continuing his ongoing quest to see all planes decked out in maples 

[sotoolslinger]

No apologies nessesary ,ever, all suggestions and comments gratefullyaccepted and considered. I really do like the blue over white. I honestly have no idea how I plan to finish this one yet. To be totally truthful I will have to look up Canadian paint schemes and markings of the period.I have no idea what they looked like or even what the roundels colors were.