mitsubishi northru(o)p/grumman blohm und voss ATD, VF/XF/YF/FA/F-22,4,7,9 -X,Y,Z

[DaFROG]

Or something

Yes today work has started on several things firstly this:


followed by this



and a side serving of this


then some of this

This is the proficied VF22 Su27 style version to feature extended wings and other niftyness


Confession: I actually completed one of these before the build start time by accident and without using any tools or glue 

[Eddie M.]

A balanced and nutritious start to any modeler's day.
   Eddie 

[DaFROG]

Almost all major food groups represented, even had fruit (pinapple) and vegetables (pizza sauce)


progress has progressed progressively



just some more shots of the SV22/Su27 type version with added spine (made of flattened plastic tube).

The unmodified F22 in the photos is stock and is going to be the RAAF version

[sotoolslinger]

Dang, now I feel jealousy .... and hunger

[cthulhu77]

What? No beer

[Spey_Phantom]

small but interesting, i will have to watch how these turn out 

man, i need a pizza and a pie 

[sotoolslinger]

And now I am even more annoyed because I just noticed how small these superb little birds are
and I'm still hungry

[DaFROG]

I've done beer for breakfast before, it's not a good look. 
It's not a pie its bread (DaFROG's special racing bread, of which a key ingredient is pumpkin soup )

The basis of these planes are 1/200 (or so I am told) revell minikits which i bought for $1 each about 5 years ago, unfortunately they didn't come with candy 

[puddingwrestler]

Rubbish! Didn't you realise they are MADE of candy?

[DaFROG]

latest updates: I managed to escape from work early (read only 1/2 hour late) only to have to go to dinner with furture mother in law.



Still on teh VF22/Su27 style one the ATD-X requires only a canopy mod and teh satelite killer is all strap ons hopefully stick them together by the weekend then paint them all together

[DaFROG]

some more progress, the VF22/Su27 thingee has turned into a satelite killer as well.
The external tank on the F22 might be a tad big and i have a sneaking suspicion that the only way to get the F22 off the ground with the missile strapped on would be ZLL

[John Howling Mouse]

Amazing, in any scale.  In 1:200, this is sheer madness, I tell you!   

[DaFROG]

Amazing, in any scale.  In 1:200, this is sheer madness, I tell you!   

The small scale actually makes it easier, there are less parts and parts like the fuselage are massively thick in relation to their overall size allowing easy alignment and butt joints to hold it all together. Also I don't have to worry about panel lines (I will be drawing some on with a very fine pencil to add a bit of detail more than anything else). I also don't have to use industrial bog/bondo or epoxy putty that takes ages to dry unlike some of the builds for this GB whic have gaps bigger than and wntire one of these models to fill
Ohh no LG to stuff around with (and get in the way of stupidly oversize satelite killer missiles)

Those missiles BTW are an unholy union between 1000LB laser guided bombs and bits of some AAM that tornados carry, which have these weird cranked foreplanes (is it a sparrow??)

[pyro-manic]

They'd be HARM anti-radar missiles. The top one in this picture.

[DaFROG]

nice call pyro given the crap info and pics

MUCH PSR has occured but i have a birthday party tonight and work tomorow hopefully i can get some paint on and dried in time (eyes hair dryer)