Gunfighting Falcon or if 16 was 8

[SinUnNombre]

Wow. You're really outdoing yourself with these Eddie. The Shortened F-8 is pretty slick in its own right, but WOW! The F-18 wings on the F-16 fuse is just so natural and organic. It needs a set of canards, And maybe twin tails from an F-15 or the like. And possibly a Concorde-style intake, built from some F-15 pieces. Keep up the great work, and keep us posted with your progress.

Jon

[Eddie M.]

Thank you STS and SUN!

First off, being the owner of the Kitty of Death, I thought I'd share a pic of Tiger on the hunt. I call this "Death from Above"



Now, here's the progress for today.

[sotoolslinger]

Dang that's a good looking airplane

[SinUnNombre]

Lookin good Eddie. I love how you blended the tail in. It's amazing the uses of drop tanks. Have you thought of maybe stretching the nose cone out a bit? Maybe an F-18 piece?

Jon

[Taiidantomcat]

Just looks better and better, Two aircraft that both resemble sharks in the F-8 and F-16. I just know this is going to look incredible when finished Had the Idea of mating an F-8 nose and fuse to a Flanker...this is making me wonder what im waiting for...

[Brian da Basher]

That's one hot ship you've got in the works, Eddie!

Brian da Basher

[Sisko]

wow you have come back with a vengence!!!

Lookin good. 

[AeroplaneDriver]

Looking great Eddie.  It's not a radical whif, but a subtle one that really does make you wonder what the evolution of the F-8 could have lead to.

[Eddie M.]

Dare I?

[Brian da Basher]

Oh yeahhhh!!! Those cranked wingtips rock!

Brian da Basher

[Shasper]

Alt. thought here, but whatabout  some wingtip rails?

Shas b)

[CanisD]

What about cranked wingtips WITH wingtip rails?

[upnorth]

Great stuff Eddie!

I like the cranked wingtips, but don't put rails on them.

Are you going to keep the AAM rails on the sides of the fuselge as the Crusader had them in real life? I always thought that was one of the cooler aspects of the F-8.

[Eddie M.]

Thank you All very much! Upnorth, I'm going to keep those rails and I've managed to add a little something to boot.

[Taiidantomcat]

  That last pic just looks so cool  Maybe AMRAAMS on the Fuselage and Sidewinders on the tips or vicey-versey? That Pod looks great, excellent.