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Airbus A321 AGS

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September 20, 2008, 10:23:51 AM Last Edit: November 02, 2015, 08:01:06 AM by Hobbes
After a false start or two (I lost the radar fairing and ended up redoing it in balsa), I'm almost ready to paint this.



Now to find a 1:144 Global Hawk to go with it  :banghead:

Hobbes

#1
March 08, 2009, 08:55:22 AM Last Edit: November 03, 2015, 02:11:59 AM by Hobbes
Presenting for your viewing pleasure, what NATO should have bought instead of boring Global Hawks:





The Rat

#2
March 08, 2009, 10:02:51 AM
Very nice!  :thumbsup:
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ChernayaAkula

#3
March 08, 2009, 10:07:06 AM
Way cool!  :bow: Jolly well done!
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B777LR

#4
March 09, 2009, 03:57:00 AM
Cool! Looks natural :wub: Gonna do another airliner-to-warplane soon? :wub:

Jschmus

#5
March 09, 2009, 05:38:08 AM
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the meaning of AGS?  I have expected to find a gun-toting Airbus here.  It looks nifty toting that surveillance radar, but it wasn't what I was expecting.
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Upagan

#6
March 09, 2009, 05:47:30 AM
AGS = Alliance Ground Surveillance

Hobbes

#7
March 09, 2009, 08:07:02 AM
Yep. It was a plan to provide NATO with its own ground surveillance platform similar to JSTARS. The A321 component has been cancelled, and NATO will make do with Global Hawks instead.

Hobbes

#8
March 10, 2009, 08:56:15 AM
Quote from: B787 on March 09, 2009, 03:57:00 AM
Cool! Looks natural :wub: Gonna do another airliner-to-warplane soon? :wub:

I don't know how soon, but I do have plans for more Airbus military platforms (MPA and tanker at least, maybe an AEW and an ELINT plane as well).

Taiidantomcat

#9
March 10, 2009, 10:00:21 AM
Very smooth  :mellow:
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bexwh773

#10
March 10, 2009, 02:20:45 PM
Now thats different and very smart, like this one  :thumbsup:

Looking forwards to more Airbus offerings

:cheers:

Bex
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Rafael

#11
March 11, 2009, 05:32:00 PM
Love it.

Definitely is one of the sweetest Airbuses I've seen :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

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#12
March 11, 2009, 07:40:26 PM
Nice job, Hobbes ! I had no idea of that NATP project, but i do have to agree with your sentiment. I think it would look even cooler if you did the nose black like the poster.

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#13
March 11, 2009, 07:44:07 PM
Has a certain air of class and sophistication about it.  Airliner-turned-warplane: very nice change of pace.   :thumbsup:
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#14
March 13, 2009, 02:27:49 PM
Cool!  You should show it to some of the EADS people.

Regards,

Greg
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