C-141 Star Lifter

[kitnut617]

Pratt & Whitney must have copied Soloviev's design I'm sure............. 

Of course they did     even though the C-141 went into service in 1965 and Il-76 in 1974   

[jcf]

Indeed! I noticed the similarity of the Il-76 nacelles to the 'Tube Engines' when one came to RIAT some years ago.

Of course they were totally independently designed and manufactured by Soloviev....................... 

The Wiki page on the Soloviev engine says '.....and had specifications similar to those of Western analogues such as Pratt & Whitney JT8D....'

Pratt & Whitney must have copied Soloviev's design I'm sure............. 

Meh, analogue/analog simply means comparable in that context.

Nacelle appearance similarities are largely meaningless as nacelle =/= to engine.

[PR19_Kit]

Indeed! I noticed the similarity of the Il-76 nacelles to the 'Tube Engines' when one came to RIAT some years ago.

Of course they were totally independently designed and manufactured by Soloviev....................... 

The Wiki page on the Soloviev engine says '.....and had specifications similar to those of Western analogues such as Pratt & Whitney JT8D....'

Pratt & Whitney must have copied Soloviev's design I'm sure............. 

Meh, analogue/analog simply means comparable in that context.

Nacelle appearance similarities are largely meaningless as nacelle =/= to engine.

Mandy Rice-Davis...............

"Well they would say that, wouldn't they?"

[sandiego89]

I wonder if noise reduction had anything to do with the varying nacelles on the TF-33 and JT3-D family?  or was it efficiency?

The early 707's and KC-135's were notorious as being loud (I have a very clear memory of being close to a early KC-135 on a (water injection?) takeoff and it was a very moving, bone shaking, crackling experience).  The slightly later B-52H had the "cut" nacelles and would not be worried about decibels, but the next in line the C-141 was required to be civilly certified in the hopes of some commercial sales that never quite happened.   

[NARSES2]

Mandy Rice-Davis...............

"Well they would say that, wouldn't they?"

Looking forward to seeing what the Beeb do with the tale

[PR19_Kit]

I dug my Nova kit of the C-141B out of The Loft last night, as it's been decades since I saw it last. To my amazement it has metal landing gear. 

And jeepers, it's a big 'ole thing for sure! Makes a Herc look like a Skyvan! 

I'm a bit flummoxed when it comes to figuring out how to Whiff it though, and painting it in an RAF scheme would be a tad hackneyed.

[zenrat]

...I'm a bit flummoxed when it comes to figuring out how to Whiff it though, and painting it in an RAF scheme would be a tad hackneyed.

Civilian cargo airline?
Australia Post?
zenrat industries?

[scooter]

...I'm a bit flummoxed when it comes to figuring out how to Whiff it though, and painting it in an RAF scheme would be a tad hackneyed.

Civilian cargo airline?
Australia Post?
zenrat industries?

[kitnut617]

I dug my Nova kit of the C-141B out of The Loft last night, as it's been decades since I saw it last. To my amazement it has metal landing gear. 

And jeepers, it's a big 'ole thing for sure! Makes a Herc look like a Skyvan! 

I'm a bit flummoxed when it comes to figuring out how to Whiff it though, and painting it in an RAF scheme would be a tad hackneyed.

That is a very rare kit Kit, all the Nova moulds were obtained by Rick's Models but were destroyed in an accident during a move in 1989

[JayBee]

Tactical transport, Israeli AF, camo.
Or
Very high altitude stellar observatory with extended wings so it could go even higher.  NASA of course!

[PR19_Kit]

I dug my Nova kit of the C-141B out of The Loft last night, as it's been decades since I saw it last. To my amazement it has metal landing gear. 

And jeepers, it's a big 'ole thing for sure! Makes a Herc look like a Skyvan! 

I'm a bit flummoxed when it comes to figuring out how to Whiff it though, and painting it in an RAF scheme would be a tad hackneyed.

That is a very rare kit Kit, all the Nova moulds were obtained by Rick's Models but were destroyed in an accident during a move in 1989

Really? Wow!

I better take some moulds from it then, when I opened the box it was the first time it had EVER been opened, it still had the original Scotch tape on the ends!   

[jcf]

Stretched fuselage double-decker airliner. 
Along the lines of the proposed, but never built, conversion
of the An-22. I've got a drawing of it somewhere.

[TheChronicOne]

^   

Hell yeah. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Does anyone have/know a sketch where the fuselage plugs for the A-to-B conversion were inserted?

[NARSES2]

I'm a bit flummoxed when it comes to figuring out how to Whiff it though, and painting it in an RAF scheme would be a tad hackneyed.

I wasn't even aware Nova had done a kit of it.

Anyway how about doing it as a Fleet Air Arm bird, serving in support of the Nuclear Deterrent ? Could be ferrying bits and pieces, and personnel to far flung Polaris sub bases ?