Sovietized Banshee

[Mossie]

Here's a few:

Fearful (might suit a Banshee)
Fangtooth
Freefall
Fretful
Fateful
Feedback
Fickle
Fungus
Femur

The list of ASCC reporting names on Wiki will help.  Don't know about K names for naval aircraft, (they're usually for Air to ground missiles, often anti-ship missiles), AFAIK the designation doesn't change between services.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_reporting_name

[BlackOps]

OK, here's the general plan, some variations may occur 

[Howedar]

A properly Sovietized aircraft from the period would surely have smaller windows. Perhaps raise the canopy sill scale-six-inches or so?

[Weaver]

Since you're going to be doing a fair bit of cutting, how about "Fretsaw"......

[Radish]

This is looking good, and if Soviet it needs rivets, lots of them Comrade

[BlackOps]

And so it begins....The birth of the Yak-29 "Fetish"

First up...the donor kit....MPC/Airfix 1/72 F2H Banshee


Next...Cockpit and pilot painted and fuselage sealed up.



Also did some nose work, still going to need a little blending but not bad considering it's the back end of a Buccaneer 



Oh, by the way Radish, your high Rivet count suggestion has been taken into advisement    If I can actually pull off all the blending without too much trouble I may go for a bare metal look but I'm still chicken so it may not, but if so the rivets would rock!

Next installment PSR!

[Howedar]

Oh man, the fin(s) on the bottom of the nose cone make NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. I love it(them)!

[Taiidantomcat]

Nice 

[nev]

Giant nose radar = very Soviet

[BlackOps]

A little more progress tonight, got round one of the nose PSR out of the way. Also filled the hole in the tail with styrene and got it smoothed out as well as reshaped the tail. I still need to add the leading edge gusset on the tail, but am going to wait until I figure out how to do the dorsal spine.

Here's where we are currently.

[Daryl J.]

 


Daryl J.

[Andrew Gorman]

I really like the NATO code "Fretsaw"!  When does this group build end?

[BlackOps]

More progress! Tonight I got the spine in place. And some more putty. Next I have to cut the canopy to fit the spine position which makes me a little nervous. I don't have a spare canopy if I botch this.



This is the most productive I've been in quite a while

[Taiidantomcat]

You know im kind of upset, I make plans and everything goes wrong, changes mid build, or both-- You on the other hand are doing great! 

[McGreig]

I'm impressed by the progress so far - the changes to the Banshee's shape are simple but very effective 
Looking forward to seeing it with the wings and canopy on.