S.H.A.D.O. Interceptor F-411 Hyperdart.

[chrisonord]

This is the 5th aircraft design in the SHADO  UFO interception series. The F-411 is a hybrid turbo jet/scram jet interceptor capable of mach 6, at very high altitude, but,with the capability of high G manoeuvring at lower altitudes and speeds. The weapons are carried in a rotary magazine bay, that when opens stays aerodynamic due to the bay doors sliding back into the fuselage. Due to the amount of mechanics needed for this to work, the aircraft is limited to carrying 4 missiles of the Aim-54 scram phoenixes. The aircraft also carries a 40 mm cannon built into the right wing root.
The kit I have used for this build is the Revell 1/144th scale concorde, re-scaled to 1/72nd scale,a single bubble canopy has been fitted and puttied in to fit. The engines have also been modded, and now have 2 single exhaust nozzles from an F-15, and 2 underslung scram intakes.
The wing tips have been clipped and fitted with a pair of slim fuel tanks, and some canted winglets fitted at a downward angle.
The forward fuselage is also fitted with moving canards so as to give it the low speed handling needed. The weapons bay is the cockpit bucket from a 1/48th SR-71 (thanks Phil!!).
Photos to follow as it is absolutely bucketing down here at the moment.
Cheers,
Chris.   

[philp]

Yay.  Some of those parts are getting used.

Looking forward to the pics (especially how you turn a cockpit into a weapons bay) .

[chrisonord]

Here are some pictures of my current progress on the hyperdart, and a couple of pics for Philp 
I have given it 3 coats of matt black so far and the white is still showing through looks like I had better buy some more
The main challenge on this was the cockpit canopy, getting this to look right and shaping the putty to fit has been and probably still is a nightmare. When I remove the tape I shall see . The engine pods are on their 3rd incarnation also, but this time I am happy with them....for a change.
I don't know whether to leave it all black or put a camo scheme into the mix.
Cheers,
Chris.

[Sauragnmon]

she looks sleek and beautiful in black, but a little bland in the here and now, needs something to clean her up and give her some attitude.

[Mossie]

Very nice.  Even scalorama'd to 1/72 it's still a big beast.

[philp]

Guess that answers my question.

Looking good.

[Green Dragon]

Looks good Chris, really like the engine nacelles. The extra intakes are very Gerry Anderson!

Paul Harrison

[chrisonord]

Thanks for all the comments guy's, I started to struggle with this as my enthusiasm was starting to wane. I might try and get this thing finished but don't hold your breath
Cheers,
Chris. 

[Taiidantomcat]

This looks great 

[Joe C-P]

C'mon, you can do it! Make all us G.A. fans happy!   

[chrisonord]

I will put some clear coat on this bird tomorrow, and hopefully take some pictures of it. It looks a bit different now colour wise, but I am more or less finished with it now.
Cheers,
Chris.

[Cobra]

Can't Wait to see it!!!!!!!!!! You've done Great So Far Hope to see More of Your Awesome Work!!!!!!

[chrisonord]

I also have something else that I have been doing some work to for my SHADO builds, it is not a plane or a vehicle, or a boat of any kind.
You will just have to wait and see when it looks more like it should
Cheers,
Chris.

[chrisonord]

As promised sort of
Here are some more progress pics of the Hyperdart I am having some trouble with the putty at the rear of the canopy, so I will probably have to grind a lot of it out and start again but I thought I would do some pics anyway.
Cheers

[Sauragnmon]

She looks wicked in that scheme - is the light gray a metallic?  I could almost swear it is with the way it seems to react to the light, and it would look pretty sleek if it was, either way it's cool.