Oscar EW5894 Phallus

[Spey_Phantom]

originally planned to be build in the Grey Pride GB, the plan stalled, but now its back with a vengeance  
the Gnat that was seen in the movie "Hot Shots", the Oscar EW5894 Phallus  .
model i will be using is the Airfix 1/72 Folland Gnat with custom made "The Navy" decals  



box overview.






and who can forget that introductionary quote

you men'll be piloting the backbone

of our proud American arsenal: The Oscar EW5894 Phallus tactical fighter bomber.
Its lightweight sweptwing design makes it extremely maneuverable and agile.

Beneath its 21st-century skin is a highly advanced avionics and weapons package.
Designed for speed and combat acrobatics, it features the latest Mrs. Halver series 3800 radar-jamming Framus.

[Radish]

An excellent choice!!

[philp]

Just make sure the "rocket pods" have the painted on ports.

[anthonyp]

LOL!!!!  Can't wait to see this one completed!

[Spey_Phantom]

Update 1, Yesterday:

after the main assembly, i started paintwork on the aircraft and the pilot, decals were applied fast as the paint was dry pretty fast  
unforunatly, i found that  was missing one piece of the rear landing gear, after searching without result, i decided to simply build it with the landing gear up.

one thing that grinds my gears about the Airfix Gnat, is that it didnt have the underwing tanks, and i didnt have any good fitting ones in the spares, so hence the "Clean" configuration.





and finally, ALMOST FINISHED  
i just need to get some putty to fill up that nasty gap in the port wing

[Stargazer]

Wow! Nice. Two questions:
- Who got the idea of calling this aircraft "Phallus"? is that you? It is the medical term for "dick" or "cock"! Not very appropriate...
- Why "THE Navy" on the side of the aircraft? Was it like that in the movie? Such a silly idea on their part!

Can't wait to see more on that model, anyway... 

[batmancustoms]

very cool!!

[ysi_maniac]

Nice idea! 

BTW: where does the first pic come from?

[The Rat]

Wow! Nice. Two questions:
- Who got the idea of calling this aircraft "Phallus"? is that you? It is the medical term for "dick" or "cock"! Not very appropriate...

Phallus is more appropriate than the other two for public consumption!

- Why "THE Navy" on the side of the aircraft? Was it like that in the movie? Such a silly idea on their part!

Hot Shots was a spoof of Top Gun, an over-the-top comedy that was purposely silly - and a helluva lot of fun! Click here for the Wiki entry about it.

[Spey_Phantom]

Wow! Nice. Two questions:
- Who got the idea of calling this aircraft "Phallus"? is that you? It is the medical term for "dick" or "cock"! Not very appropriate...
- Why "THE Navy" on the side of the aircraft? Was it like that in the movie? Such a silly idea on their part!

Can't wait to see more on that model, anyway... 

1. i dont know where the wrighters got the name, the movies a comedy, so go figure  
2. yes, in the movie all aircraft had those markings (2 Gnats and 1 SIAI S211)

Nice idea!  

BTW: where does the first pic come from?

i dont know, i just googled the aircrafts name, i also had a number of stills i captured from the DVD itsself, although i cant seem to find them atm.

[Stargazer]

Oh, okay... didn't know it was a spoof movie, never saw it. Is it the one with Charlie Sheen in it? Is it really worth the rental?

[The Rat]

Oh, okay... didn't know it was a spoof movie, never saw it. Is it the one with Charlie Sheen in it? Is it really worth the rental?

Oh YEAH! 

[GTX]

Oh, okay... didn't know it was a spoof movie, never saw it. Is it the one with Charlie Sheen in it? Is it really worth the rental?

Oh YEAH! 

Seconded - got both it and the sequel on DVD!

Regards,

Greg