Back dated aircraft

[Daryl J.]

Take any aircraft and backdate it to a previous generation whether or not it could work:

Sopwith Camel with uncovered rear fuselage a la Bleriot

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 with the aft 80% of the main wing covered in cloth, tail empennage completely fabric covered

737-800 sporting 4 JT3C's underwing in both civilian and military livery

B-17G with B-17B rear fuselage

[B777LR]

737-800 sporting 4 JT3C's underwing in both civilian and military livery

Without winglets of course, and with eyebrow windows (in case it's a 737 built since 2005). Another nice bit would be the antenna thingies found on dragging behind the wingtips of older 747s and 707s.

[jcf]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 with the aft 80% of the main wing covered in cloth, tail empennage completely fabric covered

Ya mean like a Hurricane I? 

B-17G with B-17B rear fuselage

The easiest way would be to use Academy kits and add the G nose and top turret to the B/C kit.

[Mossie]

I've seen Shorts Tucano's over York in Vic formation & made me think of early wartime of Spitfires.  So convert it to a tail dragger, thicken the wing, add a Merlin up front with a new canopy/spine.  I remember Weaver was thinking along the same lines, only keeping it as a trainer & Kitnut was adding cannon for his Shorts Choco.

[pyro-manic]

F-16 with a spine, the canopy from the F-102, and a pair of Genies. In natural metal or ADC greys.

[The Rat]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 with the aft 80% of the main wing covered in cloth, tail empennage completely fabric covered

Ya mean like a Hurricane I? 

Just what I was thinking, and it would be cool to see. 

[Daryl J.]

Yeah, like a Hurricane ragwing.    Someone once said a Spitfire could not be built that way and the first thought was 'Oh yeah?!!??'       




Daryl J.

[upnorth]

How a bout a Bell UH-1 with exposed structure tail boom a la Bell 47?

Or rigging out a P-38 to look like an Airco DH.2?

[Joe C-P]

Sea Venom or Vampire with a pusher prop instead of the jet.

[Daryl J.]

Sea Venom or Vampire with a pusher prop instead of the jet.

Contraprops!!!!   

Aeroclub make a great 5 blade Griffon prop for 1/48 Spitfires too *and* for those who don't have them, there are some fantastic bargains on CA two seater Vampires and some Venoms out there.   


Remove the jet fairings/engines from the Banshee and mount midwing turboprops.....but would that really be a backdate?


Fabric winged Beaufighter with geodesic fabric fuselage.   Extra dark Middlestone/Extra light Middlestone over light Azure.

[The Rat]

Sea Venom or Vampire with a pusher prop instead of the jet.

Something tells me that's been done, but nothing against doing it again!

[elmayerle]

Perhaps a F-84E or G with the jet replaced by a turboprop and wings from a P-47N?  Not *that* retro, I'll agree, but definitely different looking, especially if you use an annular intake for the engine (buried engine with a long extension shaft?).

[Sauragnmon]

Buff with Massive Radials instead of engines?  Autogyro Cobra?  Propeller fitted to a Yak-15 modified for a belly radiator and a taildragger?

Just a few random ideas off my head.

[elmayerle]

Buff with Massive Radials instead of engines?  Autogyro Cobra?  Propeller fitted to a Yak-15 modified for a belly radiator and a taildragger?

Hmm, perhaps a BUFF with eight Lycoming R7550's?  Perhaps in tandem tractor-pusher pods?  That could be done since it was a liquid-cooled radial.

[GTX]

Something I've been toying with (no detailed thought though):



Regards,

Greg