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Unicraft VTOL F-104........Rotating Widowmaker

Started by General Melchet, November 04, 2009, 01:24:27 PM

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General Melchet

November 04, 2009, 01:24:27 PM
Hi chaps, just finished this one tonight, been good fun and easy build helped by the use of the nice Italeri F-104C as a basis and not helped by the quality of the Unicraft pieces!!
A very strange and highly dangerous concept that thankfully was killed stone dead by the advent of the Harrier... :blink: Weapons were never decided so I used a bit of license and a spare Hasegawa Air to Air missile set...
Hate to think of the controlability in a crosswind, or take off, or landing, or the hover,or transition or landing, (controlled crash?)........the 'wing' pylons would have taken a battering as would the pilot!!!

Ready for the R and D or What'If? table at the weekend...hopefully Martin will be offloading a few more repops of this conversion so a couple of European 'wiffs ' are definately on the cards..

Thanks for looking, :cheers:

Andy...





In all its glory fitted with a pair of AIM 7E Sparrows and a brace of AIM9D Sidewinders...waiting to take off and kill its pilot as quickly and efficiently as possible!!!







































































Clearly, Field Marshal Haig is about to make yet another gargantuan effort to move his drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin.

Ed S

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November 04, 2009, 01:50:28 PM Last Edit: November 05, 2009, 07:49:30 AM by Ed S
Very nice.  I bet that would have been a real exciting ride at any point of the mission.  

Ed
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Jschmus

#2
November 04, 2009, 02:24:23 PM
As crazy as some of the projects here are, it always amazes me to see the things that were thought of in the real world.  Gorgeous build, though.
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Stargazer

#3
November 04, 2009, 04:43:55 PM
I'm simply amazed by all the talent on this forum...  :wub:

And now for the thing that really would be the icing on the cake: a stand or pedestal with the original VTOL F-104 logo painted at the bottom. I'm enclosing the cover to an original inhouse document from Lockheed.

buzzbomb

#4
November 04, 2009, 04:55:16 PM
great job.. on a really weird aircraft

Googled it and interesting reading

anthonyp

#5
November 04, 2009, 04:59:01 PM
Love this model, but this is one of those designs that make you go "AAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!"  Scares the crap outta me.  That design just scares me.
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kitnut617

#6
November 04, 2009, 05:23:02 PM
Very nice Andy  :thumbsup: :bow:

I've got that conversion in the stash too, I hope it turns out as good as your's.
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noxioux

#7
November 04, 2009, 05:50:59 PM
Beautiful build, man.  Very well done. :thumbsup:

RotorheadTX

#8
November 04, 2009, 06:43:55 PM
Great work on that one!! I've got the same kit and conversion, but have balked at doing the bare-metal scheme.
Well done - kudos to you for making it look right!

Joe C-P

#9
November 04, 2009, 08:41:41 PM
A brilliant build of a bonkers bird!
In want of hobby space!  The kitchen table is never stable.  Still managing to get some building done.

GTX

#11
November 04, 2009, 10:26:06 PM
Damn he done it again! :thumbsup:

Regards,

Greg
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karlik

#12
November 04, 2009, 11:34:32 PM
great idea and processing  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cobra

#13
November 04, 2009, 11:40:22 PM
Super Cool :ph34r: this is a Great Piece of Work!!!!!!!!!!! You brought to life Something Never knew about,Thank You!!!!!!!! Correct me if i'm wrong but...........Doesn't this look like something from a Gerry Anderson program like 'Thunderbirds' or 'Stingray'??????? great Work,Anything Else as Cool Coming??????? :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :cheers:
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