Wide Body Avro Atlantic

[B777LR]

For a tanker, perhaps a Canberra XL? Use a large center fuselage, fitted with the Canberra nose and tail. Extend the wings, and fit the Harriers inside the wings like you VTOL Canberra?

[B777LR]

Sorta like this:

[kitnut617]

Bigger Thomas, much bigger.  I'm thinking of a Nimrod size STOVL/STOL, VC-10 size  Victor size -----    not a Canberra shape at all but something that exists RW to be converted in my AW

[B777LR]

Bigger Thomas, much bigger.  I'm thinking of a Nimrod size STOVL/STOL, VC-10 size  Victor size -----    not a Canberra shape at all but something that exists RW to be converted in my AW

Mi-26 fuselage with wings of some sort?

Canadair CL-215/415?

Noratlas?

C-119?

[Mossie]

Robert, how about a 1/48 Dakota wing?  I sounds daft at first, but it actually works quite well as a swept wing.  It should work well if you make a cut to increase the angle of sweep.

Here it is split into two parts at different angles, 1/72 wing on a 1/48 subject.  Only thing is it might be a bit thick for your project, but you could always sand the two halves downn?

[chrisonord]

I like that Mossie,
Where have you been hiding that little gem
Chris.

[kitnut617]

Lots of food for thought here guys, thanks.

Simon, yes, where have you been hiding that neat looking creation -----

[Mossie]

It's been going three years nearly, from the last Secret Santa GB.  I dropped the canopy, stepped back where it couldn't possibly have fallen....   I've not been sure what to do with it since then.

Original build thread:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,14352.0/highlight,indiana+jones.html

[kitnut617]

You want it SWEPT?  

I've done a bit of investigating, an Airbus A318/320 wing has about the same MTW capability as the Transall wing, and I can get an A320 in 1/72 from Welsh Models, I've got a Transall already.  I've decided to go this way with the two 1/48 Harrier fuselages instead of doing the Nimrod.  I've also got a spare KC-10 conversion too.

[PR19_Kit]

I want to see what you're going to do with all the bits left over AFTER you've done this one! 

[B777LR]

So you want to mount the A318 wing to the top of the Transall? Sweet...

[kitnut617]

I want to see what you're going to do with all the bits left over AFTER you've done this one!  

Hadn't given it a thought Kit ---- yet  

Mind you, chatting with Denzel at Welsh Models when I was after some bits & pieces, I found he will not break up any of his kits just for certain parts, but he did say that if I bought all the resin parts from a kit, or all the vac parts etc, he would sell them to me but what he doesn't want is a pile of parts that can't be used just lying around his shop.

So you want to mount the A318 wing to the top of the Transall? Sweet...

[B777LR]

Make sure the wings droop a little though

[jcf]

A Gloster V/STOL transport project that may be of interest.
Two Pegasus and ten lift engines.

Cheers, Jon

[kitnut617]

Yoikes Jon, another great find.  I'm trying to come up with something that doesn't have all the extra lift engines, I just don't see the point of hauling around all that dead weight for 98% of the mission.  Which is why I'm liking the idea of the vectored thrust RB-211 idea you banded earlier.  Mind you, if the sound of the Rotodyne killed that project, I can't imagine what might have been said if one of these tried landing down-town.