Blackburn Bandit SR.1

sideshowbob9 · April 23, 2011, 01:24:11 PM

Was looking at a Mystere IVA the other day and was struck by how it was suggestive of a baby Buccaneer from some angles (especially around the cockpit area and in it's general rotundness), so......

Needs a date with Milliput and some finishing touches but I'm quite pleased with how this one is turning out. Nose is a Harrier GR.5 (I liked the notch in the nose hence SR.1), tail is from a MiG-19. Thinking of doing it in anti-flash white. Is it too optimistic to plan for post-atomic bomb-damage assessment?

ChernayaAkula · April 23, 2011, 01:52:43 PM

VERY good!

GTX · April 23, 2011, 02:18:27 PM

Interesting...

albeback · April 24, 2011, 09:32:48 AM

Very neat!

Actually, it reminds me of the McDonnell XF-88 ( although that was a twin engined machine). I have 2 of the old Lindberg XF-88 kits which will be getting "whiffed" in due course!!

Taiidantomcat · April 24, 2011, 09:39:11 AM

it is so neat that you can add just a few changes and make something completely different. I really like your additions

Captain Canada · April 24, 2011, 10:28:19 AM

Cool ! Like Tomcat says...a few changes and it's a whole new ballgame !

sotoolslinger · April 26, 2011, 06:20:42 AM

Very slick lookin AC

Pablo1965 · April 26, 2011, 02:32:04 PM

Great proyect. I wait for news soon.

Army of One · April 26, 2011, 08:21:45 PM

Looks good......interesting project....

Weaver · April 27, 2011, 02:31:39 PM

Neat idea, and looks good!

Makes me think of a swept-wing Skyhawk - probably due to the air intakes. You could imagine it as something the RAF might buy, with a single Spey engine, to replace their Hunters, in a world where the Harrier never existed.

sideshowbob9 · April 27, 2011, 02:57:36 PM

Thanks guys! What I had in mind for a backstory was essentially an immediate predecessor to the Buccaneer S.1 and a nice transition type from the Seahawk and the likes to the Buccs, Scimitars etc. Taking a page from the Mystere donor, the engine will be a R-R Tay on the prototypes, replaced with an Avon on the production models. That way I know the engine will definatley fit the airframe!

I was hoping for more of a Bucc look with the tail but the MiG-19 one was the closest I have. Hadn't considered RAF but there's no reason they can't get a fatter, area-ruled Spey-engined variant a bit down the line.

There won't be a whole lot of progress for at least 3 weeks I'm afraid as I've agreed to help a couple of friends renovate a house!

James · April 30, 2011, 07:16:25 AM

Good idea.

reddfoxx · April 30, 2011, 07:33:07 PM

Wow- interesting concept. It's going to look so different from a Mystere when done.

The Wooksta! · May 04, 2011, 08:55:25 AM

Quote from: sideshowbob9 on April 27, 2011, 02:57:36 PM
Taking a page from the Mystere donor, the engine will be a R-R Tay on the prototypes, replaced with an Avon on the production models. That way I know the engine will definatley fit the airframe!

I'd stick with a developed Tay, because one of the many problems with the ill-starred Swift was that the fuselage was originally designed around the chunkier Nene and was bit too roomy for the Avon.

sideshowbob9 · May 05, 2011, 09:28:45 AM

I had considered the retention of the Tay, if for no other reason than very little else has it! Perhaps developed variants could have a Conway to justify the chunky airframe?