Current project

[Supertom]

In case you've been wondering what I've been up to...

[Aircav]

He's been making a steel rule, Cool
         
nice plane BTW
         

[Aircav]

Hey Tom
do you leave the top off the toothpaste as well
             
 

[NARSES2]

Hey Tom
do you leave the top off the toothpaste as well
             

First thing I noticed

[Supertom]

He's been making a steel rule, Cool

Yes, my scratchbuilding skills are supreme.

do you leave the top off the toothpaste as well

Lost the bloody cap.  It got gunked up anyway.

[Geoff_B]

A good start, but wheres the Jelly Babies ?

Is this as per box or the Operational variant ?

Cheers

Geoff B B)  

[lancer]

Ok, stupid question time, but WHAT is it??

[Ollie]

MiG 1.44 Lancer boy.

B)  

[Geoff_B]

Zvezda Mig 1.44 Kit @ Hannants

Hi Lancer

Its this one

Cheers

Geoff B B)  

[Swamphen]

But this is What-If. That means it's not a MiG 1-44, it's a MiG-37!    

[overscan]

If built, it would have been MiG-33.

It would also have a nose radar, modified intakes, new canopy, and revised wing shape.  Plus it would have been generally "cleaned up" for RCS reasons.

[Supertom]

This is to be built as a prototype so I know how the kit builds up.  When this one's done, I'll start on the other one as a MiG-33.  I'm not sure about redoing the canopy, but I do intend to redo the wings and clean up the shape a little.  I'm also working on giving the intakes a different profile.

And I ran out of Jelly Babies.

[Sisko]

Looking good Tom.

   

[Ollie]

Guys, in the latest "Air International", they call the 1.44 a MiG 37...

 

[overscan]

Sure thing. I mentioned the canopy because, as might be obvious, the 1.44 demonstrator used a standard MiG-29 canopy. Its like the EAP; a hack machine put together to prove a basic layout. Imagine trying to mod an EAP kit into a production Typhoon- or the YF-22 into the production FA-22 - thats the scale of the task, coupled with the fact that the actual finished design has never been revealed