Viggenize it!

[kerick]

Thanks Scooter! I'll have to check my stash.

I have a two seat F-104 also. Hmmmmm.....
Wild Weasel?

Hmmmmmm Is right Ken .
Would have to see the weapons load out on a weasel and see how close you could get with the 104 .
But this is a damn cool idea 💡 😄

I may be talking myself into something......
SEA scheme, Hill grey or something original?
Fields and meadows would be a challenge.

[Weaver]

For research purposes, MBB in Germany created the F-104 CCV, which had a second fin tip and tailplane mounted just behind the cockpit and a fly-by-wire system. The idea was to get info on FBW and unstable aircraft for what became the Eurofighter project. Now imagine a productionized version of this: with both canards and tailplanes acting as lifting surfaces, you'd have basically double the wing for the same tiny span, which would give a much shorter take-off run, much lower landing speed and much greater agility. Perhaps the ideal application would be a naval fighter, since it could be compact without needed a folding wing, much like a Sea Harrier or Skyhawk.

[NARSES2]

A Starfighter bi-plane, whatever next ? Open cockpits ?   

[kerick]

A Starfighter bi-plane, whatever next ? Open cockpits ?   

Hmmmm.......

[kerick]

Doing a little research into the RW comparison between the Viggen and F-104. Viggen was way more powerful than the Starfighter. I'm thinking of more of a Starfighter/Viggen blend. Wings and rear fuselage of the Viggen with the RM8 engine and Starfighter forward fuselage. A bunch more work but could be interesting.

[Weaver]

A Starfighter bi-plane, whatever next ? Open cockpits ?   

Triplane, if you please. Needs painting red, obviously...

[kerick]

Pulled out the Viggen I built way back when. Then I dropped it...... Busted off the landing gear and weapons. It could have been worse. I recovered all the parts except one rear wheel. I got out the Heller F-104G kit that has been in the stash since forever. It has a two seat option that might work. I cut the Viggen behind the intakes and checked the fit between the two. I might be able to use modified Viggen intakes. A little gluing, a little putty, a little sanding and a plausible paint scheme!

[Wardukw]

Pulled out the Viggen I built way back when. Then I dropped it...... Busted off the landing gear and weapons. It could have been worse. I recovered all the parts except one rear wheel. I got out the Heller F-104G kit that has been in the stash since forever. It has a two seat option that might work. I cut the Viggen behind the intakes and checked the fit between the two. I might be able to use modified Viggen intakes. A little gluing, a little putty, a little sanding and a plausible paint scheme!

Ohhh I'm thinking this is going to be pretty cool Ken ...I'm drawing up plans in my head for my F-104 ...im having some pretty good ideas 

[Old Wombat]

Pulled out the Viggen I built way back when. Then I dropped it...... Busted off the landing gear and weapons. It could have been worse. I recovered all the parts except one rear wheel. I got out the Heller F-104G kit that has been in the stash since forever. It has a two seat option that might work. I cut the Viggen behind the intakes and checked the fit between the two. I might be able to use modified Viggen intakes. A little gluing, a little putty, a little sanding and a plausible paint scheme!

It was telling you it HAD to be Whiffed!  

[zenrat]

I have a Hasegawa Viggen.  I was thinking of De-Viggenising it

[kerick]

I have a Hasegawa Viggen.  I was thinking of De-Viggenising it

Phantom wings and phins?
This is sounding like a version of Trashcanistan.

[kerick]

The Viggen parts are in the stripper bath. Yeah, go ahead and giggle.    He's a couple of pics of it taped together.







The wings look a little too far to the rear but changing that would be lots more work. Overall looks pretty good. I'm trying to use only the two seater parts from the Heller kit so I can build the single seater some day. I'm looking at replacing the Viggen tail fin with a new one in the shape of a taller F-104G tail. Hmmm, more work.

[PR19_Kit]

What a loooooooooong nose you've got! 

[perttime]

That is a loooong forward fuselage. Perhaps big canards or second wing in the front half?

[Old Wombat]

I'm sure the undersides are perfectly aligned but I think the F-104 (front) section needs to be angled down a bit, there's a weird banananana look happening there.


And, yes, it needs canards!