A different Hunter T12

[Weaver]

Looking good.  Glad you got over the droppage: that must have been a scare! 

[TallEng]

That does look sharp it looks quite Swift like in some angles
Nice recovery from the drop too, you can't see the join
Just a thought: would it be possible to combine the rear end
Of say a Skyhawk or Skyraider tank with a more rounded front from say the Hunter 230Gal tank?
Or something similar,

Regards
Keith

[Martin H]

I've got all the main decals on the T12 now, but not without difficulties.

Amazingly the Cartograph printed sheet for the F6 decals, with the 3 colour roundels, was out of register! There was a 0.5 mm wide half ring of white round one side of the roundels, so they got junked. They were replaced by Modeldecal D Types which were perfect of course. I'm using the serials from the FGA9 as they are later ones and fit with my backstory of the T12 being lower hour airframes, and in addition they're black which suits the scheme a lot better than white ones.

Then I added a few stencils to the starboard side, just to see how it looked, and added all my home printed 237 OCU decals. These were the unit crest on the nose, the OCU 'Swooping Eagle' badge on the fin and the unit flashes either side of the fuselage roundel. There's loads of stencils to add yet and I may not use some of them as they are SO small.





I've posted a pic to show how long the TSR2 drop tanks are. To my mind they are FAR too long, but are the right shape if they were scaled down some, but I don't know how to do that. I've yet to decide on the tank to use, so many possibilities...

This is turning out rather nicely

As for the drop tanks...how about those used on F-100's with out the fins?

[Captain Canada]

I agree those tanks look pretty big ! The model itself is looking good tho.

[PR19_Kit]

This is turning out rather nicely

As for the drop tanks...how about those used on F-100's with out the fins?

Thanks OGL. 

And I must admit an F-100 is one type I hadn't considered and I think I have an Italeri one in The Loft somewhere. 

[JayBee]

Looking GOOD.
I do not think that F-100 tanks would look right as they are a bit fat towards the front.
Also they have that slight kick up towards the back.
No, I think you need a tank that is straight, fore and aft.
Think of how the Hawker design team would have looked at it
I can not think of any suitable kit to donate tanks for this.
Sorry,

Jim

[kitnut617]

I'd copy your big Harrier tanks Kit --- or even modify a set of those tanks the Harrier GR.5 comes with.

[PR19_Kit]

I'd copy your big Harrier tanks Kit --- or even modify a set of those tanks the Harrier GR.5 comes with.

THAT'S IT! 

I have an Italeri GR5 but it only has bombs and stuff, but I also have a matching T10 and THAT has some parallel sided, pointy nosed, big tanks. 

Oddly enough I looked out my 1970's built T7 (FROG FGA9 plus the Air Conversions nose) to act as a comparison for the T12, and it has big 300 gallon tanks! It seems I solved my G-VTOL tank problem some 40 years ago! 

[The Big Gimper]

Thanks Robert.  

I was thinking of hanging a couple of drop tanks under it, but it occurred to me that the standard Hunter tanks might be a bit draggy for an aircraft that could exceed M 1.0 in level flight. I dug out a couple of 300 gal. Aero 1 series tanks from a Hasegawa TA-4 which don't look too bad, and mated then to the Hunter's inboard pylons.

What does everyone think of that idea? They're quite a bit longer than even the long Hunter tanks, but seem to fit the 'needle nose look' of the aircraft.

We could say the RAF got some from surplus US stocks at Davis-Monthan.  

You have my vote for the Aero tanks. They look "fast". Maybe thin down the fins?

[kitnut617]

I think we need a comparison between those Aero tanks and the GR.5/7 tanks 'cause I like that too Carl  

Just a thought, I've seen a plan view of the supersonic wing Hunter compared to a regular Hunter in the plan view and the wings are swept back quite a bit more, so shouldn't the tanks still be positioned in the same place as the regular Hunter has them. Which would mean an extended pylon -- 

[PR19_Kit]

The things I do for you guys, I dunno............. 

When I've done packing up the Christmas pressies I'll take a comparison pic, OK?

[PR19_Kit]

Here's a comparison pic of the Aero 1 tanks (bottom) and the Harrier T10 tanks (top). I rather like the latter ones, they have a more 'British' look to them, probably because they are. 



Just for interests sake here's another comparison between the T12 and the RW T7. The T7 has lost much of its landing dear but a replacement white metal SAC set is en route from the Big H. The difference between the wings shows up well in this view I think.

[Captain Canada]

Great shot....really shows off the wing differences. I'll second the T.10 tanks.

[kitnut617]

Yep! Harrier tanks   

[Gondor]

Has to be Harrier 

Gondor