NARDU F4D-1P Spyray 1/48 - Finished - pic's pg.4

[NARSES2]

Very nice work 

[Old Wombat]

Thank you, Cap & Chris!

[DogfighterZen]

Very good work on the details!

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, DfZ!

The trick was to get all that black-on-black to pop a bit. Now they're inside the nose cone it has paid off, as everything is still visible behind the glazing.

[Old Wombat]

Just to show that I've been doing some modelling:















I finally got to glue the nose on for real!

[Gondor]

Reminds me of a scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian "Who are you calling Big Nose?"

Gondor

[Old Wombat]

Yup!

[zenrat]

With a schnoz like that she won't be a beauty queen.

[Gondor]

Maybe it should be called "Jimmy" after a certain singer/actor?

Gondor

[Old Wombat]

After a certain amount of PSR & repairing of 2 glazing panels that accidentally got popped in (That's not fun, believe me!), I have some progress to show.

The Underbelly;


Nose-on;


Possibly flight-profiles, nose-on;



Top views;



Side views;



The nose gear doors have been lowered into the new profile by cutting part of the wheel bay area away with some of the fuselage sides, which have been spread out to the new width, adding some styrene sheet shaped to measure into the wheel bays & PSR'ing into the required profile to blend the different fuselage shapes.

I think it looks pretty good, though I'm sure there'll be flaws brought to light by a shot of primer which will need to be rectified. After which I'll figure out some panel lines.

Thanks for waiting & watching!

[KiwiZac]

If anything deserves the nickname Droop Snoot, it's that! Top work! I don't envy you with all that fairing/reprofiling work.

[Old Wombat]

Hmmm? Aircraft names? Aircraft names?

Thanks!

Actually, using Aves Apoxie Sculpt, it wasn't that difficult.

Added edit:

PS: I'm struggling for a name for her but they all revolve around her nose;

1) Droopy Snoopy - for comic/cartoon fans
2) Droop Snoop - for the literal-minded
3) Bignose - for movie buffs
4) Camera Conk - another for the literal-minded
5) Cyrano de Bergerac - for the literati

Bearing in mind that any references (to movies, etc.) have to be pre-1984, when, in my time-line, she crashes & is scrapped.

[Gondor]

What about "Schnozzola" after Jimmy Durante ? The right time period too

Gondor

[Old Wombat]

Not really a Jimmy D fan but it's an outside chance.

Although it raises the possibility of Snooper Schnozz or Schnooper Schnozz.

Mr Percival also comes to mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Percival

[Dizzyfugu]

That nose looks surreal... 

Reminds me a bit of the wacky Kfir recce conversion?