Rafale - Paint done

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Yep fourth 'What If' Rafale, and as this is written no idea t all how it will look at the end of the process !






Is the Brotherhood of the Rafale reborn ? - Who can say.

Ian.

[Tophe]

no idea t all how it will look at the end of the process !

Maybe the fuselage will be replaced by the coffee cup, no?

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

no idea t all how it will look at the end of the process !

Maybe the fuselage will be replaced by the coffee cup, no?

Pretty sure that isn't how this one will end-up, Christophe 

Ian.

[chrisonord]

Looking forward to seeing what you do Ian, I have done three wiff Rafale's, and have another in the stash. I didn't really like them to begin with, but they grew on me.
Chris

[Army of One]

I saw one of these (single seat) made up as a RNZAF replacement for the A4....looked great

[Tophe]

no idea t all how it will look at the end of the process !

Maybe the fuselage will be replaced by the coffee cup, no?

Pretty sure that isn't how this one will end-up, Christophe 

Yes, I was just joking.
While... years ago I made a rather crazy Rafale: biplane twin-plane:
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,36125.0.html

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

I saw one of these (single seat) made up as a RNZAF replacement for the A4....looked great

Nahhhh they got that wrong, the A-4 replacement was always going to be the AMX !!



Ian.

[Scotaidh]

Ian, have you thought about switching the wings - moving the wing forward and making the canards be horizontal stabilizers?  I don't think anyone's done that .... yet. 

[Dizzyfugu]

I did such a stunt on a (navalized) Gripen, and it looked cool! Should work with a Rafale, too.


1:72 SABRA AF-2A Grifo; "(N-30)21", Marinha do Brasil's VF-2 'Arqueiros', São Pedro da Aldeia AB, on board of NAe São Paulo (A 12), 2019 (Whif/Italeri kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

With the exception of the cockpit, all the sub-assemblies are in place.



And as usual there is a yawning chasm betwixt the intakes and the lower fuselage, and on the chine below the cockpit... Yaaayyy 




Ian.

[PolluxDeltaSeven]

Cant wait to see the result !  Do you have links To your first 3 Rafale whifs ?  I did not find them

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Not any more.... last one (Greek single seater) was six years ago - I recently re-found the model and did some new photos, if anyone is interested I will throw them into this thread.




Ian.

[PR19_Kit]

Not any more.... last one (Greek single seater) was six years ago - I recently re-found the model and did some new photos, if anyone is interested I will throw them into this thread.

Ian.

Of COURSE we're interested in seeing another 'Ian masterpiece'!

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Pit painted and installed:









Next, getting the (reluctant) fuselage halves together... 

Stay tuned, best from NZ.

Ian.

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Quick and dirty phone photo:

Well it's together and there's a shed-load of filling and blending under that surfacer coat, but it is now ready for primer.




Thanks for looking and commenting so far - have a great weekend everyone.

Ian.