Canavia Tornanard (finished page 2)

[Tophe]

After my canard low-wing Harrier, I am now preparing to build a canard Tornado (also from Revell 1/144 kit).
The tailplanes will become foreplanes, the fin will come forward and the tail will disappear.
Probably it will be a single seater.
Maybe it will have low wing, not GV, I am not sure yet.
Depending on the plastic aspect, it will be a rocket plane without air intakes or "normal" for this part (apart of the very short length for turbojets without tail).
I have received the kit but not opened it yet.

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Here are the kit box and parts. The box aspect of the fuselage means this will stay a turbojet plane (not rocket plane discarding air intakes).

[kerick]

This should be fun!

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Thanks!

Maybe it will have low wing, not GV, I am not sure yet.

Uh, I was using GV for the French "Géométrie Variable" but in English this is VG (Variable Geometry), sorry.

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After the first drops of glue, the final project appears: I will remove the turbojet box (that was the fuselage main part), for a very very short rocket plane. There will be no room for the fin on the centerline so maybe laterally (asymmetric)?

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for a very very short rocket plane. There will be no room for the fin on the centerline so maybe laterally (asymmetric)?

The principle for length and fin will ne inspired by this Mirage I drew a long time ago:

+ canard and no air intakes on the Tornanard

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First putty to close the rear of what is now "the complete fuselage"... 

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This so small fuselage, so narrow, was not big enough for the normal wing, the normal jet exhaust couple, so I had to cut these parts... 

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3 steps of update:
1/ As this will be a single seater, the central fin seems possible at last
2/ Gluing fin and wings gives a satisfying result but there is no room enough for the "foreplanes", letting it as tailless?
3/ At last, the foreplanes chord has been cut away (reduced) then these foreplanes have been glued on.

[kerick]

That looks really cool! I suggest some bright colors for a paint scheme. Maybe an air show team.

[Tophe]

Thanks!
I am not able to make a complex painting, on a so small model (less than a finger size)...
Usually I paint all sky blue unicolor but you are right I may use instead yellow color that was provided in a Revell kit years ago.

[Tophe]

a so small model (less than a finger size)...

Look:

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Painting the underside (an angle from which the model will never be seen when completed):

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First layer of paint on the side above, now a single seater:

[ericr]

it does indeed look like a race vehicle