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IAI Lavi 1/48 in-service middle 20-teens

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ssdunkel@me.com

May 26, 2021, 07:47:48 PM
Ok, here we go. I have wanted to do this for quite some time.

What if the IAI Lavi had not been killed by politics in the early 80's. What if the F-16, due to continued glitches in it's FBW system, was not the export success that it is today???

Here we go: IDF, 2015-ish offensive against the Syrian / Russian Air Force, sends it's Lavi "C" fighters into the fray, against SU-27-ish aircraft, in the skies above the Golan Heights, to defend the border... 

Ok, the base for this What-If is the Trumpeter J-10B. Imagine that the Lavi "C" was a lengthened, heavier version of the small-ish lightweight, fighter that IAI had dreamed up. Powered by the ubiquitous F110 engine and lengthened by a few feet.... and so it begins...

kerick

#1
May 26, 2021, 08:07:54 PM
Sounds interesting!
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comrade harps

#2
May 27, 2021, 02:12:29 AM
I like the sound of this.  :thumbsup:
Whatever.

Pellson

#4
June 03, 2021, 02:22:53 PM
Oough!! That's impressive!!  :thumbsup:
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

NARSES2

#6
June 04, 2021, 02:45:25 AM
Quote from: Pellson on June 03, 2021, 02:22:53 PM
Oough!! That's impressive!!  :thumbsup:

Very much so  :thumbsup:
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Gondor

#7
June 04, 2021, 03:08:49 AM
That's a lot of different short range missiles, looks good though  :thumbsup:

Gondor
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I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Scotaidh

#9
June 04, 2021, 11:21:11 AM
Very nice!   :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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#10
June 05, 2021, 03:20:35 AM
Very nice indeed!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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ssdunkel@me.com

#11
June 05, 2021, 07:42:56 AM
Quote from: Gondor on June 04, 2021, 03:08:49 AM
That's a lot of different short range missiles, looks good though  :thumbsup:

Gondor

LOL yes it is! I suppose the IDF likes a good dogfight...

Firefox

#12
June 06, 2021, 12:50:21 AM
Very nice model!  :thumbsup: It's a shame that Lavi didn't make it in real life

ssdunkel@me.com

#13
June 08, 2021, 07:00:05 PM
SHE'S DONE!!!!!

Have a look!!!



















Hope you all enjoyed this build as much as I did!!!!

Thank you for looking, keep an eye out for an update on the F-36 King Snake next!!!

Old Wombat

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June 08, 2021, 08:06:39 PM Last Edit: June 09, 2021, 05:42:44 PM by Old Wombat
Nice! :thumbsup:

Just imagine a volley of all those different missiles coming at you, with their different performance spec's & their different radar/IR sensors, & trying to jam/evade them all. :o
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

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