Alternate JASDF F-2

[Firefox]

Recently I just discovered that Northrop had a plan for Hornet 2000 and offered or tried to offered to Japan for their then upcoming F-2. That gives me an idea of this what-if. I have a 1/72 F/A-18 lying around and I took the wings from the Rafale of the similar scale. The canards are modified from the horizontal tail of the Hornets. The Hornet looks surprisingly good in delta wing setup.

Completed model in page 2

[AndrewF]

That's a great start.

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice. I remember having seen a similar model, but it just had the original wings and stabilizers swapped.

This actually gave me now an idea for what to do with a bl00dy Revell Eurofighter two-seater which I have as a zombie kit somewhere in the pile.

[Tophe]

I love this dream, and making it plastic is a success!

[AeroplaneDriver]

Yeah, that looks "right".   

[Mossie]

I've wondered about a delta Hornet, looks much better than I thought it would. 

[AeroplaneDriver]

Rafale wings work well to make a lot of "deltas".  I did an F-16 with Rafale wings years ago.  All stashes need a few Rafale just for parts.

[FAR148]

I like it more without the canards. But its Your build.


Very Cool Sir!
Steven 

[DogfighterZen]

 

[AeroplaneDriver]

I like it more without the canards. But its Your build.


Very Cool Sir!
Steven 

I'm not 100% on the canards.  Kinda think smaller ones ahead of the cockpit would look more natural.  Kinda like the Typhoon.

[perttime]

I like it more without the canards. But its Your build.


Very Cool Sir!
Steven 

I'm not 100% on the canards.  Kinda think smaller ones ahead of the cockpit would look more natural.  Kinda like the Typhoon.

I like the canard location. They do look pretty large, though. I wonder if there'd be any disadvantage to making the canards very slim.

[comrade harps]

Funny how adding delta wings to the rear of the fuselage makes a plane look shorter. Or is that just me?

[Old Wombat]

Got no issue with canards, got no issue without, BUT, given how close to the wings they are, I think the canards should be set higher, above the leading edge of the main wing, by quite a bit, really.

[Tophe]

In the whif world, aerodynamics may be just a source of inspiration, not a precise science, serious, oh no...

[Firefox]

made some good progress. I'm too lazy to make curvy camo About the canard, I thought of not putting the canard as I saw how good it looks without one, but I remember seeing the Hornet 2000 have the canards and they are rather big. So, I decided to be 'truthful' to the whiffy