Handley Page Harpy.

[zenrat]

I'll let you do that Mac.  You must have something appropriate in your stash and you could do with starting a new project.   

Finished panelling the underside today.
Lego SOGgy for scale.

Handley Page Harpy WIP 07-04-2022 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Tophe]

 

[NARSES2]

Coming along nicely 

[McColm]

I'll let you do that Mac.  You must have something appropriate in your stash and you could do with starting a new project.   

Finished panelling the underside today.
Lego SOGgy for scale.

Handley Page Harpy WIP 07-04-2022 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

I have the remains of the Italeri 1/72 X/YB-49 Flying Wing which when cut and shut together will form the basis of a new project. Just got to clear some space. 

[McColm]

You mean something like this , underside;



Top view

[The Wooksta!]

That reminds me that I have a pair of YB49s part started tucked away.  One was to be MSG over PRU Blue, but the second may well be anti-flash.

Don't know where I'll keep them though...

[PR19_Kit]

That reminds me that I have a pair of YB49s part started tucked away.  One was to be MSG over PRU Blue, but the second may well be anti-flash.

Don't know where I'll keep them though...

Those Northrop wings do take up a LOT of space! But only span-wise of course.

[The Wooksta!]

Do you remember the pair that Ian Hartup took to the last national at Donnington? He'd literally finished one the night before.

Mike had done a nice job on a Magna Buckingham too. Silver in SEAC markings.

[Wardukw]

The YB49 was a very cool idea and its cool you can get models of it but like Lee said..no idea where'd I'd put it..well come to think of it id build a custom mount so it will sit flush against a wall ..sorted 

[Nick]

I reckon you could do something groovy with the tail from a Victor. Some sort of parasite fighter or drone maybe.

[zenrat]

Hmmm, what if you took a YB-49 and inserted a C-97 fuselage....

Added the first topside panel to the Harpy this morning.  Also glued on the F-106 bang seat so as to help me build a cockpit round it and sort out a canopy.  I had a rummage in my clear parts box and found what I think is a 1/72 vac form Vampire canopy.  Not sure where it came from (possibly with a no transfers two pack of Heller Vampires I got from Jay's in NZ) but it's of the correct vintage and looks the part, albeit on the small side.

[NARSES2]

That reminds me that I have a pair of YB49s part started tucked away.  One was to be MSG over PRU Blue, but the second may well be anti-flash.

I've built a 1/144 version in anti-flash white and it suits it. One of the only 144th scale kits I've built

[McColm]

Hmmm, what if you took a YB-49 and inserted a C-97 fuselage....

Added the first topside panel to the Harpy this morning.  Also glued on the F-106 bang seat so as to help me build a cockpit round it and sort out a canopy.  I had a rummage in my clear parts box and found what I think is a 1/72 vac form Vampire canopy.  Not sure where it came from (possibly with a no transfers two pack of Heller Vampires I got from Jay's in NZ) but it's of the correct vintage and looks the part, albeit on the small side.

If it's the Academy 1/72 C-97,then you could separate the upper fuselage from the lower one shaping both to follow the contors of the YB-49. You could also remove the vertical tail fin, I would use a vacuum kit as it is easier to shape than the plastic kit and if it goes wrong you've got a weapons bay that fits most Lockheed Constellation kits!

[zenrat]

Planking (as I like to think of it) progress on the topside.  You can see the finished outline now.  Note how ill fitting the engine inspection hatches are.  I have a lot of PSR in my future.

Handley Page Harpy WIP 09-04-2022 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[McColm]

I reckon you could do something groovy with the tail from a Victor. Some sort of parasite fighter or drone maybe.

I do have the Airfix Victor, thanks for the idea