Handley Page Harpy.

[Old Wombat]

Nope, doesn't do it for me.

[Tophe]

In France, we say "des goûts et des couleurs..." meaning "concerning tastes and colours (and shapes) it is impossible to get unanimity..."

[Rheged]

Interim opinion:-  This is looking most interesting!!  Looking forward to the final result.

[Wardukw]

Im with Fred on this..i like the blunt nose ..the spine is a good idea..balances the look and profiles the wings better and tones the cockpit with the upper fuselage very nicely.
Not everything has to have a point or a nose.

[DogfighterZen]

The spine is a great addition!

Hope Fred will forgive me for this manip...


PS: this is not a radar nose!

That's exactly what i was thinking of, keeping it flat and small, just following the lines of the wings' leading edge. But i do like it with the blunt nose anyway. The spine really smoothed things up quite a bit.

[Tophe]

On the contrary, I have seen interesting flat noses (not pointy) on aircraft, weird but very possible:
- SAAB Lx, see http://www.unicraft.biz/on/saab-lx/saab-lx.htm
- what-if dream see https://www.pinterest.com/pin/29766047526781645/
But the modeller will decide for his own model of course.

[zenrat]

Thanks for that treatment Zero-Sen, it confirms my thoughts.
All the design decisions I have made have been solely base on aesthetics.  If anyone wants to apply practicalities to this design then they are free to build their own.  It's not a complicated recipe, Lindberg Victors are easy to come by.

I finished panelling the spine today.  Once the glue has set I can sand it down and then the application of putty will begin.

[NARSES2]

The blunt nose works for me  A fair few flying wing proposals from the 40's or so had blunt noses, so there are precedents.

[Wardukw]

A B2 Stealth Bomber with a nose poking out the front..god no..sharp point yes ..YB-49 ..blunt nose..very nice ..some aircraft work with a nose and others dont..Freds bird is a dont..
Besides it would look funky as hell with a dome on the nose and it wouldnt be long before the crews called it a pimple.not a good thing for the planes self esteem 

[zenrat]

Pointy nose may work with Vulcan wings.

[Wardukw]

Agreed Freddy mate..the Vulcan is already pointed with the delta shape and a nose would work fine.

[zenrat]

Started sanding the spine today.
Stopped when I hit soft plastic.  It needs more time to harden.
While sorting left over parts from Milhouse into parts boxes I found a small radar nose shaped part and offered it up on the Harpy.
It looked ridiculous.

[Tophe]

Yes no need of radar nose.
Keep faith for the rest... not easy but I think it is worth for this hard work going on.

[Steel Penguin]

not quite the " i knew to stop sanding when the swarf changed colour" but close 
and looking forward to the next set of photos,  its looking good so far 

[zenrat]

No deadline for this one so no need to rush.