The LHC Group Build - General Discussion

[The Wooksta!]

Matchbox definitely.  The trenchlike panel lines and the too fat nose give it away.

[AeroplaneDriver]

LOVE the Hunter Space Fighter...really has my mental wheels turning.   

[kerick]

I've always had a running backstory in the deepest parts of my brain about an alien civilization "collecting" our used aircraft, converting them to space capable fighters and using them to fight off some "Ming the Merciless" type of bad guys. All we know at first is that old aircraft keep disappearing from boneyards around the world. Big plot holes but oh well, Hollywood can do worse!

[PR19_Kit]

Big plot holes but oh well, Hollywood can do worse!

And have done, frequently! 

[philp]

Awesome looking build.

[kerick]

Thanks! I've had it for so long I've considered scrapping it but I guess not! It needs cleaning and to be put back on the shelf.

[Dizzyfugu]

And I recognize missile launchers from a Dougram mecha kit on the wings! 

[ericr]

The rules say the model '....must be based on....', but it doesn't say how MUCH of the model should be an L, H, or C.

See for instance the blue mix by ericr:
Heinkel 111 fuselage and internal wing, Camberra jets and external wings
would that have been OK for this GB if made later in July instead of May-June?

I have unfortunately no more Canberra on my stash, I just used the last one
but I can share past attempts, as others do, for inspiration and potential improvements
like for example these :

[Tophe]

  Wonderful! And this is a great inspiration for other ones, thanks!

[zenrat]

Here's a couple of mine.

De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk44 5 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

English Electric Lightning F2-J 2 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[PR19_Kit]

I specially like the yellow turbo-prop one. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Me too. Had a conceptually similar idea some time ago, but no Canberra in The Stash - I shy away from this project because of its eventual size, it has to end up somewhere... 

[McColm]

Can I use the B-57 in this GB ?

[The Wooksta!]

Don't see why not, it's a base Canberra airframe and called a Canberra by the US.

[AeroplaneDriver]

I forgot just how many Hunter Whifs I've done over the years.  Mostly just paint and markings but a couple with a drop-tank nose grafted on to made a radar-nose Hunter and most recently (a year ago for the OWGB) a full "Super Hunter" using Colin's radar nose and supersonic wing/tail/afterburner sets. 















Kits are all Revell 1/72 except for the Japanese and USAF SEA Camo ones, which are Academy 1/48.