General Discussion

[Gondor]

I'm thinking a South Seas Harrier GR1 from an idea that popped up in a conversation over a cup of tea this morning. I have a Hasagawa GR1 in the stash...

Won't the grass skirts catch fire?

Gondor

[Leading Observer]

I'm thinking a South Seas Harrier GR1 from an idea that popped up in a conversation over a cup of tea this morning. I have a Hasagawa GR1 in the stash...

Won't the grass skirts catch fire?

Gondor

There would of course be a seperate contract for fire resistent grass with a healthy R&D budget

[scooter]

I'm thinking a South Seas Harrier GR1 from an idea that popped up in a conversation over a cup of tea this morning. I have a Hasagawa GR1 in the stash...

Won't the grass skirts catch fire?

Gondor

Not if it's this Harrier

[Doug K]

I have an AV8B which might end up with a Sea Harrier FA2 radome.... If I can find one.

[Gondor]

I have an AV8B which might end up with a Sea Harrier FA2 radome.... If I can find one.

When I had a go at that I used the rear of a 1/48 Gun Pod on the 1/72 Harrier. And just because I had a go at building something simmilar does not mean that you can't.

Gondor

[McColm]

Building something that hasn't been done before is going to be difficult, no doubt some of the whiffs will look very similar with your own style on these.
I'm thinking outside of the box, jet engines have been used to power locomotives before. I think Dapol/Kitmaster is worth looking at again!
A jet fighter powered  rail sledge, I mean they would have had to test the engines and see whether or not the fuselage was streamlined before the wings were fitted.

[zenrat]

I dug out the Airfix Buccaneer today.  The Eduard resin Exocets were already in the box plus an Eduard coloured PE set I had forgotten i'd bought.
I think this will be the first one i'll start.

[mexchiwa]

Apropos of nothing - the original A-6 Intruder had rotatable nozzles, for better take-off performance.

How about something like that for the Bucc (or Jag) with Harrier nozzles?

[PR19_Kit]

Why not?

All perfectly acceptable.

[Vulcan7]

I have two Matchbox Buccaneers, but only one canopy between them  ....what to do?   

[NARSES2]

Right off and running lads, enjoy yourselves 

[PR19_Kit]

I have two Matchbox Buccaneers, but only one canopy between them  ....what to do?   

Build a drone Buccaneer, simples.

[Weaver]

Has anybody considered the possibility of a VTOL Jaguar - and, if any parts are left over, a CTOL Harrier?

Yes. There was one offered to AST.396 in the early '80s(?) It had clang-box diverters between the turbines and the afterburners that diverted the flow into two Harrier-style nozzles on the sides of the rear fuselage, and two vertical lift engines behind the cockpit. It's in one of the BSP books.

[Weaver]

Sit down: I might have a go at this one.

Since I quit work and focussed on sorting out my aunt's house, my evenings are generally proving to be free, and there's only so many Youtube reaction videos of 20-somethings crying over Saving Private Ryan that even a sadist like me can watch...

Options, all of which fit into pre-existing story arcs in my head:

1. Luftwaffe Harrier.
They took part in the Kestrel evaluation and in this timeline, they bought it to replace their G.91s instead of the Alpha Jet.
I can do this with what I've got, I think, using a new-tool Airfix Harrier GR.1 and G.91R decals from either an Airfix G.91 sheet in my spares box or robbed from a Meng kit.

2. Marineflieger Buccaneer.
The UK made a laughably amateurish attempt to sell the Bucc to the German Navy in real life. In this timeline they did a better job and/or Lockheed's "salesmanship" re the F-104 got exposed earlier. The MFG ones would have straight bomb bay doors (generally with fuel in the bay), no refuelling probe, non-folding wings, 4 x Kormorans and two extra outboard wing pylons, usually carrying a Sidewinder and an ECM pod.
I've got RN and RAF boxings of the new-tool Bucc, and all the stores. I'd need to buy some decals though.

3. Canadian Jaguar.
The idea here is that a more European-oriented Canada joins the Jaguar programme to get a rapidly deployable aircraft to meet their NATO commitment to reinforce Norway, a requirement that was met in real life by the F-5A/B (CF-116).
This would need some spending. I thought I had an Airfix Jaguar going spare, but damned if I can find it. I also thought I had a Matchbox CF-116: found that, but all the Canadian decals are missing... As it is, I've got a couple of crappy Matchbox Jags and an Italeri two-seater that was bought as a parts dpnor for another project.

[kerick]

1. Since the RAF Harriers were based in Germany all the time this would make perfect sense.

2. Likewise, German Navy Buccs would have made much more sense than F-104s for clearing out the Baltic.

3. Canadian Jaguars just sound awesome!