Hornet / Mirage Hybrid #5

[John Howling Mouse]

Yeah...never noticed how looooooooooong the Hornet's nose was before.

And, yet, very well suited for this kitbash concept!

[Eddie M.]

Yeah...never noticed how looooooooooong the Hornet's nose was before.

And, yet, very well suited for this kitbash concept!

You just brought back a memory from my Navy days. Before I was in Crash&Salvage, I was a tractor driver. Some of the tractors didn't have huffers on the them. Because they were shorter, they were called Bobtails. If you were parking a Hornet, watch out! Since your eyes are glued to the yellowshirt, you can't see that big nose coming from your blind side and WHAM, right acrosss the brain bucket.  
   Eddie
Bobtails pulling the wire

Here's the nose clearance with the huffer. Not much room to play with.

[Eddie M.]

Finally, I have gotten to the point where I can quit fiddle farting with the body and say this is the final configuration. Now to the landing gear and beyond....
    Eddie

[nev]

mmm...futuristic!    

[BlackOps]

It's alright I guess


Looks great, sorta taken on that Sci-Fi kinda feel like any cutting edge new aircraft should.



Jeff G.

[Eddie M.]

After looking at it for a while, I decided that that the fins on either side of the vertical stab were a bit distracting, so they're gone. ^_^ I'll save those for another project.
   Eddie

[John Howling Mouse]

I like the revision better.

 

[Ollie]

Me too!

   

[Eddie M.]

Thanks JHM and Ollie. Someone at FSM suggested canting the canards down a bit. What do y'all think?
   Eddie

[Jeffry Fontaine]

The forward fuselage of the Hornet mated to the back end of the Mirage certainly makes for an interesting combination and with the removal of the forward wing fairings it gives it a very nice look indeed.  Actually had me wondering what mating a two seater Hornet to a Mirage IV to give it a new lease on life...

[Ollie]

Canting the canards, eh?

Try it for the heck of it.  If it wasn't of those intakes, I'd put them further out on the nose too.

 

[John Howling Mouse]

Canting the canards, eh?

Try it for the heck of it.  If it wasn't of those intakes, I'd put them further out on the nose too.

Yep, what he said.    

[Eddie M.]

I've been doing a lot of filling and sanding lately. One change I did make was to add height to the vertical stab. The addition came from the B-52 vert. stab on my Old Dog project.  To me, it balances everthing out. I didn't cant the canards because it would have been too much of a design change and I am trying to move forward with this project. First round of puttying is done and one more to go.      
   Eddie

[BlackOps]

I don't know how big it really is but it "feels" huge. Very ominous looking.  It begs for a nice Star command type paintjob.



Jeff G.

[John Howling Mouse]

You should find out if anyone's doing a Captain Scarlet remake!