F/A-18G needs a role?

[K5054NZ]

G'day all
Well she started out as Italeri's 1:72 F/A-18E (I think) Super Hornet, but I decided to copy the Hornetski (copy of a copy?)....the idea fell through as MiG-29 wings are much smaller than a Hornet's....


Which got me thinking....who said it needed to be a wing? Why not get rid of those ugly twin canted fins and replace 'em with a single big one?

Question answered.




The fin came from Italeri's MiG-29 Fulcrum....unsure of subtype, but single seater. THAT airframe is now stripped of all appendages but the right horiz stab, so I'll do it up as some sort of scrapyard thing.

[Geoff_B]

The F-18G Growler is just entering service with the USN as the Prowler replacemant Zac so you'll need to go further down the alphabet for a suitavle letter.

As for the single fin variant, try F-18L and revise the U/C, remover the wing fold lines and make it a land based variant, possible even a Wild Weasel.

G

[PolluxDeltaSeven]

Well Zac!! It's strange to see a Hornet like that, but not as strange as a real Tornado!!  

I vote for Wild Weasel of course!! And I think a land based version could be a good idea to replace the EF-111... And if you erase the fold lines, as Thorvic said, you could have a cuople of missile's pylons

Your idea with the srcatched tail sounds good to me... I thing that the Mig's wing only needs some scratch to looks like a tailplan: some antennas, maybe a big hump at the top (like on the Rafale or the EA-6, or even EF-111), and maybe a little air-intake at the base of the tail, like on the Tornado, Typhoon and Rafale A.

If you go for a land based version, a new landing gear could be done, with this one of the F-15 or the F-111 I think.

[Ollie]

Keep the two fins, and add a belly tank to make the plane a proper firebomber!


 

[Tophe]

Keep the two fins, and add a belly tank to make the plane a proper firebomber!

I approve the firebomber idea, but I approve the single fin, as more different F-18...  

[Captain Canada]

add loads and loads of dumb bombs...do her up as a linebacker type as the 'war' in Iraq gets more and more desperate ( or was that 'ridiculous' ? )

[K5054NZ]

F/A-18L it is - thanks for pointing that out Geoff - and Wild Weasel was in my head from the outset. I have a Hasegawa WW Thud that I'm steadily dissasembling so I'll nick the weapons from that.

Wild Weasel forever! Imagine a WW Typhoon...as in Eurofighter....but then again, maybe Hawker.... B)  

[SinUnNombre]

Zac, I put to do your single-finned Hornet as a wild weasel, since that seems most likely. Also, I've got a great idea on how you can do the left over Fulcrum:
http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge...ed%20MiG-25.jpg

Jon

[Brian da Basher]

Zac that's looking great! Just please don't load it with "dumb bombs" because I'm sure they'd target my house.  

Brian da Basher

P.S. I voted Ground Attack just 'cuz I love the camo schemes!

[K5054NZ]

Okay, Jon, THANK YOU once again. You have inspired me!

Don't worry Bri, it'll be a Wild Weasel...you don't have any pets do you?    

[Brian da Basher]

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Don't worry Bri, it'll be a Wild Weasel...you don't have any pets do you?  

Just the odd girlfriend now and then Zac!

Brian da Basher

[K5054NZ]

Well if you need a hand just call Yates Aviation's Fox Works, and we'll deal with the problem!