Rockwell FB-115 "Dagger"

[K5054NZ]

Yup, here it is. At long last. A scant few lines in an old paperback have inspired a model. By a New Zealander. Who's 18.



B) Zac strikes again.



"......and a large aircraft that looked a lot like a smaller version of the B-1, with its wings pulled back to its fully swept high-speed setting......"
"The unusual B-1 lookalike had moved its wings up from its full aft-sweep position to a forward-swept position like the XF-29 fighter's high-manoeuvrability wings. The amazing hybrid plane then pulled up out of the formation, lit its twin afterburners with a rolling boom and did a spectacular climbing roll, accelerating quickly out of sight.
"'The new XFB-5 tracer,' Elliot said in a low voice. 'First generation, designed for strategic escort-duties like the Megafortress. We combined the technology of the F-29 and the B-1 and came up with a plane that's twice as good as the sum of its parts. It's as fast and agile as a fighter, but with almost the same payload and power as a supersonic bomber.'"*



If there was ever a better use for a $5 bomber then I'm yet to find it. I'll be adding a few components Mr Brown "conveniently" forgot to mention.......V-tail, retractable canard foreplanes, and ECM spine near the tail.


Comments please! Much appreciated. I'd like to say this model was the very first I have done in our new place. Consider my very first dedicated model room christened. B)





*Day Of The Cheetah by Dale Brown, Grafton Books 1990

[AeroplaneDriver]

Yowza!  

Sweet looking plane Zac!

[K5054NZ]

^_^ It'll be sweeter when it's done, Nick, just you watch!

[Brian da Basher]

Those forward swept wings really make that one eye-catching Zac!

Watching with interest,
Brian da Basher

[Scooterman]

Hmm interesting.......(Scooterman says while comparing Zacs pics and his 1/48 Revellogram kit)

[Shasper]

Screw 48th!


Great job Zac!



Shas B)  

[Eddie M.]

I REALLY like this concept. I'll be watching this with anticipation. Good job!
   Eddie
For your sig, how 'bout," Why settle for a McDonald Douglas Phantom when you can have a Malcolm McDowell Phantom"  

[The Rat]

Forward...

swept...

wings...

are...

MEGACOOL!!!

 

[K5054NZ]

  Dave, I think so too!


Great idea Ed, I'll do that! BTW, I'll be posting a coupla more pics in a minute or two - canards, tails and engines are on!

[K5054NZ]

Well, it's all over bar the exhausts and paint, but here's some more pics of the Dagger. Enjoy.


















1:48? YOU'RE INSANE! But good luck! ^_^  

[Brian da Basher]

Wow Zac what you've done with that is simply fantastic! I love the V-tail, the forward swept wings and the canards! I can't wait to see the paintjob!

I'm not much of a jet guy, but the things I see on this forum could almost make me reconsider.

Brian da Basher

P.S. Ooh I just noticed I've been "targeted for assasination by JMNs". That'll make the friend of mine who's on my life insurance happy. Actually, I'm rather surprised he hasn't taken out a contract on me himself so he can collect.  

[The Rat]

Zac, this is beeeeeyooooootiful!        

[lancer]

Nice Zac, very very nice. Well done young Hobbit.

[K5054NZ]

Thanks guys. No idea yet on the paintwork, but, well, no idea at all actually. At all. I'm open to suggestions though.

[Brian da Basher]

Classic black is nice. Actually here's something I'm thinking of using on my radial-engined He-112 since the plastic is dark green like on your Dagger: Tamiya Dark Green and Tamiya Sky (which is dark enough to compliment it nicely) and possibly a third color yet to be named...maybe VVS green or something similar. I usually choose a camo pattern after I've decided on decals. Just seems to make things easier for me.

Brian da Basher