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Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« on: February 07, 2013, 02:25:07 AM »
Hi folks,

A dedicated thread for your Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration.

And if this isn't inspiration (to take up knitting...), then nothing will be:



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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2013, 02:55:02 AM »
That's a gorgeously done model.  I've got a few F-103s to build, in both 1/144 and 1/72 and I'll probably go with different missile fits based on the data from the hardcopy article that appeared in APR.

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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2013, 03:01:57 AM »
I should also note that I'm looking to model it's more conventional sibling, the Republic AP-75, using cloned aero-surfaces from the F-103 and bits from 1/72 and 1/48 F-105s.

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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2013, 05:52:53 AM »
every husband's dream ...... an ejection seat for the mother-in-law ! ;)

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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2013, 06:08:56 AM »
every husband's dream ...... an ejection seat for the mother-in-law ! ;)
Like James Bond's Aston-Martin DB5 in, I think it was, Goldfinger?  There've been a few times I've wanted to do that with my MiL.

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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2013, 06:49:02 AM »
Another 1/48 F-103 done by the late great Phil "Bondo" Brandt.



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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2013, 01:04:51 PM »
Without clicking on the link, I suspected it was by a Russian modeler. The attention to detail is amazing.

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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2013, 02:39:13 PM »
Won't it need a runway longer than Delaware?
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2013, 05:04:56 AM »
Republic did propose recon and NASA testbed variants. 

I am toying with doing one of those along with possibly either a Canadian or West German one.
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2013, 06:06:14 AM »
Would I be correct in presuming that the recon version put the recce gear in place of the missile bays?  It's the only location I can think of.

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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2013, 07:04:25 AM »
Can't recall.  Will check references once I return home.
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2013, 07:05:23 AM »
Hmmm...another random idea:  Russian one
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2013, 07:11:38 AM »
Hmmm...another random idea:  Russian one
With a simple variable axi-symmetric nozzle instead of some of the fanciness proposed for the F-103.  Perhaps also give it a drooping nose in place of the periscope?

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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2013, 07:13:31 AM »
Well a drooping nose was one configuration studied by Republic.
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2020, 03:25:29 AM »
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2023, 01:49:52 AM »
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Re: Republic XF-103 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2023, 06:12:12 AM »
Would love  :-*  to have seen those taking off from McChord AFB as I did the F-102 and F-106.
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