Love those very rare low-viz Portuguese markings too!
Brian da Basher
Ya, very rare indeed. I wish the PoAF would use them more, a few of their Vipers had the Lo-viz scheme during a short while, just during a NATO exercise back in 2009...
That's outstanding modelling! They all look amazing, but that Gnat is especially pretty!
Little bugger came out better than i expected, used the RW "Asas de Portugal scheme" used on their T-37's scheme, just tweaked it a bit. I'm not one of many colors but that was a good change of pace from all the gray tones...
Wow! So much input in one installment is quite impressive.
Like what you did with that old Testor's MiG-37 kit as it is a vast improvement over the original.
I had something like that in mind since i bought the kit, never really liked the look of the nose and wings. Still, if i was building it now, some things would be different, might have to buy another one to try out the new ideas.
Bit overwhelmed and enjoying it. All are finished super well.
Gotta take time to browse slowly, let pictures sink in.
Glad you like them, mate.
Hi there
I know them from the other forum,but when I see them all together is even more impressive...great builds...just great !
Thanks! Yep, i have them there too but it's a bit easier to have it all in one thread here, easier to find then spread out in different threads.
Beautiful new models you've added here. Tell me, when the British MoD disposed of their Harrier fleet early, did Portugal pick up any "near new" ones to augment their fleet?
That would be a very good option, even if it was only for spares. I still have the Hasegawa 1/72 AV-8B+ for the Portuguese Marines too. Because of that build, met a couple of real world Marines who told me that, although impossible in reality, they'd loved to see that happen cause both the Harrier and A-10 are 2 of the most respected by all Portuguese Marines. Still, like me, they also believe that an F-35B would be the way to go in the future. When the system is fully operational, i believe it will be as good as they say it will.
This latest stuff is absolutely beautiful, though the YF-23 #2 is definitely a whiff as the YF-23 without vectoring was more agile than the YF-22 with it, according to the flight test summaries I've seen; Northrop lost the competition on the management side, not the technical side.
I love that F-16W and look to apply at least some aspects of it to something similar.
That's the question that started that whole idea, i've read articles that spoke of the YF-23 being faster but not being as agile as the -22 in post stall regime and sustained turning rate... and even the Northrop guys say in the "Web of secrecy" doc, that they went for speed and stealth and Lockheed went for agility with the more conservative layout...
Then, you listen to Paul Metz and he says it was as good or better than the -22... also, i've always liked 4 poster design aircraft and i'd never seen the YF-23 like that before so, it was the obvious choice.
Imagine the Northrop engineers going: "So they wanna dogfight, huh? Let's give'm what they want..."
I've also read about the decision being about the management and that the US gov didn't trust Northrop because of the B-2 program and it's problems.
The YF-23 would also need a lot of work like the Raptor, as you surely know, the proposed F-23A design was so different. There's one being built on the ARC forum, the guy's using the 1/48 Hobbyboss kit, quite a surgery to get it up to the production design. Much respect for that brave and talented modeler.
Re the F-16W, i still consider it my best so far...
I'm going to build a few more twin tail Vipers, wanna build the YF-16 and the rest of the variants using the "What if the 401F-3 configuration was chosen?" excuse...
Please get that Viper going, the world needs more Viper whifs!
Some great work there.
So much whiffery goodness on display here!
Thank you all for your generous words, gentlemen, much appreciated!
Glad to know you like the bunch, i've been having a load of fun whiffing, haven't built a real world model in the last 2 years.
Next will be another Viper and a Raptor... the Raptor is the Revell 1/72 kit in flight mode and OOB with a whif paint job and markings.
The Viper is the Hasegawa 1/72 F-16E with some extras like F-2A control surfaces, an LOAN/ AVEN hybrid and a DSI. Imagine that the F-16E/F were developed from the Agile Falcon concept? Not the original design for the Agile Falcon, no widened or stretched fuselage, just new wings and horizontal stabs.
IMHO, the F-2A missed the purpose of the idea, why make it heavier if they didn't have a more powerful engine? Obviously, the mission requirement is different from the F-16's in USAF use so agility improvement was probably secondary, not a priority, i guess... but still, i've never really liked the F-2A as much as i like the regular Viper, the F-2A's nose is horrible, so is the canopy, and the stretched fuselage simply looks too long... but that's just my opinion, of course... but, enough words, i'll give you something to look at...
Shouldn't take too long to finish now...
Zen