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Offline deathjester

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BAe Spectre SR - 1
« on: September 17, 2012, 05:47:24 AM »
Ever wondered why Britain seemingly gave up on the Space Race?  It's because we didn't need to bother - we'd already won it...

Here I present the aircraft the RAF will never admit to having, to the extent of basing them at Ascension Island, far away from eagle - eyed planespotters, and blaming sightings on American cover ups.  Ladies and Gentlemen, let me lift the veil on the BAe Spectre Strategic Reconnaisance aircraft...

 





The Model:

This is a little 1/300?  scale Concorde I picked up a while ago, with the intention of creating a Concorde bomber.  Of course, this was precisely two days before everyone started posted pics of their Bombcorde builds!  Ho hum, back to the old drawing board.  Then, I thought of what no one else seemed to have envisioned - a spaceplane!

So, I replaced the nose with a spare part from the spares box, popped the engines atop the wings, and gave her a NASA space shuttle scheme... 
 
 
 

Offline raafif

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Re: BAe Spectre SR - 1
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2012, 06:08:16 AM »
nice one :)
          Always thought the wing on Concorde was up-side-down on the real thing - you got it the right way up ;)

Offline ChrisF

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Re: BAe Spectre SR - 1
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2012, 07:18:39 AM »
I love it !

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Re: BAe Spectre SR - 1
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2012, 08:27:29 AM »
That's very cool!
Gary

Offline elmayerle

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Re: BAe Spectre SR - 1
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2012, 10:39:24 AM »
Bloody gorgeous!!  I like the idea of basing them well away from prying eyes, cameras, etc.

Offline Brian da Basher

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Re: BAe Spectre SR - 1
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2012, 04:04:15 AM »
Wow that's gotta be one of the best uses for a Concorde I've seen yet!

You really turned the kit on its ear and with excellent results!

Brian da Basher

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Re: BAe Spectre SR - 1
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2012, 04:53:41 PM »
 :)
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

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