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Booltonpol F.122B
« on: December 29, 2017, 10:08:53 PM »
I have been interested by Unicraft twin-boom P.122 rocket fighter at http://www.unicraft.biz/on/bp122/bp122.htm
and I got it for Christmas:
(from my Mini-Miraj topic http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7650.0 :)
- the Novo kit was sent by Unicraft kits in Ukraine, thanks (with a Boulton-Paul resin kit I will show later, and a MiG-3 vacform-like model).



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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2017, 10:10:43 PM »
My what-if project from it (even if the P.122 project is already a what-if-built-for-Real) is:
-   having the fins becoming tailplanes (horizontal, not vertical)
-   having the tailplane becoming foreplane (in a triplex-boom layout somehow)
-   adding fins from the Novo Mirage III tanks (vertical, not horizontal) at wingtips


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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2017, 04:03:57 PM »
Here is the project principle of mine (on a Lightning basis below):

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2017, 09:30:54 PM »
Your boundless imagination has been working overtime recently, mon ami!

You certainly spotted the perfect kit to use as a base for this wonderful concept, Tophe!

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2018, 07:32:51 PM »
Thanks.
The build is starting:

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2018, 10:27:07 PM »
There will be putty-sanding-repeat work...
(As I am almost unable to use the thermoformed canopy, I used an extra canopy from my injected P-51D kit)

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2018, 02:34:24 AM »
That's a nice dose of PSR there, mon ami!

You're a very brave soul and I'm sure your past experience will help you prevail through all that sanding.

Watching with interest,

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2018, 08:55:01 PM »

good work ! courage !

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2018, 10:58:40 PM »
Thanks. Sanding is delayed because I have no more sand paper, and sunday shops are closed here.

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2018, 07:16:51 PM »
Advancing:

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2018, 08:06:36 PM »
I hesitate about the pod/fuselage position, it may be far rear without being ridiculous... (this will be decided soon)

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2018, 07:18:10 PM »
Gluing is completed, and painting has started:

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2018, 07:35:20 PM »
Interesting configuration.  Of course that kind of thing happens at BTS.  Keep going, keep posting !

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2018, 09:26:15 PM »

astonishing indeed

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2018, 01:38:54 AM »
Yet another delightful concept from the Tophe Whiff Factory!

Great stuff, mon ami! Love the creative configuration!

Will look forward to your next update.

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2018, 12:33:19 AM »
Thanks! The side above is painted also (the canopy will be black, not clear):

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2018, 06:18:14 AM »
Great stuff!

... the canopy will be black ...

Or, you could make it a high-speed Geo Mapping UAV ... the 'canopy' becomes a radome, the canards are now at the top of the fuselage  ;)
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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2018, 09:37:10 AM »
... the canopy will be black ...
Or, you could make it a high-speed Geo Mapping UAV ... the 'canopy' becomes a radome, the canards are now at the top of the fuselage  ;)
Thanks for this idea, but I think I will not follow it: I personally prefer my models to be birds with eyes/personality, they are not raw machines to kill or make money. I made an effort in drawings for the unmanned GB but I will not do that with long-to-build models, sorry. ??? ;)

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2018, 01:55:50 AM »
The Booltonpol F.122B is now finished!

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2018, 01:10:07 PM »
And the same, from different angles (the 28th Unicraft model of mine):

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2018, 04:15:37 PM »
stunning !

the 4 pictures go well together : they look like a star  ;)

and the fact that you make Unicraft models, which are really not easy, is exceptional !

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2018, 05:04:33 PM »
Unusual (well this is BTS) but does work.  Glad to see you did build. :smiley:
Can spark ideas for others to kit bash.

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2018, 06:31:14 PM »
Actually it's a really interesting concept,
Alex

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Re: Booltonpol F.122B
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2018, 10:57:33 PM »
Wow what a delightful, wonderful and thought-provoking model, mon ami!

Looks perfect with that tinted canopy too. A lovely objet d'art!

Well done Tophe!

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