Author Topic: What-If 72nd Scale DC-9 Clandestine Cargo Aircraft WIP  (Read 2401 times)

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Re: What-If 72nd Scale DC-9 Clandestine Cargo Aircraft WIP
« Reply #25 on: February 28, 2023, 05:17:46 AM »
Unlike the typical Vacu-Form this model has some weight to it.  It can take a beating as I discovered when I lost my grip on it and watched it plunge to the floor and bounce.  There was a moment where I was kind of hoping to see it shatter but it rebounded like nothing happened. 

@Graeme/Gingie - I had considered swapping out the kit engines with some 1/48th scale units from an A-10 Thunderbolt II but that did not look as practical as I had hoped and losing the thrust-reverser feature would have meant coming up with something to replace that feature.  So I stuck with the original engines and added the B-57 Canberra air-scoop feature. 
The counter-measures package is cobbled together from some ECM bumps from the Monogram A/F-18 Hornet and some unknown wedge-shaped square things attached to the underside of the wings at each tip and on top and bottom of the fuselage near the cockpit.  The wedge-shaped square things would house the chaff and flares for a last-ditch attempt in dodging AAA or SAM activity while ingress and egress from the delivery location. 
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