Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star and T-33 and derivatives

[GTX_Admin]

Hi folks,

A thread for your Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star and T-33 and derivative ideas and inspiration.

Regards,

Greg

[GTX_Admin]

To start with, for anyone who has considered a carrier based P-80, may I direct you here.

Regards,

Greg

[finsrin]

Love that fantastic painting.   

[raafif]

prone-pilot experiment ...

[apophenia]

I always saw the Flight Concepts/Boeing Skyfox rebuild of the T-33 as a potential mini A-10.

[jcf]

L-159 'Cruise' missile proposal:

[finsrin]

I always saw the Flight Concepts/Boeing Skyfox rebuild of the T-33 as a potential mini A-10.

I remember Skyfox from back in 1980s.  Nifty good looking jet.  One was built.
Be cool personal sport jet today with contemporary engines.

[elmayerle]

I always saw the Flight Concepts/Boeing Skyfox rebuild of the T-33 as a potential mini A-10.

I remember Skyfox from back in 1980s.  Nifty good looking jet.  One was built.
Be cool personal sport jet today with contemporary engines.

All you'd need would be modern TFE731 engines installed and equipment upgraded to today's standards.  Everything else would work nicely.  I like the idea of a single-seat attack version with nose guns.

Note, if you were to try and do a Skyfox in 1/48, the engine nacelles out of the Hasegawa/Revell Mystere are perfect.

[Daryl J.]

Sort of a ''Pre-Dragon Lady" with enlarged air intakes and longer wings, modified RF nose.   

[GTX_Admin]

The Cruise missile would be tempting to build.

[GTX_Admin]

Re the Skyfox, I wonder how one would go bashing a T-33 and a Learjet together...with a lot of PSR to get one?

[arkon]

i beleive the skyfox was used in an episode of airwolf as a top secret fighter jet.

[Daryl J.]

Large T-33 tip tanks, under wing mini guns, and service in the Middle East/Africa.

[kitnut617]

Re the Skyfox, I wonder how one would go bashing a T-33 and a Learjet together...with a lot of PSR to get one?

I'm sure I read somewhere a model manufacturer was going to produce one, but I just can't find the reference.  It might have been in one of the news letters I get from various websites.

[dy031101]

Say...... what if we throw the Skyfox upgrade into the rocket-armed F-94C?

[finsrin]

Say...... what if we throw the Skyfox upgrade into the rocket-armed F-94C?

Interesting concept.  I like it.   :)

[elmayerle]

Re the Skyfox, I wonder how one would go bashing a T-33 and a Learjet together...with a lot of PSR to get one?

In 1/48 scale, the engine nacelles from the Hasegawa/Revell Falcon kit are perfect for this conversion because Skyfox used the same supplier.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

A very interesting propeller driven What-If based on the F-80 Shooting Star built by Kees Kuyper and shared at ARC: ------> The Lockheed T-30

Click on html or thumbnail to view the model

[GTX_Admin]

Wow!  Invited? :)

[raafif]

Wow!  Invited? :)

careful ! Kees is known for his European Space whiffs - a bit too way out for here even ?

[GTX_Admin]

I'm willing to be tested...

[elmayerle]

careful ! Kees is known for his European Space whiffs - a bit too way out for here even ?

For this group?  You jest!!

[Rickshaw]

Wow!  Invited? :)

careful ! Kees is known for his European Space whiffs - a bit too way out for here even ?

I doubt it. 

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Academy 1:48th scale Lockheed T-33 converted to a T2V Sea Star by Wilfried Eck at Modellversium.De

[ysi_maniac]

P-80 hybrid propulsion