Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Informal Lockdown/COVID-19 GB => Topic started by: dy031101 on May 21, 2020, 01:48:54 PM
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FD scale is 22.093 pixels = 1 metre. However, since the book where I got the drawing doesn't have dimensions for the design, I'm forced to approximate based on the size of the J46 engine. The scaled drawing turns out to be a deal bigger than the real-life Cutlass.
(https://i.imgur.com/sk0yuXz.png)
So it begins:
(https://i.imgur.com/bhoZqKF.png)
I experimentally fitted a nose to the style of the F7U-3. Not what the finished product will go with, this much I know now.
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(https://i.imgur.com/PAaBP9x.png)
I shall proceed with the wings later today.
The ultimate plan is to do side view and then top view.
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Much better:
(https://i.imgur.com/TzYp34m.png)
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:smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/oIEUF3x.png)(https://i.imgur.com/Ttl5GdN.png)
I want to implement a simple inflight refueling probe à la Fury and Super Sabre...... but as shown, it ended up being exceptionally long...... which one of the above two would be okay, how can I make the scheme more workable, or is there something else I should try?
Comments and suggests will be greatly appreciated.
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Nice profile and concept, you could possibly put the fuel probe to one side of the cockpit much like the Buccaneer
I was originally going to suggest over the cockpit HP Victor style but that would foul the ejector seat somewhat :o
Mog
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Nice profile and concept, you could possibly put the fuel probe to one side of the cockpit much like the Buccaneer
Thanks. :))
Robomog, your suggestion reminded me that the Cutlass has fuel tanks a short distance behind the cockpit...... and the line drawing that I used as a basis of this project (and posted at the OP) suggests a similar arrangement.
(https://i.imgur.com/1o5aByX.png)
And this way I get to retain the use of inner wing pylons.
I decide to add representation of folding wings. Even if not as a carrier aircraft, I imagine it as a "large light fighter".
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I decided to add another aircraft to this project.
I have always been fascinated with the Lippisch P.13b (http://www.luft46.com/lippisch/lip13b.html) project, and a couple of days ago it dawned on me that I do want to stick a "Cutlass cockpit" of sort onto it because 1.) radar and 2.) its line drawing suggests a high angle-of-attack on takeoff and/or landing, and the cockpit design of the F7U-3 seems to give the best forward visibility. So I scaled up the Lippisch P.13b drawing to match the Cutlass and started from there.
(https://i.imgur.com/3bHc2H0.png)
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So many Cutlass based/like concepts. Highly interesting. :smiley:
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The development so far:
(https://i.imgur.com/wRksexz.png)
(The wheels are just there for demonstration purposes.)
I figured that paved runways, something I'm not sure if skids would be good for, would be the norm by the 1950s. Also I desire more ground clearance for missile carriage. The rear end of each main landing gear housings contains a rocket motor for takeoff and acceleration towards the main ramjet's operating speed whereas the front end transitions from a gondola mounting a 30 x 113 mm revolver cannon.
I shortened the main landing gears, however, so that I won't have to extend the nose wheel any further to preserve angle of attack on takeoff and/or landing. Is there anything I should pay attention to when doing so? Thanks in advance.
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Everything was simple while still just inside of my head :-X
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Everything was simple while still just inside of my head :-X
It always is... ;D
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Everything was simple while still just inside of my head :-X
It always is... ;D
Profound statement, can soooo relate to it.
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"Feature Complete" with Shafrir-2 and AIM-7E2. Another "large light fighter" and therefore given folding wings.
(https://i.imgur.com/K2Yu9Mt.png)
This missile combination represents their early service weapons.
Now on to giving them camos...... again, everything was simple while still just inside of my head :-X
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Doesn't need camo both look good in silver/gray :smiley: :smiley:
Mog
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Al~righty~~ (for the Trimotor Cutlass) in upgraded form!
(https://i.imgur.com/QktWzSw.png)
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Nice.... :smiley:
Sparks idea to build 1/72 large Cutlass from Revell 1/60 kit.
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Ok call me liar, looks great with camo :smiley: 8) ;D ;D
Mog
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:smiley:
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Ramjet Cutlass upgraded and getting camouflages to match their mission, with indications of their sizes:
(https://i.imgur.com/vSqq2sa.png)
I revisited the American Secret Project book for other Cutlass-derived ideas. The good news is that I did find more inspirations......
...... the bad news is I discovered only now that, for the trimotor Cutlass, I'd been working off the proportions of the J34 turbojets rather than the much-longer J46 that I foolishly assumed. Long story short, I have to lengthen the fuselage.
(https://i.imgur.com/Z5GMLn2.png)
Now I need to reapply that camo...... *banging head*
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What weapons foo you have on those?
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What weapons foo you have on those?
Both aircraft have 2 x 30mm revolver cannons (think DEFA), as well as 2 x Shafrir-2 and 2 x AIM-7E2 in early service, 2 x Python 5 and 2 x iDerby in late service.
MICA-EM and -IR are actually my preferred "current year" missile combo behind that of the Meteor/AMRAAM-C and ASRAAM/AIM-9X, but I'm under the impression of them being an expensive weapon without somebody else already establishing an economy of scale beforehand......
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Finally the adjustment is complete.
(https://i.imgur.com/l07Vx68.png)