Of course, the most obvious "whiff" is the CFE's suggestion of a three-foot extension just aft of the forward transport joint to enlarge the fuselage fuel tank. That may get added to my P.1083/P.1109B cross.
Just re-reading the whole topic and this is pretty much what I want to do, I already have the Freightdog P.1109 conversion but have discovered from them that a manufacturer has lost the masters for the P.1083 which is why that conversion is no longer available, the Revell F.6 and FGR.9 not being currently available at the moment is another issue, both for being able to acquire one myself and for it being worthwhile for Freightdog to make new masters.
What I would really like to do is do a P1083/P.1109B cross in 1/48. With appropriate plans I am confident I could do it, because while I lack the detailing and painting skills I so admire (envy) in some of you, I do a pretty good job fabricating/forming/shaping pretty much what I want from a sufficiently detailed plan in a suitable material. My real ambition would actually be to 3D print the required parts but that would make detailed drawings even more critical.
Anyone know if any plans drawings of the various hunter concepts, prototypes and versions are available and if there are how I can get them?
Would love the tandem two seated as well as the P.1083 and 1109B, also a look at the various air brake options.
My thinking is the Hunter evolves, from the superb and long lived aircraft it was anyway, into an even more versatile and longer lived type through the development and production of an equivalent of my latest inspiration, the Dassault Etendard. The September 2015 edition of Warships IFR has a photo of a pair of Super Etendards on p.36 that at first glance (without glasses) I took to be Hunters, this got me thinking that the Hunter could have followed similar evolution but two decades earlier to fill a similar role in the RN, RCN and RAN as well as land based versions with Hunter, and perhaps some Super Sabre customers.
P.1040, P.1081, P.1083/1109 are developed pretty much as UK equivalents to the Grumman Panther, Cougar and Tiger, entering service in a similar but slightly later time frame.
End result is (because of the Korean war experience) the Hunter is co-developed by UK, Australia and the Netherlands as a replacement for the Seafires, Furies and Fireflies on the 1942 type Light Fleet carriers to permit the their continued effective service into the 1960s, in single and tandem seat day and all weather fighter and strike variants.