Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: The Big Gimper on January 12, 2012, 10:56:28 PM
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Folks:
I would like to build a long wing (surprised?) F-80 recce bird. There was a RW short wing RF-80A available from Sword.
My base is the Airfix P-80C. The nose is TBD but the wings on the F/P-80 are quite small (the P-38 wings are almost the same dimensions). And I need to keep the wheel wells unless I opt for an entirely new wing.
I was thinking of the outer portion of a U-2 wing. Any other wings from this era that might work?
Carl
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Carl, the Heller 1/72 T-33 kit comes with a recon nose as an option, it didn't take much to swap it over to an Airfix F-80
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Scratchbuild from laminated styrene sheet (aka old credit cards)?
Tis a thought.
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KN617: I do have a RT-33 in the stash. Maybe that's my donor nose or I reverse the build and use RT-33 as the base.
Dr. J: That is an option too. I have never done such a scratch build undertaking.
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1/144 L-1049 Constellation wings, quick and nasty drawing attached.
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Nice. Do anyone have a set of Constellation wings I can borrow?
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Just a thought, go with the longer fuselage of the T-33 but use the cockpit and canopy of the F-80C; that gets you a bit more volume in the fuselage fuel tank. Revell and Minicraft do various Constellation variants in 1/144 which should work well for your extended wing purposes here and the prices on eBay for them aren't too bad.