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Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« on: December 30, 2011, 03:35:41 AM »
Hi folks,

A place for your Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration.

To begin with, here is my take on a tandem seating Hunter trainer:



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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2011, 03:36:15 AM »
And Drone/Missile/UCAV Hunter as well:



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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2011, 03:39:19 AM »
Sea Hunter - practicality be damned!!



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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2011, 06:09:13 AM »
Navy Hunter, Nice!!

Or how about these, Hawker Huntress'

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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2011, 06:28:50 AM »
The folding wing Hunter looks really good. 
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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2012, 07:55:07 AM »
Here is the diminutive Hawker Hermes:



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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2012, 10:43:40 AM »
Anyone up to drawing a photobird or an "Electric Hunter" (ECM)?
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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2012, 11:42:59 AM »
Reduce the sweep of all flying surfaces a bit and shorten the rear fuselage a bit as well.

As above only enlarge the flying surfaces' length some as well for a PR variant.


The Hunter is simply gorgeous as she is so I'd love to do one in a pseudo Arctic USAF scheme that has significantly more red and yellow on it.
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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2012, 01:01:11 PM »
Okay, I'll have to find it again, but I've got drawings for a four-seat. 2+2. Hunter trainer (the idea was a crew trainer for the TSR-2 as well as a larger "Admiral's barge").  It's still a doable concept and it's on my "to do" list.  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.
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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2012, 02:11:33 PM »
Anyone up to drawing a photobird or an "Electric Hunter" (ECM)?
The thought occurs to me that dropping the guns and modifying the "Sabrinas" (having seen a pic of the actress in question, it's an appropo name) as ECM pods would work as well as extra pods for the outboard hardpoints and tanks on the inboard ones.

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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2012, 03:21:27 PM »
Good suggestion.
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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2012, 09:44:42 PM »
WWII '46 or even '56?
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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2012, 03:28:53 AM »
WWII '46 or even '56?
Crazy, but possible!

Cool...against NAZI MiG-15/17s?
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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2012, 03:30:46 AM »
How about the Hunter managing to make it to the Korean theatre in time? 
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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2012, 11:26:26 AM »
Hi folks,

A place for your Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration.

To begin with, here is my take on a tandem seating Hunter trainer:



if memory serves me correctly, Hawker did do the PD work on a tandem seat Hunter and ISTR that Maintrack's "Project X" series included a conversion for it.  I disremember the project number, though.

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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2012, 01:10:30 AM »
I got this from Martin Higgs (OGL on t'other forum), I think it's his own.  It's 1/72 scale though Greg.
I don't know if he's still producing it though.

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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #16 on: July 24, 2012, 03:32:13 AM »
Hawker Hunter XG194 - Su.7 'Fitter' like real life conversion, dummy 'wargames' airframe at North Luffenham ...

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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #17 on: July 24, 2012, 03:39:13 AM »
the conversion is the old 'Maintrack' tandem Hunter (the resin piece has nose contour issues being based originally on the 'Matchbox' Hunter nose), currently Martin of the IPMS. Whatif sig is remastering it, i think another example is due soon from Cambell at 'Odds and Ordanance', an easy enough conversion tho just cutting and lengthening the forward fuselage and splicing in an extra canopy length  :)

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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #18 on: July 24, 2012, 04:11:01 AM »
Hawker Hunter XG194 - Su.7 'Fitter' like real life conversion, dummy 'wargames' airframe at North Luffenham ...

cheers, Joe

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« Reply #19 on: July 26, 2012, 11:21:08 PM »
USAF Hunter.


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« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2012, 11:57:43 PM »
Highest level modeling! :) :) :) :)

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« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2012, 03:59:46 AM »
Me has plans to do RAAF Hunter in this scheme - has decals already 8):

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Re: Hawker Hunter Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2012, 11:01:03 AM »
With Mirage front ...



... a little more 'miraged'


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« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2012, 06:07:29 PM »
I like! :)
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