What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.

[Kerick]

Well I started something I've been kicking around for some time now. Picked up a Lindberg Victor kit a while back for half price at a LHS. I was really only interested in the fuselage so what to do with the wings? I had some thick plastic sheet laying around and well, anyway, now I have the start of a flying wing, British style.




Cockpit is from a 1/144th scale F-4.

Underside, lots of room for bomb bays.......



The open area around the cockpit has been filled with Aves epoxie sculpt. Lots of sanding to do. I wish I had lots of extra wheels as the Lindberg ones are over simplified at best.

Any thoughts on paint and markings?

[Tophe]

Interesting...

[GTX_Admin]

Interesting...

Indeed

[GTX_Admin]

Any thoughts on paint and markings?

What era?  What role?

[KiwiZac]

Oh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssss, that looks fantastic!

[Kerick]

Any thoughts on paint and markings?

What era?  What role?

Same as the Victor
Thanks for the interest and suggestions!
Thinking of going wheels up just to avoid those awful kit wheels.

[ericr]

lovely !

[Acree]

My vote is for anti-flash white with pale roundels.  But hemp over light grey would be nice, too.

Chuck

[Modelling_Mushi]

Oooohh this looks good. 

Colours? I can just see this in Desert Pink lifted from a Jaguar ....

[Kerick]

Boxed in the underside and added a second layer of Aves. Much PSR ahead.

[GTX_Admin]

My vote is for anti-flash white with pale roundels.  But hemp over light grey would be nice, too.

Chuck

Ditto - maybe make it as an Armstrong Whitworth and tie it in with their A.W.52.  Say Jack Northrop worked there somehow.  Maybe the Armstrong Whitworth "Vengence" bomber part of the V-force

[KiwiZac]

Hemp over grey Vengeance is my vote!

[kitnut617]

My vote is for anti-flash white with pale roundels.  But hemp over light grey would be nice, too.

Chuck

Ditto - maybe make it as an Armstrong Whitworth and tie it in with their A.W.52.  Say Jack Northrop worked there somehow.  Maybe the Armstrong Whitworth "Vengence" bomber part of the V-force

Funny you should come up with that, I've got a plan to build an XB-35 or 49 for the RAF. Only it would have a short fuselage section sticking out the front for the cockpit/crew and front u/c.  Something along the lines of the A.W.52. My story is that it was built by Armstrong Whitworth after the wing design was handed over by Jack Northrop to them because Northrop kept getting shafted by the US Government and he had enough of it.

[GTX_Admin]

Maybe a bit like this?

[elmayerle]

My vote is for anti-flash white with pale roundels.  But hemp over light grey would be nice, too.

Chuck

Ditto - maybe make it as an Armstrong Whitworth and tie it in with their A.W.52.  Say Jack Northrop worked there somehow.  Maybe the Armstrong Whitworth "Vengence" bomber part of the V-force

How about some folk leaving Northrop and moving to Britain after the cancellation of the Northrop wings and bringing their technology, knowledge, and ideas with them to Armstrong Whitworth?  Along, perhaps, with preliminary sketches of more advanced wings.

[Kerick]

My vote is for anti-flash white with pale roundels.  But hemp over light grey would be nice, too.

Chuck

Ditto - maybe make it as an Armstrong Whitworth and tie it in with their A.W.52.  Say Jack Northrop worked there somehow.  Maybe the Armstrong Whitworth "Vengence" bomber part of the V-force

How about some folk leaving Northrop and moving to Britain after the cancellation of the Northrop wings and bringing their technology, knowledge, and ideas with them to Armstrong Whitworth?  Along, perhaps, with preliminary sketches of more advanced wings.

And then combined with the kinked sweep pattern to make it look British!
I like the Vengence name. I may have to look for some faded roundels to go with white or hemp.

[LemonJello]

Oh, my! Flying wings - it's like a siren song for me!

"Please, sir, can I have some more?"

[pigflyer]

White Vengeance would be superb, or how about overall PR blue, solid blue & red roundels, black leading edges? Vengeance sounds like a
Vickers name, but it suits the bird beautifully.
Top whiffing marks tho, great concept.
 

[kitnut617]

Maybe a bit like this?

Something like that Greg   :)

[finsrin]

Kitbash brilliance.
Yes, is Northrop gone British to build next improved version of flying wing.  Looking super !

[Kerick]

PSR mode for now, not much to show.

[Kerick]

Round 2 of PSR.



Underside is now covered.



I had to fill the ginormous gaps around the ailerons. You could throw a baseball through them.

Round 3 applied.





I'm going to search for alternative landing gear wheels and struts. Kit wheels are little better than plastic lumps and too big for this scale anyway. Maybe something from an airliner kit. Hmmm... I have a B-52 kit in the stash........

[GTX_Admin]

Looking good.

[tankmodeler]

You could add a MAD boom out the back, refuelling probe and then do the hemp over grey as a maritime patrol aircraft version.

 

[Kerick]

Interesting idea!

[Tophe]

Wow! Great!

[tankmodeler]

Interesting idea!

I'm chock full of interesting ideas that _I_ don't have to execute!  :-D

[Kerick]

Interesting idea!

I'm chock full of interesting ideas that _I_ don't have to execute!  :-D

Bring 'em on! Never know what will bear fruit!

[Kerick]

Picked up a Testors paint pen in silver yesterday. I've used it before to prime filled areas to see what needs to be refilled. No prep, no cleanup and nice reveal of flaws. I'll try to get some pics tonight.

[Brian da Basher]

That is a thoroughly awesome combination and some mighty brave PSR!

This is definitely one to watch!

Brian da Basher

[Kerick]

Here is the topside with the silver from the paint pen.



And the bottom side.



And more putty.



And more putty.



I had some trouble with the putty sticking to the silver paint when I tried to apply a thin layer. I don't recall that being a problem before. Either the putty pulled away from the paint or the paint came off and mixed with the putty. Oh well, just something to keep in the old tool box for when it works best. At least it revealed flaws so I could fix them.

[tankmodeler]

I had some trouble with the putty sticking to the silver paint when I tried to apply a thin layer. I don't recall that being a problem before. Either the putty pulled away from the paint or the paint came off and mixed with the putty.

It probably has a lot to do with how much paint you're putting on and how thin the putty is. The two likely react with the same solvents so transferring ink and putty or picking up putty on the ink is not that surprising if that's the case. You may have just been lucky before? :)

Paul

[Kerick]

Or Testors changed the formula...

[Kerick]

Painting issues again! A couple coats of gloss white from the hardware store and then it wrinkled up in different spots. Sanded down but what to use so it doesn’t happen again? The hardware store paint may have been old so I don’t want to use it again. Probably should just spend a couple bucks and get some spray acrylic. Going for anti flash white.

[Tophe]

Poor Kerick, sorry my skills are not high enough to provide you with a cure. But I hope this great model may be finished someday...

[tankmodeler]

While it definitely doesn't cure every problem, using spray bombs from the hardware store is probably the least controllable application method. You can't vary the pressure, viscosity, spray amount, anything.

An airbrush, even a very cheap one from China, is the way to go for this sort of application.

That said, I've had better luck using a spray bomb with multiple light coats, especially for things like white that tend to be a bit translucent, than trying to get good coverage in one or even two coats. It also gives you the opportunity to do some light sanding between coats if things are looking a bit too thick in areas.

Paul

[Kerick]

You are right on all counts my friend. Just wish I could keep from spraying on "just a little bit more". Gets me every time.