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Offline Kerick

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What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« on: May 21, 2017, 03:08:11 AM »
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?
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2017, 03:48:07 AM »
Interesting... ;)
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2017, 04:35:54 AM »
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2017, 04:37:03 AM »
Quote from: kerick on May 21, 2017, 03:08:11 AM

Any thoughts on paint and markings?

What era?  What role?
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2017, 09:00:59 AM »
Oh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssss, that looks fantastic! :-*
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Offline Kerick

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2017, 09:44:43 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on May 21, 2017, 04:37:03 AM
Quote from: kerick on May 21, 2017, 03:08:11 AM

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.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2017, 11:22:55 AM by kerick »
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2017, 03:38:46 PM »
lovely !
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2017, 04:06:52 PM »
My vote is for anti-flash white with pale roundels.  But hemp over light grey would be nice, too.

Chuck
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Offline Modelling_Mushi

Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2017, 06:28:49 PM »
Oooohh this looks good.  :-*

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

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2017, 10:35:00 PM »
Boxed in the underside and added a second layer of Aves. Much PSR ahead.

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2017, 10:58:15 PM »
Quote from: Acree on May 21, 2017, 04:06:52 PM
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
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2017, 04:50:26 AM »
Hemp over grey Vengeance is my vote!
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2017, 05:07:39 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on May 21, 2017, 10:58:15 PM
Quote from: Acree on May 21, 2017, 04:06:52 PM
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.
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2017, 08:09:15 AM »
Maybe a bit like this?

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2017, 09:46:08 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on May 21, 2017, 10:58:15 PM
Quote from: Acree on May 21, 2017, 04:06:52 PM
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.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2017, 09:59:14 AM »
Quote from: elmayerle on May 22, 2017, 09:46:08 AM
Quote from: GTX_Admin on May 21, 2017, 10:58:15 PM
Quote from: Acree on May 21, 2017, 04:06:52 PM
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.
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2017, 07:32:01 PM »
Oh, my! Flying wings - it's like a siren song for me!

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Offline pigflyer

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2017, 11:28:40 PM »
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.
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2017, 02:14:49 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on May 22, 2017, 08:09:15 AM
Maybe a bit like this?




Something like that Greg   :)
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2017, 07:03:43 PM »
Kitbash brilliance. :-*
Yes, is Northrop gone British to build next improved version of flying wing.  Looking super !
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Offline Kerick

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #20 on: May 24, 2017, 06:20:15 AM »
PSR mode for now, not much to show.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2017, 09:54:36 AM »
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........
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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2017, 04:43:04 PM »
Looking good.
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Offline tankmodeler

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #23 on: June 02, 2017, 12:31:17 AM »
You could add a MAD boom out the back, refuelling probe and then do the hemp over grey as a maritime patrol aircraft version.

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Offline Kerick

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Re: What if Jack Northrup had traveled to Britain.
« Reply #24 on: June 02, 2017, 01:25:40 AM »
Interesting idea!
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