Stargazer2006's imaginary aircraft

[Stargazer2006]

Canadair planned to build the Raider as the CL-3/CL-12.

Now that you mention it!!! I'd completely forgotten about that, otherwise I might have used that piece of information in my project. Sure adds some substance to the possibility of a float Raider, doesn't it? 

Can't you just see the Sea Raider sitting on a remote Canadian lake? And those Bellanca floats would feel right at home too 

Sure would!!!  :)

Seeing your C-125C kick started the old gray cells to remember YC-125 which gone off my memory screen.
C-125C with three T-56 or similar could scoot in-out of places deposit and retrieve Seal teams.

Omigod. I had thought of a Navy Raider, a Coast Guard Raider... but I had never thought a Marines Raider could be possible. You're right!

[Stargazer2006]

Just got an interesting message from Russ1 on deviantART:

That would be an amazingly handy machine. They would get snapped up by private concerns after the Navies were done. Could picture them in markings for Cousteau Society, USGS, Forest Service, many others.

Kinda extends the possibilities and makes the mind boggle!!!

[Stargazer2006]

The Douglas DC-2 transport was actually used by the U.S. Navy as the R2D-1. If a second version had existed, it would no doubt have been designated "R2D-2". Now considering that Douglas always used aircraft names starting with "Sky..." (Skytrain, Skytrooper, Skymaster, Skybus, Skyraider...) it was only too tempting to do an R2D-2 Skywalker!!!

[GTX_Admin]

 

[Acree]

LOVE the Skywalker.  At first I glanced at the picture and thought, no big deal, just a DC-3 (didn't even look close enough at first to see that it was a DC-2).  Then I read the caption, and did a double-take on the photo.  Kinda subtle until you SEE it. very cool details.

[Cliffy B]

Kenny Baker would be proud! 

[The Big Gimper]

Kenny Baker would be proud! 

The Autopilot is model No. C-3P0? 

[Stargazer2006]

Kenny Baker would be proud! 

The Autopilot is model No. C-3P0? 

Ha ha! Actually the C-3 P.O. is a separate version of the DC-3 I'm planning to do soon... Not to mention the Inn-Vader...

[Cliffy B]

Don't forget one of the two (or both) Douglas Star-Destroyers (XSB2D and B-66)

[Stargazer2006]

Recent works for your enjoyment (hopefully...):
(original pictures are provided as attachments)

[Stargazer2006]

... and my latest work:

[Cliffy B]

LOVE the A-51!!!!!!  IT must be built!  Now, who has 3 spare Dog model 51s?

Thought, how about expanding the cockpit aft to make room for an RO (but keep the one piece canopy) and make her night fighter?  Would probably fool a bunch of a people especially if you kept the F-82 designation 

[Logan Hartke]

I think the prop clearance for the center pod would be dangerously close, but other than that, this is just plain gorgeous, Stéphane!



It's an absolutely lovely, believable piece of work!  I'd love to see some more doctored P-82 images to show it from other angles!

Cheers,

Logan

[ChernayaAkula]

Wow! What a beauty!  That might just be the most aesthetically pleasing Mustang whif out there!   

As Cliffy B said, it HAS to be built. Didn't Revell-USA just re-release their 1/72 Twin Mustang?

I think the prop clearance for the center pod would be dangerously close, but other than that, this is just plain gorgeous, Stéphane!<...>

Checked a drawing and if it's any accurate, you'd have around 4 inches either side between nose and prop. If the pod is just as wide as the fuselages are, that is.

[elmayerle]

Gorgeous!!  Have you tried seeing what a "razorback" center pod would look like?

[GTX_Admin]

Love the A-51 :)

[Stargazer2006]

So glad you guys like the A-51!
(Too bad none of you commented on the four aircraft I posted before it...  )

As for propeller clearance, the kind of fuselage I had in mind was more like the narrow type of the Grumman Tigercat, since it doesn't house an engine anymore... but of course it might not be enough. Those who wish to turn it into plastic will have to make sure it's feasible, otherwise some additional work might have to be done on pushing the boom apart from each other.

[GTX_Admin]

(Too bad none of you commented on the four aircraft I posted before it...  )

People don't have to comment on everything...

[Stargazer2006]

People don't have to comment on everything...

Of course they don't... But if they don't, it means they don't like it... There is nothing worse than spending 4 hours or more on a piece and getting complete silence over it... and I wish they would comment to say why, so I can improve!

[GTX_Admin]

But if they don't, it means they don't like it...

Stop being ridiculous.  Silence does not mean people did not like your creations.  Maybe they just didn't have anything to say or didn't have time or were simply wowed more by the A-51 or any one of many other reasons...

Remember also that if you post en masse, people are not necessarily going to comment on each individual image...

[Empty Handed]

I am in awe of the A-51!

[Acree]

I see a P-83 essence in the center pod as well.  Was that intentional?  Either way, the A-51 is awesome. 

[Alvis 3.1]

Nifty concept. I never liked the aesthetics of the twin Mustang, flying from one pod always seemed odd somehow.


Alvis 3.1

[Logan Hartke]

But if they don't, it means they don't like it...

Stop being ridiculous.  Silence does not mean people did not like your creations.  Maybe they just didn't have anything to say or didn't have time or were simply wowed more by the A-51 or any one of many other reasons...

Remember also that if you post en masse, people are not necessarily going to comment on each individual image...

Hear, hear!  I particularly liked the Ryan airliner, but I'm such a sucker for any North American aircraft that they always take prominence over anything else on the page.

Cheers,

Logan

[Tophe]

I love your A-51 and the other ones previously, I swear I do.
(To explain better, sometimes I answer here sometimes I answer on the other forum, where I still go like you)