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Offline pigflyer

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More table top produce
« on: July 19, 2016, 11:26:54 PM »
The French were concerned that Raphael would not be able to handle rougher airstrips, such as those found in Chad etc. So a programme to find a lighter, rough field operator for such deployments began. The Poignard (or Poniard) was "off the shelf" to the maximum, using only parts for which jigs existed already, also, weapons and systems already in production.
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2016, 11:38:19 PM »
A two seat jaguar was used as the basis of the design. This gave more room for fuel and systems, and the reshaping was meant to give improved performance. After three hand built prototypes, only two of which were flyable, it was realised, in a very British set of circumstances, that rebuilding, refurbishing jaguars would do just as well, be cheaper, quicker and in the end of course, totally unnecessary  as the Raphael turned out fine.
The 1st flying prototype was painted up for Farnborough in fictional markings.
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2016, 11:44:23 PM »
Meanwhile, in a place called Manicstan, a more successful rebuild programme was underway.
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2016, 06:38:36 AM »
Different, nicely different!!!  8) :)
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2016, 07:40:34 AM »
Love the color scheme which really looks nice with those markings!

Manicstan, are there Bangles concerts there on Mondays?

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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2016, 08:06:25 AM »
Very nice indeed! :)
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2016, 11:19:36 PM »
Quote from: Brian da Basher on July 20, 2016, 07:40:34 AM
Love the color scheme which really looks nice with those markings!

Manicstan, are there Bangles concerts there on Mondays?

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Thanks for the nice words folks, quite encouraging. :)  As for the camo, it's a sort of, 'Hazy shade of winter'. (ahem)

For several years the Manicstanies quietly offered former MIG staff settle there, with a promise of good work, and bought lots of manufacturing
equipment, parts and airframes as scrap metal, in order to produce a simple aircraft for forming a minor fleet but with a long life.
Happy to be free of homeland restrictions, these recruits gave some of their best work, and even enabled upgrade programmes for foreign
customers. This is the ADV (Manic Mig R1), pics of the FGA (Manic Mig R2) to follow. R for Rebuilt. [/size]
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2016, 02:21:18 AM »
These are both great !! :-*
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2016, 03:43:38 AM »
+1. Keep up the great work.
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2016, 05:18:08 AM »
The Poignard is wonderful, it looks so right! I'm a real sucker for a delta canard, and the "humpback" appearance really adds to it. I was wondering what the base kit was! Bravo!!
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2016, 08:55:47 AM »
nice work
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2016, 01:01:26 AM »
Quote from: KiwiZac on July 21, 2016, 05:18:08 AM
The Poignard is wonderful, it looks so right! I'm a real sucker for a delta canard, and the "humpback" appearance really adds to it. I was wondering what the base kit was! Bravo!!
Thanks again folks, I am not used to typing with a smug grin on my face :) .

Base kit was ye olde matchbox (I think) Jag T2, certainly T2 anyway, hence the hump back. Sooooo glad you like 'em chaps.

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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2016, 04:36:00 AM »
I may have one of them! Or an Italeri one, anyway. Time to plot...
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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2016, 02:39:12 AM »
As promised, the R2 version of the MiG, a less advanced mod but still a useful kite. More modern weapons from wider sources could be used, but the same old power unit was simply built anew. Although the R2 can carry and drop smart munitions, it cannot mark it's own targets as yet. A copy of the old U.S. Tisoe (target identification set elctro optical) and TFR are the two most important improvements to the strike variant, it is possible that further upgrade may be possible, or the Manicstan air force may save the $$$$ toward a later, more long term airframe.

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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2016, 07:10:27 AM »
That's just great and I love the wavy camo!

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Re: More table top produce
« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2016, 09:55:27 PM »
Quote from: Brian da Basher on August 07, 2016, 07:10:27 AM
That's just great and I love the wavy camo!

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Same here, good color combo too! :)
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