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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #25 on: October 04, 2018, 05:16:11 AM »
Wow is that some great stuff!

I can't really pick a favorite, they all look so innovative to me.

You have an enviable imagination!

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #26 on: October 04, 2018, 08:54:56 AM »
They all look great - that tilt-rotor looks fantastic!

Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #27 on: October 09, 2018, 01:23:00 PM »
Thanks guys! :smiley:

Should be flown by USAF and USN.  Heck,,, the Army too.

Actually I am trying to think what colours to paint it. Although I do love my blue splinter camo, I'm trying to steer clear of it and mix it up a bit.
So current thoughts are:
RAF/RN green and grey stripey
US/Marines green and black/green and brown

Love them both! Any details of construction on these?

Tilt-rotor: Body is from a Harrier that had its engine removed and replaced with a styrene tube, wings are from an F-16 bulked up with some puty and the rotors are from a cheap non scale V-22 (same brand as the Tu-95). Engine nacelles are built from F-2/F-16 and Tornado fuel tanks - the back half of a Tornado fuel tank forms the main body, the nose forms the intake and the nacelle nose is the pointy end of the F-2 tank.

SAAB thing: shortened Mitsubishi F-1 fuselage (would have liked a T-2 for the clear double canopy), Tornado wings, F-16 tail fin AND RB-04's from Fox One.

Unless otherwise stated all builds are 1/144 scale.

Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #28 on: December 17, 2018, 02:21:14 PM »
Update time:

First of all, Thanks to those who gave input on my mig-41 for the GB. Unfortunately that project is on indefinite hold, as I had a lot of trouble trying to make it look right.

Other stuff:

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Should I put some missiles on it or leave it bare?

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Shiny.

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Almost there!

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #29 on: December 17, 2018, 02:41:22 PM »
Try top one w/o missiles. Has fine lines as is.
Want to see how semi flying wing turns out.  Looks maybe 1/200.
Last two doing well.  Keep going.

Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2018, 12:27:09 PM »
Want to see how semi flying wing turns out.  Looks maybe 1/200.

Closer to 1/500 or so, but it is actually a dry run for a 1/200 version I have in my stash - didn't want to go in blind and wreck a kit.

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2018, 07:46:19 PM »
Leave it bare, looks stunning in that colour scheme

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #32 on: January 08, 2019, 01:38:58 PM »
Managed to get a bit of time to finish these:

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Tilt-rotor finished. Powered by a hybrid prop/jet combo, props for forward flight and a jet boost for takeoff and landing on account of the wing blocking the small props. Also not much in the way armament - only one usable pylon on the wings and one on the fuselage. Other than that, I like the way it turned out and it's not bad for spare parts build.

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Bear finished and I managed to find a use for the phantom too.

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Top one is a super hercules  proposal (C-141 with a C-130 nose). Bottom is a shortened C-5, based on a lockheed proposal from way back - MSRA or MRSA? - but I like to call it a C-5SP.

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Plane 2 of the Midnight Eagles (named after the their main paint colour: midnight blue) acrobatic team.

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Propfan powered Hawkeye/Flanker combo.

Future plans:
A few more kitbashes then trying some more scratch-building.

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2019, 01:59:08 PM »
Wow! That some great stuff! I love the tilt rotor Harrier.

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #34 on: January 08, 2019, 05:48:12 PM »
 :smiley:

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #35 on: January 08, 2019, 06:16:22 PM »
Tilt rotor is cool Imagineering and building.  8)
Concept used on Bear is promising for large aircraft builds.  Phantom goes well with Bear.  :smiley:

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #36 on: January 09, 2019, 02:42:27 AM »
Wow! That some great stuff! I love the tilt rotor Harrier.

Ditto :smiley:
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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #37 on: January 09, 2019, 06:31:03 AM »
Wow! That some great stuff! I love the tilt rotor Harrier.

Ditto :smiley:

Double-ditto :smiley: :smiley:

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #38 on: January 09, 2019, 07:44:27 AM »
Triple-Dit... oh, never mind. Your tilt-rotor Harrier is a great build. And truly brilliant for a spare parts build  :smiley:
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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #39 on: July 29, 2019, 03:21:42 PM »
Some in between projects.

Kawasaki C-3 - bumping up the C-2 to C-17 dimensions (length, height and wingspan only kinda like the propsed narrowed C-17):
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F-36 - X-36 meets F-22:
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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #40 on: July 30, 2019, 12:01:00 AM »
Neat work on the Harrier, but I really, realllly like the tailless Bear!

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #41 on: July 30, 2019, 07:50:06 AM »
All beautiful work!

Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #42 on: August 19, 2019, 11:43:10 AM »
Small update:
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Starting to think about the weapons bay. Cheek bays have been eliminated by the canards, will have to think whether or not to keep the same missile load. Worst case it can just have a slightly larger crowded main bay.

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #43 on: August 20, 2019, 01:53:49 AM »
I like where this is going. :smiley:
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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #44 on: August 20, 2019, 04:37:35 AM »
Me too ... but I'm also very keen on your Kawasaki C-3 concept  :smiley:
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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #45 on: August 21, 2019, 03:22:34 PM »
Me too ... but I'm also very keen on your Kawasaki C-3 concept  :smiley:

That ones coming along too:
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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #46 on: August 21, 2019, 04:24:06 PM »
Past builds and these two are super.  Your Aerodrome Imagineering department must work overtime.   :smiley:

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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #47 on: August 22, 2019, 05:25:38 PM »
That ones coming along too:
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Loving your creations. I have not done any modelling in decades but it still have that fascination and I was wondering what the yellowish material is that you use to fill in the above image.

.... looking again and I see that its sliced and diced parts from a third kit ?
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Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #48 on: August 22, 2019, 10:51:52 PM »
The C-3 looks awesome! What kit did you start with?

Re: Polygons Aerodrome MK.II
« Reply #49 on: August 23, 2019, 02:42:16 PM »


Past builds and these two are super.  Your Aerodrome Imagineering department must work overtime.   :smiley:
They sure do, if only the manufacturing department could keep up! Although I am getting some serious bench time lately, who knows how long that will last.


Loving your creations. I have not done any modelling in decades but it still have that fascination and I was wondering what the yellowish material is that you use to fill in the above image.
.... looking again and I see that its sliced and diced parts from a third kit ?

The yellow stuff on the body is epoxy putty, the yellow stuff on the tail is just yellow plastic sheet. Not sure what you mean by third kit though? The tailplane is from a 1/144 fighter jet and the engines are just resin cast copies of the engine from the kit.

The C-3 looks awesome! What kit did you start with?
This one:


Anyway on to new business:

I decided to crack open an old idea I had of a modified Flanker. It'll be an ace combat inspired build that incorporates some ideas from the X-02 Wyvern (central missile bay and intake mounted missile cradle) onto a SU-27.

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To start I used a stalled build of an even older idea that didn't pan out. Its a dragon 1/144 SU-35. I cut off the canards, but thats no big deal I'll just put them back.

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Then I crafted the central missile bay and missiles (these are R-77Ms), then I cutaway some space and did a test fit. But something just didn't feel right.

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Then I discovered why it didn't feel right. ITS. TOO. SMALL. Here it is on top of a trumpeter Flanker and a quick google search confirms that the dragon kit is undersized. Now I have to wait for some F-toys Flankers to arrive, I'm not using the trumpeter because that's a 2-seater and I need a single. I was quite excited to start this build too. :icon_crap: