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Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« on: March 28, 2026, 01:56:53 AM »
A place for any inspiration.

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2026, 02:01:10 AM »
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

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But you can make the Bastard work for it.

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2026, 12:35:11 PM »
Both #1 and #2 look like potential Ukrainian anti drone conversions/upgrades.

I have an F-16XL kit I was planning to combine with an Israeli Sufa. Would that qualify as an upgrade?

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2026, 01:17:55 PM »
Both #1 and #2 look like potential Ukrainian anti drone conversions/upgrades.

I have an F-16XL kit I was planning to combine with an Israeli Sufa. Would that qualify as an upgrade?
Keep the Sufa 2-seat cockpit/

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2026, 01:20:05 PM »
Hasegawa does a F-2A-Kai kit with various add-ons.  I'm thinking of crossing that with a F-2B kit and bits from a late-model F-16D with the spine.

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2026, 04:01:27 PM »
Antipodal Armoured Collaboration





Thanks, Greg (& Stephen)! Now I'm torn between two GB's for which I have projects that would fit!  :o

And, no, I can't build seven things simultaneously!  :icon_crap:

Guess I'll have to do one for the Op Downfall GB over on WiM & either of the Antipodal Armoured Collab builds for this GB, then alternate until the GBs run out.  :-\
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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2026, 12:21:35 AM »
Both #1 and #2 look like potential Ukrainian anti drone conversions/upgrades.

I have an F-16XL kit I was planning to combine with an Israeli Sufa. Would that qualify as an upgrade?
Keep the Sufa 2-seat cockpit/

Definitely a two seater!

Hasegawa does a F-2A-Kai kit with various add-ons.  I'm thinking of crossing that with a F-2B kit and bits from a late-model F-16D with the spine.

That’s a good one too!

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2026, 04:51:20 PM »
This look very interesting. I am keen to participate and have allready thinking of something for it; it envolves a rather famous 1930s airliner thrown into modern warfare :)

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #9 on: Yesterday at 12:27:17 AM »
The Ukrainians are using an AN-28 cargo aircraft with a side firing minigun to shoot down drones. As of the date of the article, it had shot down 150. That’s quite an upgrade.

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #10 on: Yesterday at 06:42:17 AM »
Looks like Ukraine also has a Leopard 1-Cockerill -- new turret with 20-40-90mm options.

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Re: Life Extension and Upgrade Inspiration
« Reply #11 on: Today at 07:21:30 AM »
Looks like Ukraine also has a Leopard 1-Cockerill -- new turret with 20-40-90mm options.

Actually, as the Cockerill 3105 turret designation suggests, those re-turreted Leopard 1 hulls have 105 mm guns.
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