Profiling by JP Vieira

[Tophe]

Very beautiful... Belated congratulations!
(I am happy that you started your 3D-tries with a twin-boomer, and one with a good reason: rear view?)

[JP Vieira]

Thanks Tophe, I too enjoy twin-boom aircraft. :)
The rear view of the aircraft not only improves the all-round visibility but also (in some versions - the more "agressive" ones) has a fundamental reason to be there: it is the post of the rear facing gunner (with an all moving gun-turret)

[JP Vieira]

Here is another update

[GTX_Admin]

Oooo....looking good :

[apophenia]

It is indeed. Can't wait to see the completed aircraft in that Swedish desert scheme  :)

[JP Vieira]

Thank you all.
The modelling phase is almost done (just need some seats, engine propeler and that gun turret and other external stores).
As for the camo, I am still learning to texturising, mapping, etc, but I'll get there soon...

[JP Vieira]

Hello
Here are some more shots of the aircraft: now with its engines; I have been wondering if the blades are a bit too big...?

[father ennis]

The answer to your question is "yes".   What I think it needs is shorter and wider prop blades. Something like an Ospery ,perhaps. I really like this idea it's  very Kool !!!   Keep up the good work !!! 

[JP Vieira]

Thanks for the suggestions, I think I will do it;
For now I decided to make the wings also shorter and wider; I think I will keep the longer wings to a more conventional design...

[JP Vieira]

Here is another view of this new version

[Doom!]

JP, I really like the new changes you made to the wing, very nice.

[GTX_Admin]

Very nice indeed.  An idea - do it in all white as a flying ambulance maybe?

[JP Vieira]

Thanks for the comments :)

Jeff: I think the new wing (inspired on the V-22) is a better one also.
Greg: that is a great idea: thanks. I was planning only military versions, but that is a really great suggestions. I was thinking about transport, armed patrol, maritime patrol, assault and some other military roles.

[elmayerle]

Here is another view of this new version

From experience on the V-22, I'm thinking you may need taller/deeper fairings between wing and engine as there's a "whole heapin' helpin'" of hoses and wire bundles going between wing and nacelle, not to mention the cross-shaft to the APU and the other engine.

[raafif]

very nice Verti-Pig :)

[finsrin]

Can be metro area transport usually doing 50 mile or less flights using airports and helicopter pads or anywhere with room.

[JP Vieira]

Here is another view of this new version

From experience on the V-22, I'm thinking you may need taller/deeper fairings between wing and engine as there's a "whole heapin' helpin'" of hoses and wire bundles going between wing and nacelle, not to mention the cross-shaft to the APU and the other engine.

Thanks for the suggestion; It has been a real WIP and that is really helpful :)

[JP Vieira]

very nice Verti-Pig :)

Yes, it is. I started with the basic idea of the OV-30, but as I was modelling it , it started to look more and more with the Arava; the Arava operators can be very interesting operators (colour schemes) for the OV-30

[JP Vieira]

Can be metro area transport usually doing 50 mile or less flights using airports and helicopter pads or anywhere with room.

Yes, there is a lot of civilian/comercial roles for it

[Tophe]

This is a very beautiful twin-boomer, thanks!

[JP Vieira]

Thanks Tophe.
Here is another view of it; now with the rear combat station and pilots seats.



Now trying to master maps and painting

[M.A.D]

Hello
The Hail was perhaps the most radical atemp by Hawker to modernise the Hurricane.
If featured an all-metal fuselage, with a new engine and canopy arrangement.
Despiste some promising improvements over the Hurricane it remained only as a prototype.

Awesome mate!!
Sorry I've been away for a while, and unfortunately missed heaps of these profiles

M.A.D

[M.A.D]

If there is one think I really like are those artist interpretations of the Cold War.
When the MiG-29 was only known from blurry satelite pictures, there were a lot of artist interpretations of the aircraft.
Here is a DDR aircraft based on one of those early interpretations; at the time it was also speculated that the Fulcrum used the AA-9...

Ah nice 'RAM-L'

M.A.D

[M.A.D]

Hello
The Soviet naval aviation received their first special-version MiG-15s in 1952 and used them aboard the Crimean Class Aircraft carriers

Very clever and very realistic!!
Well done!!

M.A.D

[M.A.D]

And another one finished some time ago (but not yet posted)
What-if the The IDF-AF continue to use French aircraft...?
Here is a Mirage F-1CIS

If the IAF did continue to use French aircraft, would that mean that the Israeli F 1CIS may have been fitted with canards, as in the case of Kfir series??

M.A.D