cjhm Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 (edited) When I heard the USAF were remanufacturing some Texans they reclaimed from Davis-Monthan as part of an Austerity plan to bolster homeland security (given the loss of funding for F-22\F-35) then I had to build one in small scale. I gather they are reinforcing the wing with carbon fibre to ensure that a launching missile does not damage the plane. Kit is Heller 1/72 with sidewinders, launch rails, seat, pilot and decals reclaimed from a part built Hasegawa F-16 I found in the loft. Painted with Lifecolor US low-viz greys, base is plastic coffee jar lid with brass rod in drilled hole and then lid weighted with polyfiller Spinning prop is Photoshop as I couldn't get blown prop to show any motion blur in pics Edited April 1, 2011 by cjhm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob C Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Cool! Looks great with the sidewinders on the wings! Great build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Great day to unveil this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Maybe the FAA could consider buying these to fly from the refurbished HMS Victory, currently being striped of it's masts and cannon to fulfill the future aircraft carrier role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjhm Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Maybe the FAA could consider buying these to fly from the refurbished HMS Victory, currently being striped of it's masts and cannon to fulfill the future aircraft carrier role? Splendid idea ! I'll have some Sea Eagles left over from the Harrier FA2 I'm doing at the moment and I have another Texan kit .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 well thats different, good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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