Austerity Fighter

[cjhm]

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

[Rob C]

Cool! Looks great with the sidewinders on the wings! Great build.

[Guest]

Great day to unveil this!

[Duncan B]

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?

[jimbuna]

Nice one.

[cjhm]

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 ....

[Moofles]

well thats different, good job.