sv51macross Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 (edited) Finished this a few weeks ago but every time it occoured to me to post it the damn camera was out of juice again! So here it is. Started life as the AFV Club F-16A Blk-20 RoCAF kit, but the resin and decals were tossed in spare parts and my 'old rejects' box full of cut-up plane fuselages came out. I was inspired by one particular model in the galleries (don't know how to link to specific pages, the url is the same for individual entries as the index) No backstory in particular, except that Rafale Wings would increase payload and maneuverability. (bigger and thicker...Wakko, shut up!) Carrying a centerline GEPOD that came from the kit and Kinetic pods/tanks/pylons/bombs. I'll get more pics up, these were the only decent ones out of the few I managed to shoot off before aforementioned doomed-to-damnation camera ran out of juice. (edit wrong emoticon) Edited June 1, 2009 by sv51macross Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alvis 3.1 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Belgian Rafales? Is that supposed to rhyme with belgian waffles, or am I being overly weird again? In any case, cool design! Alvis 3.1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherC Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Looks sweet Mike! Reminds me of the F-16XL. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Oh my, what a beauty! Jolly well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkW Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 This thing is pretty! How hard was it mating up the wing and fuselage? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sv51macross Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 This thing is pretty! How hard was it mating up the wing and fuselage? Well, the Rafale wing is about twice as thick as the F-16s...it involved styrene and lots of putty, and there's a step on the underside. But not really that hard. Was going to initially use Gripen wings and keep the elevons, but I think the Gripen actually has less wing area than the F-16, so I tried Rafale wings, and where they looked best was with a canard-foreplane config. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boman Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Nice! Specially like the twin AIM-C's together with the wingtanks and bombs on the inner pylons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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