Post by Rick on Oct 10, 2017 20:14:28 GMT -5
The F4D Skyray in 1/48 scale by Tamiya of course. A bit of a departure from my usual wingy things. This one doesn't have a prop. The F4D was by by Douglas and was a direct descendent of the studies and delta wing designs of Alexander Lippisch. The Ford had a very short service life from the mid 50's into 1964 and never saw warfare. Always thought it was a cool looking jet and since I haven't built a jet for about 30 years, figured with Tamiya, I had the best shot of turning out a halfway decent model.
Started off with some ordnance so I would decide to use kit stock of if I needed to go with aftermarket. One of the cool features of the designers since the need for in flight refueling was in it's infancy was to incorporate the refueling probe into one of the drop tanks. Not having high expectations of the final result, I'm going with the kit parts for now. After ordnance I worked on the vertical tail and built up the cockpit. As usual, I wanted to replace the seat but found there is not an aftermarket seat available but the F3 Demon seat was very close. Since the canopy framing will hide much of the office, I went with it instead.
Next up, the fuselage halves are top and bottom. I added the cockpit, filled the nose with BB'sand glued it together then added the hard points and landing gear. Vertical control was done with elevons next to the tail cone. After assembly, I sprayed the panel lines to give some depth to the gray upper surfaces later on.
At this stage I'm pretty pleased. The kit so far has not showed any problems. More to come.
Started off with some ordnance so I would decide to use kit stock of if I needed to go with aftermarket. One of the cool features of the designers since the need for in flight refueling was in it's infancy was to incorporate the refueling probe into one of the drop tanks. Not having high expectations of the final result, I'm going with the kit parts for now. After ordnance I worked on the vertical tail and built up the cockpit. As usual, I wanted to replace the seat but found there is not an aftermarket seat available but the F3 Demon seat was very close. Since the canopy framing will hide much of the office, I went with it instead.
Next up, the fuselage halves are top and bottom. I added the cockpit, filled the nose with BB'sand glued it together then added the hard points and landing gear. Vertical control was done with elevons next to the tail cone. After assembly, I sprayed the panel lines to give some depth to the gray upper surfaces later on.
At this stage I'm pretty pleased. The kit so far has not showed any problems. More to come.
