rob Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm doing the very rare Skybolt carrier military version based on the Airfix 72nd Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 your tempting me.... actually all the concorde kits I have are spoken for but I wouldnt mind getting a couple more for such what-if ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 A bit of inspiration for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 1 of my kuta builds is this lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 me being me, I would probably want to do it in a grey/green camo c/s rather than all white, or possibly all grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 me being me, I would probably want to do it in a grey/green camo c/s rather than all white, or possibly all grey Concorde was white for a specific reason - to keep the skin cool at supersonic speed. Too much dark paint would result in skin overheating and resultant structural problems. The Pepsi Concorde was limited to subsonic flight because of this, all the other schemes were predominantly white versions of the contemporary carrier's livery. The technology and materials to get round this problem, if available at the time, would no doubt have made the project even less financially viable than a straight conversion. Armed Concorde in an anti flash white scheme? - could be a what if probablilty. Grey/green low level supersonic strike aircraft? I think we're getting into fantasy land here. But what the heck, if that's your bag and you have fun doing it, good luck to you! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I look forward to seeing it, I want to do one in 1:144 so ill watch this build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Should be good, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.... My dad and I build a concord with a Blue Steel on the bottom of it, not realising is was a consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Concorde was white for a specific reason - to keep the skin cool at supersonic speed. Too much dark paint would result in skin overheating and resultant structural problems. The Pepsi Concorde was limited to subsonic flight because of this, all the other schemes were predominantly white versions of the contemporary carrier's livery. The technology and materials to get round this problem, if available at the time, would no doubt have made the project even less financially viable than a straight conversion. Armed Concorde in an anti flash white scheme? - could be a what if probablilty. Grey/green low level supersonic strike aircraft? I think we're getting into fantasy land here. But what the heck, if that's your bag and you have fun doing it, good luck to you! Dave mines gray/green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 yes I did know about the reason why the rocket was white....but on a what-if basis, a camo one would just look cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Purely out of curiosity, could a Concorde have gone supersonic with a full load of Skybolts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasweir Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Looks an interesting build with the Skybolts attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mullen Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) Sounds great rob Purely out of curiosity, could a Concorde have gone supersonic with a full load of Skybolts? pop outs a la F/A-22 maybe? - just seen how big it was Edited January 21, 2012 by Andy Mullen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMChladek Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Purely out of curiosity, could a Concorde have gone supersonic with a full load of Skybolts? Only if by "Skybolts" you mean a bunch of drunk footballers seated up front on an international flight. I've never seen that RAF Concorde artwork before. Did it still have the droop nose on it? Man, if the Labour party threw a fit on TSR-2, this would have given them a guaranteed heart attack! Funny enough, a long time ago a friend of mine built a What IF Concorde bomber in French markings using the Revell kit. He strapped a B-58 Hustler pod to the centerline and stuck a pair of Exocets and Harpoons on just underneath the engine pods. In gray green French camo (like what their Mirage IVs had) it looked pretty cool actually. He called it a "French SSB". Another one of my buddies who saw it commented "Who is it going to bomb, the Italians?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micha Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 A bit of inspiration for you HAHAHAHA you British killing me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I recall this appeared in an article in the early 70's in an RAF Yearbook under an article by my names-sake JWR Taylor - or do the grey cells betray me again? I thought then it was a nonsense from an engineering point of view and from the issues created by effective WARPAC SAMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMChladek Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Why call it "Bomb-Cord" anyway? Have a little fun with the name I say. How about "Det-Cord" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Russian Tu-144 was also considered and assessed for military roles - as reconnaissance, ECM or strike aircraft and even cruising interceptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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