hsr Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 This is my rendition of Anigrand's 1/72 the Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer. The Skylancer was an improved F4D Skyray, similar to the F-106 being an improved F-102, but unlike the F-102 the F5D's came out while the F8U and F-4 where already under development so its timing was bad and it never went into production. This is typical to my experience with Anigrand kits; nice casting with a few pin holes, slightly undersized and slightly warped fuselage halves. It came with a nice looking ejection seat, but I used the CMK F4D interior. The decals were a mix of the kit ones for the aircraft specific markings, with national and Navy markings from other sheet. On the whole it was a pleasant build that took a total of 15 days. Here it is with an F4d-1 for comparison Next up is the Hasegawa SP-5B Marlin Enjoy 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Interesting kit. Good to see the comparison with the Skyray. Looks very elegant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Unusual subject. Thanks for sharing. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Just bought the Warpaint book on the Skyray and Skylancer. Both were very capable machines considering the era they operated. I'd like to do a NACA/NASA Skylancer. They look really well together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 I got that book, plus the Ginter book on just the F5D. The NACA/NASA color scheme is a lot more colorful. This scheme is kind of dull with a lot less red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Nice job on the Anigrand kit, and I like the eye-catching scheme. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) It looks like the Skylancer got wery straight lines compared to the Skyray. Is there any "Coca cola bottle shape" at all? It would be interesting to put up an Swedish J-35 Draken beside the F5D-1 Skylancer for a comparison... Cheers / André Edited April 11, 2019 by Andre B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 Yes the 'lancer had a slight wasp, or pinched waist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Interesting subject well executed, I think I have never heard about it. Next to Skyray looks a bit like a 2d (flat fuselage) silhouette model Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 It was basically a Skyray with cleaned up aerodynamics which gave it significantly better performance. Sort of like the F-106 is a cleaned up F-102. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Very smart build, looks really good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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