AltcarBoB Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Very nervous about posting this one its taken me about 4 weeks to get the nerve together, I have knocked together a little stand out of some scrap Perspex sheet mounted onto a 3mm thick Cork base. My first aircraft model in about 30+ years its a 1/72 resin kit by Freight Dog Models. A whatif of the almost finished but scrapped SR-177A a mixed power rocket and jet high altitude interceptor designed to be almost a manned rocket to shoot down Soviet Bombers before they could get to the UK. SR-177 It would have been a hell of a ride for the pilot but Ballistic Missiles killed its role. I have imagined if the RAF bought the 177 but took out the rocket and converted its rocket fuel tanks into jet fuel tanks and turned it into a pure jet fighter armed with twin ADENS and Sidewinder AIM 9J missiles. IMG_20200106_162116472_HDR by Stuart, on Flickr IMG_20200106_162338420 by Stuart, on Flickr IMG_20200106_162406544 by Stuart, on Flickr IMG_20200106_162153277 by Stuart, on Flickr 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 First model for 30 years? I love it! I have a bit of a soft spot for those Saunders Roe experimentals and your’s looks great. That’s an interesting stand too. Excellent job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 27 minutes ago, Timmas said: First model for 30 years? I love it! I have a bit of a soft spot for those Saunders Roe experimentals and your’s looks great. That’s an interesting stand too. Excellent job! Thanks. I am off sick today with a dripping nose so decided to do a bit of tidying up I only got as far as finding a strip of 1.5mm Perspex and I thought Ah Ha (a light bulb would have switched on if my head hadnt been so full of snot) I remember making stands out of plywood many moons ago of a similar shape. I knocked up the stand in about half an hour and if Im honest I think I am happier with it than the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 That looks so menacing, brilliant job! I quite like the idea of a pure jet version, sensible and plausible (to me at least). Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Welcome back to modelling, and with such an evocative model! It's interesting to reflect on the very similar design goal of the Saab J 35 Draken, conceived in the same era, in the early-to-mid '50s, and with rather similar performace. Very effective display stand, too. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariado Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Excellent! Love a good, credible whiffer - and that's a good one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Wow that looks good! Shame do baby good projects got scrapped (TSR2, Valiant B.2, etc) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Very nicely done and effectively posed. Regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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