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Model 54 Jethawk

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:35 am
by Flatlander
I was bored at work one day, so I drew this fictional fighter prototype in Autocad, then colored/shaded/etc. in Paint Shop Pro:

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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:10 am
by MetalBeast
Looks cool, nice work!

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made quick a 3D version of it:

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and a textured (quick and dirty) version:

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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:26 pm
by CDN_Merlin
Side profile makes me thinkof the AVRO from the 70's.

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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:56 pm
by Flatlander
MetalBeast wrote:Looks cool, nice work!

EDIT:

made quick a 3D version of it:

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and a textured (quick and dirty) version:

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Damn, that was quick - looks good! :D

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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:58 pm
by Flatlander
CDN_Merlin wrote:Side profile makes me thinkof the AVRO from the 70's.
Which one would that be? CF-100? Arrow?

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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:44 am
by CDN_Merlin
Flatlander wrote:
CDN_Merlin wrote:Side profile makes me thinkof the AVRO from the 70's.
Which one would that be? CF-100? Arrow?
The Arrow.

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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:03 am
by Flatlander
CDN_Merlin wrote:The Arrow.
Ah yes, an interesting what-if. I wasn't really thinking of any specific airplane when I was drawing, although I think it ended up looking a little bit like the Lockheed XF-90

Here's a two-seat interceptor version of the Jethawk, the Model 54B:

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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:36 am
by AceCombat
im guessing you didnt render any weapons....?



very nice though. :)




PS: Give it Burners man!!

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:29 am
by MetalBeast
and the 3D version,
any chance to create a bottom view ?
And maybe higher resolution top-view ?

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Armored one ;)

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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:10 pm
by Flatlander
AceCombat wrote:im guessing you didnt render any weapons....?



very nice though. :)




PS: Give it Burners man!!
These are supposed to depict just prototypes, so no weapons. But, I'm working on something..

The Model 54A doesn't have afterburners (they were still being developed in the late 1940's/early 1950's), but the Model 54B and subsequent models have afterburners.

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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:17 pm
by Flatlander
MetalBeast wrote:and the 3D version,
any chance to create a bottom view ?
And maybe higher resolution top-view ?

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Armored one ;)

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Very nice. What 3-D program do you use?

I'm working on bottom views and adding external weapons to the Model 54B.

Looks like you added Sparrow missiles to the Model 54B. It pre-dates them by a couple years, so I'm going to be using GAR-1 Falcon and GAR-8 Sidewinder missiles.

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:29 pm
by MetalBeast
I'm using Gmax and older version of 3dsMax.

You mean these missiles?:
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:57 pm
by Flatlander
Yep, first one is the GAR-1 Falcon. That looks like a newer version of the Sidewinder, though. Here is the second prototype of the Model 54B, used for weapons development, depicted with one drop tank, two GAR-1 Falcon AAMs and four GAR-8 Sidewinder AAMs. Haven't had a chance to color it yet. MetalBeast, check your PM's.

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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:43 pm
by Flatlander
Here is the second Model 54B prototype, used for weapons development - initially in unpainted natural metal (other than day-glo orange high visibility markings):

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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:31 pm
by fliptw
be interesting to run it thru a wind tunnel.

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:40 pm
by Duper
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In that era of planes, wouldn't the ailerons be more likely to start at the leading edge of the tail rather than pushed forward like a passenger liner?

I love the design. That's the only thing that keeps gnawing at me.

Very nice work.

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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:57 am
by Flatlander
Duper wrote:Comment

In that era of planes, wouldn't the ailerons be more likely to start at the leading edge of the tail rather than pushed forward like a passenger liner?

I love the design. That's the only thing that keeps gnawing at me.

Very nice work.
You mean the elevators? Perhaps on a more conventional aircraft, but this has an all-moving tail, or stabilator. Sure, it's a few years ahead of it's time, it also has an area-ruled fuselage. Some of the later versions of the F-86 Sabre had an all-moving tail; so did the Blackburn Buccaneer, and those were around in the late 1950's.

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:20 pm
by MetalBeast
OK, I'm working at mesh correction and new texturing.

By the way, build the right sidewinder and GAR-1 missile:

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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:51 pm
by Flatlander
Lookin' good!

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:39 pm
by MetalBeast
OK,

the mesh is nearly finished ;)
Texturing is still draft version:

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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:37 pm
by fliptw
it does look like the Avro Arrow.

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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:47 pm
by MetalBeast
fliptw wrote:it does look like the Avro Arrow.
Not really ;) Only from the side.
Avro Arrow has other wings and no back fins.


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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:26 pm
by MetalBeast
UPDATE:

magic, first flight ;)

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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:42 pm
by Flatlander
Awesome! :D

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:10 pm
by MetalBeast
Created small \"fly around\" animation,
not the best quality, but...

;)

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:34 am
by Flatlander
Looking good :)

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:53 am
by Octopus
Nice work.