The Artist said:There was an old Hawk kit of this design. In this case the word 'was' is a good thing because Hawk is back in production and they seem to be working their way through reissuing the old kits. There is hope for seeing this little beauty on the hobby shop shelves again.
elmayerle said:I most certainly hope they do bring it back out as I'd really like one.
Stargazer2006 said:Was that a Convair design for sure, anyway? The box doesn't give any manufacturer's name. Has anyone got a Convair-originating sketch or three-view that would validate this allocation?
The Artist said:One thing bothers me about this design as implied in the instructions. According to Hawk, the bomber would have taken off and landed with the parasite fighters in place on the tail. Wouldn't there be a risk of the fighter noses buckling under the stress of the landing impact?
Orionblamblam said:The Artist said:One thing bothers me about this design as implied in the instructions. According to Hawk, the bomber would have taken off and landed with the parasite fighters in place on the tail. Wouldn't there be a risk of the fighter noses buckling under the stress of the landing impact?
You betcha. Also of concern is the fact that the atomic engines are the ones on the wingtips, not the ones in the fuselage. This would not only put extreme masses way out on the wingtips (meanign structural problems for the wings), this would also fail to utilize the structure of the aircraft as sheilding... instead there is a straight shot for the radiation from the reactors to the crew.
Still, it's a neato design, aesthetically.
Stargazer2006 said:Was that a Convair design for sure, anyway? The box doesn't give any manufacturer's name. Has anyone got a Convair-originating sketch or three-view that would validate this allocation?
The Artist said:So now. Go at it. let me know what I've done wrong.
Orionblamblam said:About the only thing I can see "wrong" is that the fighter pilots appear to be seated. Since I'm still working on the physical parts - doing the detailing by hand - I can assure you that no pilot larger than Minime could have sat in the thing. The pilots would have had to be prone.
The Artist said:To be honest, I didn't bother checking the scale since I'm convinced that it is a fictional design.
saturncanuck said:On a slightly related topic, does anyone remember the Aurora kits they put out in the 1970s of SF TV and movie spacecraft? This included the Orion from 2001 and the Flying Sub, et al. Anyway, one in the series was for a "fictional" USAF spacecraft called the Rajnorok. It had a little parasite fighter that was docked out of the tail.
Over time, all I have left is the little fighter, shown here....
frank said:Yeah, the Ragnorok Orbital Interceptor, IIRC. It had been the Russian Nuclear Powered Bomber, IIRC, in its previous life. I don't know if it had a fighter in that guise, tho.
saturncanuck said:On a slightly related topic, does anyone remember the Aurora kits they put out in the 1970s of SF TV and movie spacecraft? This included the Orion from 2001 and the Flying Sub, et al. Anyway, one in the series was for a "fictional" USAF spacecraft called the Rajnorok. It had a little parasite fighter that was docked out of the tail.
Over time, all I have left is the little fighter, shown here....
saturncanuck said:frank said:Yeah, the Ragnorok Orbital Interceptor, IIRC.
What did IIRC stand for?
The Artist said:So now. Go at it. let me know what I've done wrong.
Mike
prolific1 said:I suppose I could make a 3-view of that with the appropriate references.
Stargazer2006 said:prolific1 said:I suppose I could make a 3-view of that with the appropriate references.
Sure. Except it's probably 100% fiction, not based on any actual design from Convair...