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I don't think we can read anything into the models of Tempest and SCAF. They are purely models for the politicians to pull off the covers and nod and smile and make statements while hoping nobody from the manufacturer is going to tell them how much money want to actually build it. It builds up public interest, gets toured around and makes for a tangible PR object (Tempest is still touring, it was back at Cosford for the airshow a couple of weekends ago). They are representations, even in the past models of projects like Concorde and Jaguar never looked quite like the real thing.
Interestingly though, Tempest has an undercarriage and a cockpit you can sit in and decals to make it look genuine and show off cockpit concepts too, whereas the SCAF model is purely a generic plastic 3D shape for static display.
Interestingly though, Tempest has an undercarriage and a cockpit you can sit in and decals to make it look genuine and show off cockpit concepts too, whereas the SCAF model is purely a generic plastic 3D shape for static display.