Venyige Ádâm Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Hi again, with a new idea. I was thinking that there could be a series in which we could build an airplane from the Japanese Airlines' JAL aircraft in very large scale. With an elaborate interior, a working steering wheel that moves the flap ... working instruments. Operating turbine. Interior lamps. Navigation lights. That would be great !! 😍 Some ideas for JAL airplanes that would be good for such a model. BOEING 787-9 DREAMLINER BOEING 747-100 BOEING 747-400 BOEING 777-200 BOEING 737-800 AIRBUS A 300-600R DOUGLAS DC-8-32 MCDONNEL DOUGLAS MD 90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfam4t6 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 I like the highly detailed/operational surfaces/lighting idea. I even enjoy building an accurate scale airframe, knowing that it’ll mostly hidden unless you cut away panels. Accuracy is what it’s all about to me. However, I pretty much only build military planes. Commercial planes just all more or less look the same, and don’t really do much for me...Long white tubes with a logo on the side and some slanted wings. The only exceptions to that may be some of the unique old school passenger planes like the DC-3 or Ford Tri-Motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippa Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I reckon the following would make great builds: Supermarine Spitfire Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightening II Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Sopwith Camel Just to name a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venyige Ádâm Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 9:30 AM, Rippa said: I reckon the following would make great builds: Supermarine Spitfire Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightening II Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Sopwith Camel Just to name a few like the Supermarine Spitfire, too😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeS Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 P-38 Lightening would be awesome.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Healedwriter Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Would be nice to see a Top Gun tie-in. Something like the F-14 Tomcat or Mig 28 (Northrop F-5). Especially with the new movie coming out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector_felix Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 The f35 lightning II actually comes in 3 variants: Conventional STOVL (Short take-off, vertical landing) CV (carrier variant) The conventional variant means simply that, it is an f35 in body and tech only, has a conventional engine etc. The STOVL variant has the lift fan in the centre fuselage and and swivel tailcone for the short takeoff and vertical landing/hover ability. The CV variant is the same as the STOVL but is iirc 30% larger (odd for a carrier based airplane to be larger) but this is to accommodate the hinges for the folding wingtips for under deck storage, and a larger wing surface generating more lift for the super short runway of an aircraft carrier. Imo the CV variant would make a pretty awesome large scale model, with an operational lift fan, swivel tail cone, motorised folding wingtips, cockpit detailing with lights, engine sounds - it's a pretty epic sounding aircraft when doing a short takeoff on a carrier, look for some videos on youtube. You could also offer a range of various armaments to make different configurations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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