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Do you build your planes clean or loaded up?
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:37 PM
I generally go clean or put the bare minimum of stores on my planes, like sidewinders on the wingtips of an F/A-18.

Unless the missiles or bombs or whatever are a major part of the plane's role, like drop tanks on a P-51 or bombs on an A-10, I'd rather just see the plane itself.

Where do you guys stand on the issue?
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Posted by nmayhew on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:40 PM
prefer mine as they would have been flown, but as i do WWII stuff mainly, the most i have to contend with is a couple of rockets on late ground attack planes, or the odd drop tank! phew! all that modern ordnance is a bit beyond me.Smile [:)]
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Posted by berny13 on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:45 PM
It depends on the subject. I built a F-14A with just a CAP-9 and an ECMI pod loaded on it. Same with a F-5E "Top Gun" aircraft. I have a model of the F-102A that I was crew chief on. It is loaded with a WSEM and ballast. Not all aircraft look good loaded to the teeth.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:55 PM
Depends on the subject but you must admit, an F-4 loaded with MK-82's on MER's and TER's is an impressive looking model.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:50 PM
Six of one half a dozen of the other. I like to do a version of each.
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Posted by upnorth on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:50 PM
I dont like a lot of clutter under my planes.

The odd set of underwing tanks or sidewinders is usually enough to keep me happy.

I'm currently working on an S.2 Buccaneer right now and the only thing I'm hanging under the wings is the slipper tanks as I feel a Buck looks wrong without them, they were such a typical fixture on the type.

If I were doing an F-4 Phantom, I'd probably stick the sidewinders and sparrows on as they were standard gear on most Phantoms, Beyond that, probably just drop tanks or drop tanks on the outer wing stations and a gun pod on centre line if it was appropriate to that particular F-4 variant.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:05 PM
Loaded is how I like to display modern fighters and bombers is how I show mine. To show off what the plane was usually loaded with. Now for WW II fighters I would have to say clean unless the plane was used in another roll. WW II bombers i would have to say about 50/50 mix.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:06 PM
I kinda like the ready for a dogfight look since my interest is WWII fighters.
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Posted by fightnjoe on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:11 PM
personally i prefer as little extra as needed to make the a/c look realistic.

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:35 PM
Bombers I will put something under. Fighters I like clean or the bare minimum ----drop tanks etc. One exception is the A-4 Skyhawk they just look to much like a flamingo without something underneath. JOHN

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 26, 2004 12:45 AM
Depends on the profile of the A/C, but I like to see the A-10 loaded to the teeth!!!
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Posted by shrikes on Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:38 AM
As i like building WWII stuff, I like seeing most A/C nice and clean... Even bombers, if they have a bomb bay, i don't want anything cluttering it up like extra bombs or some such. Of course, this all depends... something like an A-6 Intruder would be better modeled, IMHO, with a few MERs of Mk. 82s, or maybe a couple of shrikes and jamming equipment...
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:46 AM
Good question!

Usually i go clean. On WW2 types i normally put on the drop tanks (especially on naval types) and just recently i have been building Korean types and loading them up with weapons, tanks etc.
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Posted by Melgyver on Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:24 PM
Depends on the aircraft and mission. Nothing like the clean lines of P-51D uncluttered. The A-1 "Sandy" just wouldn't look right without a wingload of ordinance. The F-105 could go "both ways" as well as the F-4.

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Posted by TANGO 1 on Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:31 PM
I like my aircraft fully loaded, as if about to take off on a mission. Just my personal preference.
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Posted by ChrisJH666 on Thursday, February 26, 2004 6:04 PM
Generally speaking I like my aircraft "clean", though my Typhoon NF 1b is gonna have to have drop tanks

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Posted by ChrisJH666 on Thursday, February 26, 2004 6:07 PM
Of course, if you're looking for something a little unusual, I've seen a photo of a Spit IX with underwing beer barrels!!! Confused [%-)] Mischief [:-,]

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Posted by wibhi2 on Thursday, February 26, 2004 6:14 PM
Depending on the A/C and mission of the group - Fully loaded.
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Posted by triumf on Thursday, February 26, 2004 7:24 PM
Personaly I prefer to have em loaded up. I am currently lokking for a couple of penguin mk3s for my RNOAF F-5 in 1/72 scale. Any hints????
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:21 PM
Loaded for bear, ready 5.
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Posted by Woody on Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:59 PM
I guess I fall in the clean camp but I do like to see ordinance on some planes. An Able Dog for example, looks good with some iron slung.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 29, 2004 4:20 AM
If I can find evidence of a plane carrying a load that I think looks good, I'll add that. Currently on my Hasegawa F-15E, I'm adding one MER with 6 CBU's and two drop tanks, and 4 AIM-9's of course. Not a very likely load but the plane depicted was used in trials, so I figure I'm off the hook Big Smile [:D].
Some planes just look better clean, like most really graceful airplanes (F-104, Saab Draken, F-5F aggressor). Basically, I'll go with what looks good to me, if I can get away with it historically. My My 2 cents [2c]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:27 AM
Since I build only 1/72 aircraft (mostly WW2), I hate to think of the models I've "ruined" because I tried to add just one more tiny detail. Unless it needs it to be realistic I tend to add the bare minimum of extras Dead [xx(]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:16 AM
Mostly i like to make it slick. Because, I want to see the A/C not the bombs and drop tank....
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Posted by markuz226 on Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:27 AM
fully loaded. I'd love the break the clean lines with drop tanks or rockets on WWi fighter aircraft (where appropriate). This also goes fro my modern ships. If there is a bomb bay, i would open it to show it off.
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Posted by bigfoot01 on Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:45 PM
I hang everything including the kitchen sink. If it has a bomb bay I have the doors open. I like to show the aircraft's full combat potential.

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Posted by paulnchamp on Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:15 PM

QUOTE: Depends on the profile of the A/C, but I like to see the A-10 loaded to the teeth!!!


Right on Kik36! My most recent aircraft was a Hog, and she's loaded for bear!
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