Airborne refueling scene.....

If you REALLY want to do something a little different, here's where I would take this....

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Clink on the pic "dirty dancing".....that had to be one seriously high "pucker factor" moment for the Crusader driver....

So I have made my decision to go with the MV-22 refueling the F-35B as per the photo above in a recent trial in 1/48. This is going to be one big dio!

Concept is as follows, with chrome tubing holding the aircraft up and timber base and obviously with the refueling line in between which I have not drawn:

I haven't been able to find much information at all on this test and am not sure whether fuel was actually passed through. Mid 2013 the first privately funded trials were conducted by Bell-Boeing with a prototype of the roll-on/roll-off aerial refueling system that fits in the cabin of the V-22. While the USMC and USN requested the trials the USAF are also interested in this concept. The first trials were conducted with F/A-18C's and D's, reports coming from the hornet pilots were that the stability of the drogue behind the large rotors were just as stable as the KC-135. 

Here are some extra links where I have grabbed some information if you want a read. Link 1 & Link 2

If you have any extra information please feel free to post.

Regards

Eli

And by the looks of it, the Osprey doesn't utilize any external components for refueling.

Wow, not only does it look cool, but, you might end up being the first one to do that combo in model form.

Since they are kits, all of the others might have been done before.,,,,,,this photo is something like last week or last month, or something recent like that.

Rex

I think I have found the one! how cool would this look!

oh, and there was a third method,,,,,,,,a boom that swung down away from the Navy tanker, and sent a hose back out of the end of it with the drogue deployed from that hose.

Search for things like Savage refueling and early Phantom testing a refueling pod, I think there was an A-3 involved in those tests also.

Rex

Seasick, the contrast between the two systems is why my Uncle and I used to tease my little brother about the Navy and Marines having Male Aircraft and his Air Force having Females. (he was at George with the Weasel guys)

That late pod in Dave Roof's post is the type currently used on the Super Hornet, Blairy. I don't know why NASA did the flight tests for it. I guess that NACA might have done the testing on the D-704 back in the old days,,,,,,,but, I was just a kid back then.

Rex

Here are some links if you need inspiration for refueling subjects. Some of the sites don't allow hot links so I set them all as links rather than pictures

Global Hawk  http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hsr_D2rrswc/UHAognglyFI/AAAAAAAAE9E/emIiW_pV2Hw/s400/Global_Hawk_RQ-4_UAV_Unmanned_aircraft_during_autonomous_aerial_refueling_Northrop_Grumman_640_001.jpg

F/A-18E refueling from combined refueling system: http://www.dodlive.mil/files/2014/06/14218692287_3ddb88d65d_o-495x350.jpg

CH-53 refueling from a KC-130: http://millerswebsite5.tripod.com/53pics/2_53s_aerial_refueling_small.jpg

An early refueling from 1923: http://thumbs.media.smithsonianmag.com//filer/Then_and_Now_FLASH_AUG2010.jpg__800x600_q85_crop.jpg

The two methods

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This a display at the NASM

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TarnShip

here is an OOB kit that does what you want, it is a Legacy Hornet with the newest refueling store

www.zone-five.net/showthread.php

you get one to do the decals and the pod, and any other 1/48 to do the receiving aircraft.

It is a bit large,,,,,,,,but two 1/48 Hornets might take up less space than two of the larger jets.

Rex

so many ideas! sounds like this diorama could be a real hit.

that's pretty cool, another KA-6D model that includes the D-704 in the kit, that allows you to model the Tanker with the pod that was often carried as a backup plan

If you want to go small-scale (1/144), there's also this set, if you can get your hands on one.

http://www.dragon-models.com/d-m-item.asp?pid=DRA4595

here is an OOB kit that does what you want, it is a Legacy Hornet with the newest refueling store

www.zone-five.net/showthread.php

you get one to do the decals and the pod, and any other 1/48 to do the receiving aircraft.

It is a bit large,,,,,,,,but two 1/48 Hornets might take up less space than two of the larger jets.

Rex

I don't think that refueling kit is real. Asked around a bit never seen by my friends.

Hustler was 1/94

For the Super Hornet my source says the Buddy store setup as follows: A total of four 480 gallon tanks on stations on the two inboard hard points under each wing. On the centerline station its the same 330 gallon unit used for the buddy store on the Classic Hornet, and S-3. The E and F can both do it but the E carries more fuel.  One thing, if you want your Super Hornet to carry a heavy load of ordinance but are bumping in to your maximum launch weight, Cat with low fuel, and top your tank once in the air, and you are on your way. 

After a further search it appears they are 1/240 scale.

I've found the KC-135 with a B-58 and a KC-135 with a B-47.

richs26

It could be something oddball like1/153rd or some such scale.

Definitely oddball - if the source kits are the ones I believe they are, the KC-135 is 1/139 scale and the B-58 is 1/94

That is more likely Revell's old boxscale models, meaning that the model was designed to fit a standard-sized box with scale being not a standard scale like 1/200th. It could be something oddball like1/153rd or some such scale.

I found this while searching the web.

www.boxartden.com/.../Revell-SAC-Refueling-Team

I hope that was a real kit! I'm guessing it was a small scale. Maybe 1/200?

Go For broke!

Matchbox Victor K2 refueling an Airfix Vulcan during Operation Black Buck.

Academy makes a really cool KC-97G and the -97L with jet engines.

Blairy

I stand corrected. More research i shall do.....

That should be a KC-135R to be compatible with a C-17 as A models were long gone by the time the C-17 arrived.

If you are interested in fighter-fighter, Wolfpack makes a 1/48 refueling pod for an F/A-18E/F as an AM resin piece.  It looks like they are planning to do one in 1/72 (towards the bottom).  

[The links look like they may not take you straight to the items, if not, go to resin at the top, and then select 1/48 or 1/72 and just hit ctrl+F and search for "refuel," they also offer probe kits that will be useful to you.]

It is worth noting that the pod itself is shaped differently (the little propeller thing at the front which would be easy to scratch) and the flared end at the back for the drogue (not so easy to scratch).  Wolfpack's drogue is in the closed/stowed position, but I imagine one could be pretty easily scratch-built with a little wire.

I've got one of these for an F/A-18E in my stash and it looks nicer than the pictures on the website.  Good luck!

Groot

You'll probably need a decent amount of space to display the finished models, even in 1/72-scale, but it sounds like a different idea!

I used to have that C-5 model; sold it off to a guy needed it more than me. It was an excellent kit, but very hard to find anymore.

Don, in 1:144 scale, would the tip of a Bic pen work? Cut it via the LAR method, trim the inside to scale thickness?