Airborne refueling scene.....

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

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

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

This a display at the NASM

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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

http://ships.bouwman.com/C135/refuelling_pic.gif

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....