Birds of NeverWas

Howdy!

It's been a while since I've seen any discussion of Birds of NeverWas or the various other names for bashing a model fo "what really was" into "what might have been", or whatever we want to call it.

I'm particularly looking for comments/suggestions about two particular birds: the X/YB-35 (or maybe X/YB-49) and the (maybe never was anyhow) SR-75.

I'm thinking about doing-up the B-35 prop-driven wing as a (land-based) US Navy patrol bomber--in USN colors and livery of the

1950s or 1960s (?) with turboprop engines, (a) radome(s) of some sort, and whatever else might be suitable to anti-surface and/or anti-sub operations.

And I'm thinking about doing the SR-75 as a more-likley (?!?!) configuration with blunt wingtips, fuselage-attached vertical fins, no canard, multi-person canopy and/or in-line crew, and/or any of these and/or ???.

Feel free to suggest/comment/critique these ideas. I know I'm sorta nuts, already, so no need to reiterate that.

Thanx and regardz, Ken Leonard

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I know them as "whifs" - short for "what if?"

Later on in the year I will be taking part in an online Whif group build. I intend to graft an Eduard 1/48 Hellcat fuselage onto the Hobby Boss kit, thereby solving the *major* outline problem with the HB kit. The model will be finished in a yellow wings scheme.

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Enzo Matrix

"a smart guide for the stupid wordl sufferers"?

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I always thought it would be cool to do a super XB-49 flying wing BIPLANE (2 kits required)

Jack G

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Build the SEA variant that flew in Vietnam. Everything but the kitchen sink flew in that conflict. B-58 didn't but there are rumors that one was flown into Tan Son Nhut in camo once. There are people looking for photos ever since that rumor was around. SAC always was paranoid about cameras around their airplanes.

Since its fantasy, how about a USN version with a tailhook? Then build a scale USN carrier for it with the island out of the way like the IJN carriers in WWII........

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frank

That sounds like the proposed USS Unites States, the size of an oil supertanker (or bigger - my reference is unavailable right now) with the island buried belowdecks. On the cover of that book (and the reason that I bought it) is what appears to be a Douglas X-3 hooked up, Mistel fashion, with a gigantic cruise missile.

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The Old Man

I suspect some of my stuff could be referred to as "WTFs", even when I'm trying to do them right...

Cheers,

Moramarth

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Moramarth

With me there's no "sorta" - I'm all-the-way whacko; I want to scratchbuild stuff like this:

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I'm not so deranged as to pay those prices...

Regards,

Moramarf, arf, arf (barking mad...)

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X-3/Snark mistel ? I have a Snark in stash but no X-3

Tony

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Stadia

Mine definately. Tried doing the guesswork F-19 in theoretical Bhutan markings and b&w cam for high alpine with PLAAF kill markings but the lasertrans paper melted under Tamiya clear. Have not had a problem before so must be a formula change on the lastertrans

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or a recon with drone platforms. you could put 100's of cameras on one.

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how about a retired 707 framed bomb platform. with almost any current fighter as the top?

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how about a spit/lanc mistel, m?

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mad dogs and......

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OUCH et TOUCHE! I know _that_ feeling.

Rgdz, Ken

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Ken Leonard

Wellllllll...

I actually have two of the -49 jet-wing, but only one of the -35 prop-wing.

I'm afraid, however, that if I tried a bipe-jet-wing (jet-bipe-wing?) I'd end up committing myself to the looney-bin.

Rgdz, Ken

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Whatsomever... an AWACS with high radome _would_ be interesting. But I'm thinking more in the line of P-3, S-3, P-8.

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cool to do a super XB-49 flying wing BIPLANE

How about two joined by vertical flying surfaces to eliminate the Monoplane's tendency to wander over targets? If it came out really weird you could paint it a mild green and put Romulan markings on it.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Mad Modeller

is that a bird of prey or abstract constructivism?

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