Battlestar Galactica Vipers

[Talos]

Thanks XRaider.

I have some weapons-integration goodies today. The first picture shows the (not before seen) XF-14F test carrying the AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range IRM and the AIM-162 Evolved Sparrow Missile (ESM), the air-carried version of the RIM-162 ESSM.

The second is another F-14F carrying the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), a small, long-range, GPS-guided bomb that allows one plane to take out multiple precision targets in a short amount of time. It can carry 8-12 or so of them on the Phoenix pallets in addition to more on wing and wing glove pylons (4 per pylon). The MiG-23 ventral fin and canards are something I was fiddling with in the past and decided to use that plane to carry the bombs this time.

[XRaiderV1.7]

nice work.

[Talos]

Here's a big step. I finally have an F-14NG with a full A2A weapons load (not to mention representation of the landing gear placement).

It's an early F-14E in USN service and carries two AIM-120C on the fuselage wells, two AIM-9X and two AIM-162A ESM on the wings, as well as a pair of conformal fuel tanks on the fuselage.

[Talos]

Finishing off a trifecta of F-14NGs loaded with weapons/equipment and showing the landing gear arrangement, here's an F-14F and EF-14G.

The F-14F is a late-model USN example and is configured for precision strike with a pair of fuselage-mounted AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW).

The EF-14G is configured as a buddy tanker, informally dubbed "KF-14G" and mounts a refueling pod on the centerline on a special adapter "wet" pylon between the rear two Phoenix pallets. This pod carries the refueling drogue while the two wing-mounted pods carry additional fuel to offload.

[Talos]

Decided that my Warhawk II needed some love while I'm on my Tomcat binge drawing.

Anyway, did some work on the F-27C, added landing gear placement and loaded it up with JASSMs, AMRAAMs, and AIM-9Xs, as well as CFTs and a drop tank.

[XRaiderV1.7]

heh, I'm on an uparmor binge, myself, 'I just cant stop myself' 'whoa no' 'I just cant stop myself'............

[Talos]

I didn't get as much done today as I'd hoped, but here's a very, very, very early work-in-progress of the top view of the F-27 Warhawk II.



Also, I finally started fiddling with the F-34 again and started working on new tails for it.

[Talos]

Almost finished working on the VF-1A side view. Still need to put in the wing. It's being a pain, but the gunpod and thrusters are added.

[Talos]

I've been working on a new plane over the past week or so, the F-29A Lynx. I added a lot of detailing on it this evening and added the canards. There's some more detailed needed to be added and the wings as well, and the basic plane should be done. Then on to the upgraded versions.

[Talos]

I've been fiddling with new radomes, noses, and cockpits for the later upgrades to the F-29. I'm still messing with them, just showing some of the possibilities I'm looking at.