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Offline AtomicClucker

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So I'm going to start a new model dump where you folks can burn me at the stake and hand criticism on silver platter to my charred remains.

This little fellar is the "Warbird" a heavy interceptor designed for space and air. It's designed from the same Warblade chassis, but lost a lot of fins for a pragmatic build. Currently, I'm trying to figure out what sort of landing gear arrangement that would suit it best.





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Could use some more detailing aft of the nose wheel, but apart from that it's looking really good :yes:

 

Offline Pred the Penguin

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Things could stand to be a little more curvy and/or aerodynamic, but that's probably just personal preference.
BTW, I really like your fin placement. :yes:

 

Offline Buckshee Rounds

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Could use some more detailing aft of the nose wheel, but apart from that it's looking really good :yes:

You could solve that relatively simply by making some sort of intake, it is a hybrid craft after all. I really love fighter jet-type designs like this, looks beautiful. :yes:

 

Offline Thaeris

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That looks like a really, really high-mass aerospace fighter. Either the wheels in general, the main undercairrage in particular needs to get a lot bigger, or you ought to consider multiple wheel arrangements. A quad-wheel "truck"-type undercairrage, as seen on an airliner, or a Viggen-esque like undercairrage with dual in-line wheels might be a good bet.
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Offline Unknown Target

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Nice, but if it's going to work in atmosphere those shapes need a lot of softening up. The top profile is probably the best angle on it I think.

 

Offline AtomicClucker

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What sort of softening would work to help preserve the overall angularity of this ship?

My only concern would be moving from the original blockiness of the design, because I was tempted to make it curved in the first inception . Foremost it's a space craft, and I imagine it would behave in a manner similar to the Vipers in Battlestar Galactica, but I do agree that it could use an aerodynamic twist or facelift.
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