Vehicles 1:72 scale Night Raven

DMC · 09-09-2024, 02:21 AM

I discovered today I made a completely bone-headed mistake and put one of the engine pods on upside down. After fixing this, I attached the outboard portions of the wings. It?s looking like a real aircraft now. Lots of sanding and filling next.

I?ve also come up with an interesting idea for a display. As a kid, I always wondered how they got the drone back on the Raven after it had flown off. I was thinking about building some sort of gantry crane to show this step in action.

DMC · 09-25-2024, 01:34 AM

After a ton of filling, sanding, priming, and repeating all of these, I have the engine housings more or less done. I have also modeled some more on the missile bay, the cockpit, and some other details. I need to mount the vertical stabilizers and make the canards, and then the body of the plane will be more or less done.

DMC · 09-27-2024, 03:25 AM

With the body of the Raven basically done, it?s time to return to the smaller details. One of these is the engine intakes. The SR-71 has large cones protruding from the intakes. The Raven, on the other hand, has an interesting slats-with-fins arrangement. Personally, I really like that part of the plane, so I tried to reproduce it with strip styrene and the tip of an old missile.

**firmpulse** · 09-27-2024, 10:03 AM

This is looking great man. Well done!

DMC · 09-28-2024, 04:25 AM

The raven has these interesting missile pods with missiles that fire rearwards. Tonight I reproduced them with some square styrene tube, missile tips, sheet styrene, and some other odds and ends from the spares box.

DMC · 10-05-2024, 10:55 AM

I made the canards out of styrene sheet. The texture was made with very thin .010 inch styrene. They were attached with the help of some small metal pins

Fly4v · 10-12-2024, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMC

With the body of the Raven basically done, it?s time to return to the smaller details. One of these is the engine intakes. The SR-71 has large cones protruding from the intakes. The Raven, on the other hand, has an interesting slats-with-fins arrangement. Personally, I really like that part of the plane, so I tried to reproduce it with strip styrene and the tip of an old missile.

Those are amazing looking engine intakes.

Keeping everything parallel and square can be so much fun.

J James · 10-13-2024, 08:28 PM

I was a little skeptical at first but this project is shaping up VERY nicely!

Breakerfan · 10-14-2024, 01:01 AM

Dude, this is some amazing modeling. I can't wait to see the finished product.

DMC · 10-27-2024, 11:08 PM

I?ve been working on the base for the Raven. Here?s what I have so far.

I have a question: is there a way to get more megabytes for uploading? I?m creeping closer to the limit as I post pictures.

09-09-2024, 02:21 AM	#11
DMC Cobra Soldier Join Date: Aug 2024 Location: Illinois Posts: 86	I discovered today I made a completely bone-headed mistake and put one of the engine pods on upside down. After fixing this, I attached the outboard portions of the wings. It?s looking like a real aircraft now. Lots of sanding and filling next. I?ve also come up with an interesting idea for a display. As a kid, I always wondered how they got the drone back on the Raven after it had flown off. I was thinking about building some sort of gantry crane to show this step in action. Attached Thumbnails

09-25-2024, 01:34 AM	#12
DMC Cobra Soldier Join Date: Aug 2024 Location: Illinois Posts: 86	After a ton of filling, sanding, priming, and repeating all of these, I have the engine housings more or less done. I have also modeled some more on the missile bay, the cockpit, and some other details. I need to mount the vertical stabilizers and make the canards, and then the body of the plane will be more or less done. Attached Thumbnails

09-27-2024, 03:25 AM	#13
DMC Cobra Soldier Join Date: Aug 2024 Location: Illinois Posts: 86	With the body of the Raven basically done, it?s time to return to the smaller details. One of these is the engine intakes. The SR-71 has large cones protruding from the intakes. The Raven, on the other hand, has an interesting slats-with-fins arrangement. Personally, I really like that part of the plane, so I tried to reproduce it with strip styrene and the tip of an old missile. Attached Thumbnails

09-27-2024, 10:03 AM	#14
firmpulse That Ruined Face Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: magical mid-tn Posts: 5,957	This is looking great man. Well done! __________________ Classified Battle Armor Cobra Commander w/Pogo Removable Helmet, Balaclava, Beatnik, and Fred Portraits.

09-28-2024, 04:25 AM	#15
DMC Cobra Soldier Join Date: Aug 2024 Location: Illinois Posts: 86	The raven has these interesting missile pods with missiles that fire rearwards. Tonight I reproduced them with some square styrene tube, missile tips, sheet styrene, and some other odds and ends from the spares box. Attached Thumbnails

10-13-2024, 08:28 PM	#18
J James Crimson Guard Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Boulder Posts: 1,813	I was a little skeptical at first but this project is shaping up VERY nicely! __________________ 9/1/22 - A Day Which Will Live in Infamy Steevy Maximus - "that Nazi imagery was quaint"

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