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[SJPONeill]

Instead of the Mk.82 JDAM, maybe the Small Diameter Bomb that was designed for F-22?

[marko]

thanks for the compliments guys

i guess the interior of bomb bay is finished, plumbing will be again added later during assembly. i decided to add these ribs to the wheel bay aswell, so back to those bays again



as for the SDB, thats pretts good idea, however i'll leave weapons for the end, and we'll se then what to do with them

[marko]

again, minor update, luckily gear bays doesnt have much reinforcement ribs, they do have a lot of plumbing, so that will make them look a lot busy.




and now, for relaxation off to the guy bay

[marko]

right, so here is the m61 vulcan, despite that the prototype had none of these goodies, ill add them in tribute to black widow II she really deserves to be built as operative combat variant



well, because i didnt do my homework prior to starting any modeling, i made serious mistake with gun bay. the plan is wrong about its location. proper is on the starboard upper side, insted of port below, so, i corrected this. still i have to do the mounting to the airframe, and of course ammo storage.



i started to thinking about a nose radar aswell, i might add it.
also, i noticed the proposed aerial refueling receptacle, so lets do that too.

[marko]

new update, receptacle and gun bay, last one needs some more details, like ammo belt and loading mechanism, and of course, bits and pieces




Marko

[SJPONeill]

Looking really really good!!!!

[marko]

Thank you very much

slowly but surely we are making progress here; finished gun bay, radar, well radar looks quite bare for now, but i added everything what goes to it, as everything else, still needs plumbing, but ill leave that to plumbers later
i used same radar as on the F-22 an/apg-77 for reference. it is flat, but can be tilted in any direction, and usually these aircrafts work in cooperation with E-3s, since radar is added, i think it would be wise to open the radar electronics in the nose aswell. opinions?

and now, off to the photos:
gun bay

gun bay and its paneling with strengtheners


and minimalistic radar with mounting and hinge for nose opening :D



more updates soon, this time on cockpit

[marko]

another bit of update for today

i have updated entire cockpit with instruments, displays, sticks, seat.., acoording to the pictures, seat needs some repairs, headrests seems to be a bit far apart




thats for today,

enjoy

[cmdr199212]

oh boy, looking good!

[assafm25]

outstending work mister