NAVY & MILITARY Planes in 1/200 - Page 156

**papermate** · #**1551** 10-01-2022, 10:06 AM

Thank you my friends for stopping by.

**yukonjohn** · #**1552** 10-01-2022, 02:09 PM

Lovely Super Hornet build. And very neat stand-from-a-spoon idea. Polished so it also reflects the underside. I will have to remember to glue in some magnets into the belly of my builds and use this idea. Serving spoons for the bigger builds.

Regards,
John

**papermate** · #**1553** 10-02-2022, 02:27 AM

Thanks, John, but make sure that you don’t mess up with Mrs’ kitchen or you gonna have a hard time when she counts the spoons.

**wireandpaper** · #**1554** 10-04-2022, 02:18 AM

You are absolutely right. And at this scale no need to invade the kitchen to display or store your models!

**papermate** · #**1555** 10-04-2022, 06:06 AM

What I did was that I bought some new spoons ( cheap ones of course ) and this avoided direct confrontation with you know who. I didn’t use yours was my defence and it worked.

**papermate** · #**1556** 10-07-2022, 07:34 AM

No.145, featuring Ojimak's SU-57 Top Gun 2 in dazzling camo paint scheme. I have enhanced the nose cone to make it pointy and removed all the guidelines for folding on the templates. Must admit that it's very good looking and eye catching. This model has not been released world wide yet and I believe Ojimak, as the designer, has his own call.

**Rata** · #**1557** 10-07-2022, 04:22 PM

N-i-i-i-c-e!

**papermate** · #**1558** 10-07-2022, 04:52 PM

Thanks, Rata.

**papermate** · #**1559** 10-09-2022, 03:24 AM

No.146 is again Ojimak's latest model aircraft that has yet to be released. It's the North American XF-108 Rapier that was a concept aircraft. I didn't know anything about this aircraft until googling the Wiki and came up with the following info that's copied for anyone interested.

Quote The North American XF-108 Rapier was a proposed long-range, high-speed interceptor aircraft designed by North American Aviation intended to defend the United States from supersonic Soviet strategic bombers. The aircraft would have cruised at speeds around Mach 3 (3,200 km/h; 2,000 mph) with an unrefueled combat radius over 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi), and was equipped with radar and missiles offering engagement ranges up to 100 miles (160 km) against bomber-sized targets.

To limit development costs, the program shared engine development with the North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber program, and used a number of elements of earlier interceptor projects. The program had progressed only as far as the construction of a single wooden mockup when it was cancelled in 1959, due to a shortage of funds and the Soviets' adoption of ballistic missiles as their primary means of nuclear attack. Had it flown, the F-108 would have been the heaviest fighter of its era.

Prior to the project's cancellation, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower noted that raising the F-108 interceptor force would have cost the U.S. taxpayer $4 billion (equivalent to $37 billion today). Unquote

The last picture shows this Spoon family of Ojimak planes.

**Jan Kytop** · #**1560** 10-09-2022, 08:13 AM

Impressive family of tiny planes;
Congrats!