@Gabriel747 What?! It’s only been about a month since the F-22 update. I’d be thrilled to be pumping out superior quality builds at a rate like that! Also, I‘ll argue that it’s well worth the wait every time.
This is so cool! The blending of the wing root and the fuselage is masterful. Controls nicely, great cockpit, no obvious detail-overkill just to show off, but just the right amount of realism. Nice job!
Looks great, waaay too much power. You can scale the engine power back down to factor 1.5 and will still get close to Mach 4 while retaining much better control overall. Currently, acceleration is just ridiculous. Also: „gun removed for stealth performance“? Come on, you were lazy is all! ;-P
Now, THIS is how you do a challenge! Publish an absolute beast of a stealth fighter and then make a challenge about stealthy vehicles and be like „follow this!“ 😉Well done!
I don’t get the buzz … this doesn’t spell Tomcat to me. The original build by @suzutuki65 was actually very good for its time. This one adds detail in weird places but omits Tomcat-typical things like the characteristic front window or even a launch bar. The second canopy bow is missing and the cockpit … well, I don’t mind cockpits but if you do a replica … just do a replica. The basic model is very much the same, which is a tribute to the original but also not very creative. I’m not one to judge nilly-willy, but this just doesn’t sit right with me.
To be fair, the announcement for this one said it was gonna be a „remaster“, so there’s that.
@klm747klm747 There’s a couple of very common mistakes like that. My favorite one is when the position lights are mirrored (red/port on the right and green/starboard on the left) ;-)
Not the case here, of course.
Also, some builders make super-accurate fighter jet replicas and then go on to mix inert/practice ordnance (blue markings) with live weapons (yellow markings). Ah well, pet peeves. ;-)
I, too have been guilty of reversing actuators for control surfaces and only noticing it post-upload, though.
@SyntheticL You can literally take a look at the preview image of the challenge this was made for and know that ‚delta wing‘ is a wiiiide definition. Wikipedia tells you the same. So no, it’s not just Mirages and F-106s.
@M4RBR3D4_BR34KF45T You’re either quite sad to talk smack about a great build or very old to have seen the interior of a 747-100 „irl“. So which one is it?
Holy crap, this is just brilliant! Just how did you get it to fly this smoothly?! Do you give lessons? ;-) Great aesthetics as well. Looks very believable- unlike many other „pro“ builds on here. Awesome work!
@ArkRoyalTheDDhunter Whoah there, now, before you start dishing out wild insults, you should really do some more research. For example, start here: take a look at the Wiki page for the term „heavy fighter“ and look for the P-38. Based on multiple historical sources (provided in the article) this fighter is, by all accounts, classified as a heavy fighter, albeit one of the rare successful ones. It is considerably heavier (and larger) than a Me-109 or similar airframes. Also, I challenge you to find any „official“ classification for fighter types (as in Air Force design requirements or such). And even if you do … JEEEZ, try to be nice to people! Is that so hard?
@Diloph I see, that explains why a lot of high-quality replicas have the same issue. Could’ve thought of that myself ;-) Regardless, this is probably the prettiest and best-handling Viper on here right now. Awesome work!
@PlaneFlightX Well, it’s not like he’s done simple „square“ wings by accident here. It’s part of the aesthetic. Very simple, yet still plenty of detail where it’s actually needed. I think it’s a very legit approach to building actual simple planes.
@ReinMcDeer Yeah, I heard about the energy issues with both the legacy Hornet and the „Rhino“. Apparently, maneuvering (bfm, acm) loses the Hornet a lot of energy which it has a hard time regaining in comparison with other fighters. Thanks for being open to discussion, though!
Cool, nice and (mostly) very clean build. Love the Bronco and the concept of having a beefier version for transport.
Tipp for better take-off and landing performance: don’t use actual wing parts inside the moveable flaps, but make them control surfaces as part of the main (hidden) wing instead. That way, they work correctly. Right now they kinda don’t do much at all for aerodynamics.
For some reason, SP‘s physics can’t deal with wing parts aft of the CoL as flaps. Found that out the hard way as well.
@SimplyPlain This is one gorgeous build! Very accurate as far as I can tell. Is there a version with the livery (Egyptian Air Force?) from the preview shots as well?
@Tang0five Thanks so much - and for the spotlight as well! Well I do have a deep love for aviation and I used to draw lots of airplanes, so I know many common shapes and designs pretty much by heart. But most of my builds, previous to this one, just didn’t feel worthy of being released. However, I’m beginning to get over my precious little self and plan on releasing more stuff as it is. :-)
This is amazing! The Tornado would’ve been my choice for a 50pt replica as well. It’s a shame only one entry is allowed. I tried my hand at a low part Tornadof or fun but already failed miserably. Instead I now took the liberty of modifying your build slightly for my own enjoyment and stuck two actual 27mm cannons in the nose. Now goes BRRRRRRT! Cuz let’s be real: who needs bombs anyway!! ;-)
You, sir, are truly a master of your craft. The way you keep pumping out great-looking and flying, yet simple and mobile friendly builds with ever-increasing quality, is just amazing!
@Gabriel747 Got it
+1@Gabriel747 What?! It’s only been about a month since the F-22 update. I’d be thrilled to be pumping out superior quality builds at a rate like that! Also, I‘ll argue that it’s well worth the wait every time.
+1Also: challenge accepted!
+1Looooots of 99-part builds incoming! ;-)
+1This is so cool! The blending of the wing root and the fuselage is masterful. Controls nicely, great cockpit, no obvious detail-overkill just to show off, but just the right amount of realism. Nice job!
+1@ZeroWithSlashedO Agreed. Although not sure if German Typhoons even carry Brimstone. Still … best stone.
+1This is spot on!
+1This absolutely top-notch. Great parts-economy!
+1I guess you could say this challenge is a success, at least in terms of sheer numbers. ;-)
+1@ThomasRoderick Thanks for the spotlight!
+1@WinsWings *Swiss 😉
+1@MrSilverWolf Sorry. Won’t happen again.
+1@ShinyGemsBro Haha! Did the same thing. Man this thing really kills now ... literally.
+1Looks great, waaay too much power. You can scale the engine power back down to factor 1.5 and will still get close to Mach 4 while retaining much better control overall. Currently, acceleration is just ridiculous. Also: „gun removed for stealth performance“? Come on, you were lazy is all! ;-P
Anyway, cool design with some nice YF-23 vibes.
+1@SsKyCoSs Cool, appreciate that! Yeah I created it for one of those „less than 50 parts“ challenges and wanted to do something unique.
+1Well, looky here. Converging ideas! ☺️Check out my version of this concept: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/K0r659/LAM-Fighter-50-pts-or-less-challenge
+1Now, THIS is how you do a challenge! Publish an absolute beast of a stealth fighter and then make a challenge about stealthy vehicles and be like „follow this!“ 😉Well done!
+14/12 entries: Ford Trimotor! LMAO! You invited the trolls with open arms. ;-)
Anyway, I’ll try to get creative with this. No Ford here.
+1@WinsWings Thank you! Pretty much last minute, but that’s my style ;-)
+1@ChamDel78 Well it will probably run until the 15th is over, internationally. As it should. ;-)
+1I don’t get the buzz … this doesn’t spell Tomcat to me. The original build by @suzutuki65 was actually very good for its time. This one adds detail in weird places but omits Tomcat-typical things like the characteristic front window or even a launch bar. The second canopy bow is missing and the cockpit … well, I don’t mind cockpits but if you do a replica … just do a replica. The basic model is very much the same, which is a tribute to the original but also not very creative. I’m not one to judge nilly-willy, but this just doesn’t sit right with me.
To be fair, the announcement for this one said it was gonna be a „remaster“, so there’s that.
+1@klm747klm747 There’s a couple of very common mistakes like that. My favorite one is when the position lights are mirrored (red/port on the right and green/starboard on the left) ;-)
Not the case here, of course.
Also, some builders make super-accurate fighter jet replicas and then go on to mix inert/practice ordnance (blue markings) with live weapons (yellow markings). Ah well, pet peeves. ;-)
I, too have been guilty of reversing actuators for control surfaces and only noticing it post-upload, though.
+1@SyntheticL You can literally take a look at the preview image of the challenge this was made for and know that ‚delta wing‘ is a wiiiide definition. Wikipedia tells you the same. So no, it’s not just Mirages and F-106s.
+1This is absolutely top-notch! How on earth did you have the patience for making this cockpit?! It’s practically photorealistic …
Besides I really love the smooth and sleek shape of the airframe. Hat’s off, sir!
+1@M4RBR3D4_BR34KF45T You’re either quite sad to talk smack about a great build or very old to have seen the interior of a 747-100 „irl“. So which one is it?
+1One tiny detail: This has to be the F/A-18C instead of the ‚A’ model. As far as I’m aware, the ‚A‘ has never been in Service with the Swiss Air Force.
+1Thank you! Just updated. @MAHADI
+1Thanks for the instant upvotes/spotlights, you guys! @MAHADI @Shimamurahougetsu
+1Shoot. I just noticed my missile pylons are screwed up. AIM-9s slam into fuselage and kill the plane upon firing. Am I allowed to update/re-upload?
+1Holy crap, this is just brilliant! Just how did you get it to fly this smoothly?! Do you give lessons? ;-) Great aesthetics as well. Looks very believable- unlike many other „pro“ builds on here. Awesome work!
+1@ArkRoyalTheDDhunter Whoah there, now, before you start dishing out wild insults, you should really do some more research. For example, start here: take a look at the Wiki page for the term „heavy fighter“ and look for the P-38. Based on multiple historical sources (provided in the article) this fighter is, by all accounts, classified as a heavy fighter, albeit one of the rare successful ones. It is considerably heavier (and larger) than a Me-109 or similar airframes. Also, I challenge you to find any „official“ classification for fighter types (as in Air Force design requirements or such). And even if you do … JEEEZ, try to be nice to people! Is that so hard?
+1@Diloph I see, that explains why a lot of high-quality replicas have the same issue. Could’ve thought of that myself ;-) Regardless, this is probably the prettiest and best-handling Viper on here right now. Awesome work!
+1@MAHADI Thanks for clarifying!
+1T
+1@ChrisPy Yup, Block 30 is the C model.
+1@PyrrhaNikos fair enough 😉
+1Little bit on the political side here, aren’t we? In light of recent events, I find this to be in rather poor taste.
+1@PlaneFlightX Well, it’s not like he’s done simple „square“ wings by accident here. It’s part of the aesthetic. Very simple, yet still plenty of detail where it’s actually needed. I think it’s a very legit approach to building actual simple planes.
+1This is positively insane and I love it! What a crazy concept!
+1@ReinMcDeer Yeah, I heard about the energy issues with both the legacy Hornet and the „Rhino“. Apparently, maneuvering (bfm, acm) loses the Hornet a lot of energy which it has a hard time regaining in comparison with other fighters. Thanks for being open to discussion, though!
+1Cool, nice and (mostly) very clean build. Love the Bronco and the concept of having a beefier version for transport.
Tipp for better take-off and landing performance: don’t use actual wing parts inside the moveable flaps, but make them control surfaces as part of the main (hidden) wing instead. That way, they work correctly. Right now they kinda don’t do much at all for aerodynamics.
For some reason, SP‘s physics can’t deal with wing parts aft of the CoL as flaps. Found that out the hard way as well.
+1You gotta be yolking. I’m in.
+1@WinsWings Thanks, I appreciate it! Just uploaded my little thingy.
+1@SimplyPlain This is one gorgeous build! Very accurate as far as I can tell. Is there a version with the livery (Egyptian Air Force?) from the preview shots as well?
+1@Almost Well, I made 4th place and I’m far from platinum. So no complaints, please.
+1@Tang0five Thanks so much - and for the spotlight as well! Well I do have a deep love for aviation and I used to draw lots of airplanes, so I know many common shapes and designs pretty much by heart. But most of my builds, previous to this one, just didn’t feel worthy of being released. However, I’m beginning to get over my precious little self and plan on releasing more stuff as it is. :-)
+1@Tang0five Thanks to you as well. As an amateur/beginner, I appreciate the feedback from a seasoned SP creator!
+1This is amazing! The Tornado would’ve been my choice for a 50pt replica as well. It’s a shame only one entry is allowed. I tried my hand at a low part Tornadof or fun but already failed miserably. Instead I now took the liberty of modifying your build slightly for my own enjoyment and stuck two actual 27mm cannons in the nose. Now goes BRRRRRRT! Cuz let’s be real: who needs bombs anyway!! ;-)
+1Damn, that’s 50 parts used perfectly!
+1You, sir, are truly a master of your craft. The way you keep pumping out great-looking and flying, yet simple and mobile friendly builds with ever-increasing quality, is just amazing!
+1