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[mikoyan99]

With all the work going on on the F-14, F-18, and various Vietnam war aircraft, I thought i'd do a quick Grumman Hawkeye kitbash based on the Ar-234 AWACs:




Need to add turboprops and sort a slot, then i'm done. Not perfect i'll admit but should be fun, and a reasonable stand in for a full Hawkeye (which I may well tackle at some point; currently i'm building the 1/48th scale Italeri model and that's more than enough).
-Matt

[max_thehitman]

Wait a minute, is there a tail-hook on this one? WOW!
Love it! A great looking design.
I would defenitly use this aircraft as a futuristic-design Luftwaffe-`46 to be used
for Atlantic ocean recon, flying off the German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin
Could this thing land on an aircraft carrier?

 

[HotelAlpha]

Looks great! Looking forward to this!

[Blazing]

? Did someone say Tail hook, you got attention just but saying the word.

[Cally18]

Wow! You don't take breaks do you?

Will this run without Jetwar or anything?

[mikoyan99]

Excellent; glad you approve. If you want a bit of "fluff" Max, just say it was developed by the IJN from equipment captured during the "Final Countdown" incident in '41 

I do need a beta tester for the carrier hook if anyone's willing - I can put this thing on the deck just fine, but there's a glitch somewhere in my game and it crashes to desktop when you get the wire. It's a universal problem, but I could do with someone to test a deck landing is actually possible with this aircraft.
-Matt

[Blazing]

I'll test it, I got nothing but free time please I got a new carrier to test out

[mikoyan99]

Thanks, Check PM mate.
-Matt

[mikoyan99]

Courtesy of Blazing:


I'll sort out the props and get it released soonish.
-Matt

[wplusaf]

Cool indeed!
with F-14,F/A-18 and the E-2C, we are going to have IL2-1996!
By the way, are you going to do some update on this plane's nose because it really has a lot of difference from E-2C, looking forward to its release anyway

[mikoyan99]

Cool indeed!
with F-14,F/A-18 and the E-2C, we are going to have IL2-1996!
By the way, are you going to do some update on this plane's nose because it really has a lot of difference from E-2C, looking forward to its release anyway

Hah, I had noticed! Not this time i'm afraid. This planes a chance for me to play around a bit; like I said, there may be a proper Hawkeye at some point.
-Matt

[max_thehitman]

Matt, if you are interested in doing a Japanese air force jet version, I will send to you
some IJN AR-234 skins I did a few years ago. I never released them to the public, it was
for my personal flying in IJN-1946 ( "What-if" World War II- 1939-1949).
When I get home I send you the template and you can paint it anyt color you wish.